Horse wound

mgvande · #1 07-23-2017, 09:27 AM

Has anyone tried ATF mixed with Vaseline on an open wound on a horse? I have heard good things about it. I'm in the home stretch on a neck wound that was very large. He can't lick it as it's in his neck so I was going to give it a go.

spurly · #2 07-23-2017, 09:44 AM

I have tried it, and it did work.
However, the best I have found was scarlet oil. Your vet should have it.
Heals from the inside out.

BuckCuller · #3 07-23-2017, 09:46 AM

We used to use pine tar and shoot them up with antibiotics.
The pine tar was more for just keeping the flies off.

Puma · #4 07-23-2017, 09:49 AM

Google Honey or sugar in wounds. Used it a few times, no proud flesh, no infection, heals surprisingly fast.

http://www.woundsresearch.com/articl...wound-dressing

mgvande · #5 07-23-2017, 09:52 AM

I heard about the honey. It's a natural antibiotic. I'm just worried about the flies with that.

walking buffalo · #6 07-23-2017, 09:57 AM

Another option is Yarrow. It is probably growing in the field.
Bugs will be repelled, not attracted.

Everyone should know about Yarrow as an emergency styptic (cauterizing), antiseptic/anti-infalammatory agent when outdoors, whether for a critter or yourself.

I've used it on horses and myself with great results.

Thousands of soldiers lives were saved by using Yarrow.

BuckCuller · #7 07-23-2017, 10:20 AM

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Originally Posted by walking buffalo

Another option is Yarrow. It is probably growing in the field.
Bugs will be repelled, not attracted.

Everyone should know about Yarrow as an emergency styptic (cauterizing), antiseptic/anti-infalammatory agent when outdoors, whether for a critter or yourself.

I've used it on horses and myself with great results.

Thousands of soldiers lives were saved by using Yarrow.

I had a cook once that was an elder medicine man in northern BC and he used to make yarrow tea to enhance his visions.
I don't recommend the tea it was awful.

Puma · #8 07-23-2017, 10:27 AM

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Originally Posted by mgvande

I heard about the honey. It's a natural antibiotic. I'm just worried about the flies with that.

We used the honey on a leg wound that we could dress and wrap. A neck wound would be harder to apply a dressing to.

What kind of wound is it?

Grizzly Adams · #9 07-23-2017, 10:45 AM

Furacin without a doubt.

https://www.drugs.com/vet/furacin-so...ssing-can.html

Grizz

mgvande · #10 07-23-2017, 11:16 AM

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Originally Posted by Puma

We used the honey on a leg wound that we could dress and wrap. A neck wound would be harder to apply a dressing to.

What kind of wound is it?

Massive puncture. Can't really dress. It's on the mend now just missing 1/2square foot of hide.

Red Bullets · #11 07-23-2017, 05:23 PM

Try checking out the chapter starting on page 262. This was the book my father referred to for all our livestock back in the day. The 1912 Practical Stock Doctor.

There will be some remedy ideas. The section on horses is great for all kinds of info.

https://archive.org/details/cu31924000013619

Grizzly Adams · #12 07-23-2017, 05:37 PM

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Originally Posted by Red Bullets

Try checking out the chapter starting on page 262. This was the book my father referred to for all our livestock back in the day. The 1912 Practical Stock Doctor.

There will be some remedy ideas. The section on horses is great for all kinds of info.

https://archive.org/details/cu31924000013619

Sorry, it's not 1912 anymore.

We've come a long ways in case you haven't noticed.

Grizz

pitw · #13 07-23-2017, 09:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Grizzly Adams

Sorry, it's not 1912 anymore.

We've come a long ways in case you haven't noticed.

Grizz

So you are saying that them old folk knew nothing much?

mgvande · #14 07-23-2017, 09:50 PM

Thanks for all the insight. Appreciate it.

raab · #15 07-23-2017, 10:15 PM

See if you can find some silver spray and spray it in there, or if your horse freaks out at the spray(got quite a story about that and my horse going nuts) put it on a cloth and put it on. They use silver in the hospital to help heal wounds.

Red Bullets · #16 07-24-2017, 12:34 AM

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Originally Posted by Grizzly Adams

Sorry, it's not 1912 anymore.

We've come a long ways in case you haven't noticed.

Grizz

Ya I know we live in amazing medical times. This book was the 'go to' book for vets and most horsemen of the day. The OP asked for a remedy or advice.
This book may have offered a solution. Do you want to pay the vet every time?

Besides... that 1912 generation knew and took care of their horses. The horses were part of daily life.
~~~~~~~~

"Look back at our struggle for freedom,
Trace our present day's strength to it's source;
And you'll find that man's pathway to glory
Is strewn with the bones of the horse."

Grizzly Adams · #17 07-24-2017, 07:23 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Red Bullets

Ya I know we live in amazing medical times. This book was the 'go to' book for vets and most horsemen of the day. The OP asked for a remedy or advice.
This book may have offered a solution. Do you want to pay the vet every time?

Besides... that 1912 generation knew and took care of their horses. The horses were part of daily life.
~~~~~~~~

"Look back at our struggle for freedom,
Trace our present day's strength to it's source;
And you'll find that man's pathway to glory
Is strewn with the bones of the horse."

UFA carries furacin, not expensive either. guess I value my horses enough to give them the best care available to me. It's the universally accepted treatment of TODAY.

Grizz

Beeman3 · #18 07-24-2017, 07:45 AM

My neighbor had a horse slip on some ice and cut its
rear leg really bad; on the edge of a waterer. I am a bee keeper so she came and got some honey. The vet couldn't believe how well and fast it healed. This was in spring however, so no flies at the time.

creeky · #19 07-24-2017, 12:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Grizzly Adams

UFA carries furacin, not expensive either. guess I value my horses enough to give them the best care available to me. It's the universally accepted treatment of TODAY.

Grizz

Furacin’s been around since the early1980s.

Tho it might be “universally accepted” many horses are resistant to it, particularly in professional equine institutions (racetracks, show barns, dude strings, exhibitions). Many of the “old” remedies just plain work and all are worth keeping in or close to your warbag.

We’’ve gotta an old half used furacin jar sitting in the barn, if a guy’s short on time I’ll throw it on in the interim (any port in a storm).

When i do make more time, I’ll set to treating deep wounds by flushing them a couple of times a day with warm water and Epson’s salts-followed by topical solutions to keep the bugs and bacteria out.

cdmc · #20 07-24-2017, 11:03 PM

I second honey. But really its all about cleaning on a daily bases. You can pit a little swat or whatever you like in it to keep bugs away. Proud flesh is always a concern with a fleshy wound. Treat with antibiotics as well.

I've always been wary and havent used petroleum based salves....but I have seen first hand that a little kerosene mixed in a pot with melted lard fixed up a pack animal with a skinned neck with little to no scares or proud flesh.

Everyone has opinions on this and most come from real life.