Post by Michelle Clarke on Apr 4, 2008 12:29:26 GMT -5
Had a heck of a storm this morning...lightening hit so hard that it burned my eyes in my bed and we heard debris hitting the ground. Was south of us, thank goodness. Big rains, wind and hail.
When I went out to check on everyone once things settled down, Fuego and Pache walking up to thier gate to wait for breakfast and a some horses in few other pastures were running around warming up after the rain. Fed the barn and when I walked out, Pache was standing in the pasture between his and the barn with his back to me, leaning against the roundpen.
As I went up to him I knew we had trouble because he did not walk over to me. A big flap of skin was hanging from the other side of his neck. A huge gaping split through the side of his neck and I could clearly see the ligament - no damage though. Not alot of blood, so no veins were cut and I actually did not see any cuts into the muscle. Took pics with my camera phone in the barn, but now I have to figure out how to get them out!
Gave him major pain herbs and some Rescue Remedy (triple doses!!) and Eric took him off to the vet.
It is actually superficial, if you can belive it. Very clean. It sure did not look that way, so we'll see how it heals up. Vet may not even have to stitch the interior, just the outside flap. I think he has to stay overnight, but tomarrow we will get a better assesment as to where we are. Vet thinks it won't even scar. She did say one more inch and we would have had a dead horse though - thank goodness for small miracles.
Pache went right into the stocks, got his shot of tetnus and stood stock still as the skin was all shaved up. Everyone was impressed with his good attitude!
Can't find where he did it or exactly what he did. No big slid marks or much evidence of where he went over the fence. Top wire is broke, but that is about it. He and Fuego do not ever really even bicker with eachother, so I know they were not arguing. Best I can guess is that they were running and he could not stop at the fence - who knows.
Well, I always say living on a ranch you are always one fence line away from a major disaster...
So, Momma better give up that foal so we can have a placenta if we need it!
When I went out to check on everyone once things settled down, Fuego and Pache walking up to thier gate to wait for breakfast and a some horses in few other pastures were running around warming up after the rain. Fed the barn and when I walked out, Pache was standing in the pasture between his and the barn with his back to me, leaning against the roundpen.
As I went up to him I knew we had trouble because he did not walk over to me. A big flap of skin was hanging from the other side of his neck. A huge gaping split through the side of his neck and I could clearly see the ligament - no damage though. Not alot of blood, so no veins were cut and I actually did not see any cuts into the muscle. Took pics with my camera phone in the barn, but now I have to figure out how to get them out!
Gave him major pain herbs and some Rescue Remedy (triple doses!!) and Eric took him off to the vet.
It is actually superficial, if you can belive it. Very clean. It sure did not look that way, so we'll see how it heals up. Vet may not even have to stitch the interior, just the outside flap. I think he has to stay overnight, but tomarrow we will get a better assesment as to where we are. Vet thinks it won't even scar. She did say one more inch and we would have had a dead horse though - thank goodness for small miracles.
Pache went right into the stocks, got his shot of tetnus and stood stock still as the skin was all shaved up. Everyone was impressed with his good attitude!
Can't find where he did it or exactly what he did. No big slid marks or much evidence of where he went over the fence. Top wire is broke, but that is about it. He and Fuego do not ever really even bicker with eachother, so I know they were not arguing. Best I can guess is that they were running and he could not stop at the fence - who knows.
Well, I always say living on a ranch you are always one fence line away from a major disaster...
So, Momma better give up that foal so we can have a placenta if we need it!
OH lordy...I got the idea alright, Pache was WAY lucky. I would really like to see after pictures of how the vet got him all stitched up. Do keep us up to date on how he does. 
