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Post by muckshifter on Aug 10, 2005 23:58:35 GMT 1
My 6-months-old Shire filly foal gave herself a haematoma between her front legs when she flung herself down on concrete whilst having her feet cleaned. The vet said it would go eventually but I wanted to show her this Summer! A friend who is an equine masseur showed me how to massage it to break down the stale lymph and we are treating it with arnica gel and copious amounts of witch hazel twice daily. It is not as hard or as large but it is still there and another vet who came to give her a second flu injection said he thought it would remain as scar tissue. Has anyone got any thoughts on this or ideas for reducing the lump still further? I would be ever so grateful.
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Post by Ryan&Dizzy on Aug 11, 2005 10:01:29 GMT 1
mine got one last year not sure how but it just cleared up on its own now there is no sigh of it!sounds like ur duin everything u can to be fair!!!
gud luck!
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Post by Val (Toons&co) on Aug 11, 2005 10:53:43 GMT 1
Apparently, most clear up easily in maximum 3 weeks and if they don't, vets can help. I was one of the unlucky ones as Spirit got one last year that was so deep between layers of muscles, it took 8 weeks to ripen, by which time it looked more like an abcess. Must admit I'm not sure the vet did all the right things and he's now got a scar for life.
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Post by pip on Aug 11, 2005 13:11:33 GMT 1
Don't know about horses, but one of our cattle got one. It was so big the vet said it was the largest he had ever seen. We thought the animal had broken its hip/leg and it had a grotesque swelling out of its side, it couldn't walk as the pressure from the swelling was so huge. That is why we got the vet, because we thought it might have to be PTS, but he said nothing was broken. We kept in an a stable for a couple of weeks and let it out for short walks, then as it improved enough it went out in a field. It took some months, but in the end disappered completeley apart from you could see the skin was a bit wrinkled where it had stretched, but you had to know about the injury to spot it.
I think you are doing the best you can for your horse. I would be relucant to "drain" it in case of infection getting in. Particularly with a young horse, these things generally get better with time.
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Post by muckshifter on Aug 11, 2005 21:17:47 GMT 1
Thanks to those who replied. Otto, how long did it take before your horse's haematoma disappear? Mine has had hers nearly five weeks now.
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