It tripped when we were going up the driveway. Her leg (just the bottom part by the hoof) puffed up. She doesn't seem to be in pain. And it has been about a week and the swelling has gone down a little. She walks around fine and begs to be ridden, but you can see she still favores the one foot more than the others. What can I put on it? She is 23, and is a morab.
2006-09-10 06:47:25 · 10 answers · asked by silverboy470 4 in Pets ➔ Other - Pets
sorry you guys when I said right above the hoof, I ment her pastern
2006-09-10 07:05:50 · update #1
and she isn't cut or anything, it is just swollen
2006-09-10 07:06:50 · update #2
sorry sketti i cant tell ya much more than i have wrap her leg in vet wrap and ice it
good luck and talk to ya later
2006-09-10 08:34:50 · answer #1 · answered by Bean 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Have the vet check it out. If its been a week and still puffy there could be a crack or something.
Ice or cold hose for 20 minutes. poultice for 24hours. Keep her confined in a corral or stall, don’t let her in pasture or turnout.
The hoof is equivalent to the tip of your middle finger, its possible she broke a phalanx or damaged a joint. Swelling should only last 2-3 days for minor injuries. Get your vet out but its not emergency, next earliest visit would be fine and follow the above ice/poultice until the vet gets there.
2006-09-10 06:52:44 · answer #2 · answered by â? Phoebe 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I wrap my horses ninety 9.9% of the time. i've got confidence that if the wraps are ideal positioned on and are not all stretched out from age and so on, then they shouldn't come off in transit. I additionally do unlike those huge 'pillow' quilts as i do no longer think of you will get the bandage snug sufficient to steer away from slipping. i like a medium thickness duvet with a popular 'track' bandage (no polos, flannel or such.) With the right wrap and duvet and if the wrap is positioned on snugly and proper (I found out leg wrapping years in the past on a similar time as engaged on a STDB training farm that had a coach who substitute into an *superb* leg guy) - then the wrap shouldn't slip in transit. With each and all of the hauling i've got completed, i've got by no potential had certainly one of *my* wraps come off a horse - however, i've got hauled horses the place the wraps have that somebody else positioned on slipped. in spite of the indisputable fact that my pupils wrap their very own horses, i attempt to learn the wraps of any horse getting on my trailer. I additionally choose to apply transport boots over my wraps for added risk-free practices. I wrap my wraps such as you will notice a classic help wrap - below knee to fetlock/ergot, particularly than down over the coronary band (i think of this additionally contributes to the bandage slipping). I then use the transport boots to conceal the coronary band, which they are designed to do. The transport boots additionally shop the horse from accidently stepping on, pawing at, and so on. the wrap and probable inflicting it to return undone. dropping a transport boot will not often panic a horse - i've got lost some transport boots with surely no problems with the horse transforming into dissatisfied. On short journeys (under 10 miles), I now and back do no longer notice wraps, yet continually a minimum of throw on transport boots to guard the legs.
2016-09-30 13:19:55 · answer #3 · answered by alia 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
When it happened you should have been cold hosing it several times per day.
You can try it now but that most likley will not take down any swelling now.
If she has very mcu swelling I would have the vet out as a week is a long time to have swelling.
2006-09-10 07:03:48 · answer #4 · answered by tlctreecare 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Check with your local feed or ranch supply store....there is a spray that is all natural ingredients, I am so sorry I don't remember the name of it, but we used it before and it works. It has cayenne it in which is a natural remedy to help with wounds. Because it sprays, it is easy to use. Before using the spray...run cold water on her hoof for about 10 minutes and that clears everything out of it that may have gotten in it.
Good Luck....
2006-09-10 06:54:44 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The hands of a vet.
easy 2 points
2006-09-10 06:49:48 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
She could have cellulitus, which is an infection underneath the skin of a bruised or cut area. She will need antibiotics for this. Please call her Vet as this can lead to sepsis.
jujub
2006-09-10 06:54:22 · answer #7 · answered by jujub 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Try icing it and see if that helps could be sprain
2006-09-10 06:50:24 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Ice, bandage, and medical attention.
2006-09-10 06:52:58 · answer #9 · answered by killer queen 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
may be you would like to talk to your vet about it just in case .
2006-09-10 07:29:05 · answer #10 · answered by talktome 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋