[ShadyGirl82]

wow sorry about that. looks painful. glad shes ok now though!

[HorseBliss]

ouchie! hope she feels better! stitches are no fun. my horse had a total of like 14 or so in his neck. he couldda cracked a bone, but luckily he didnt. the fun part was tryin to take em out.. oooh yeah! it was fun to watch, as sad as i was (it was at a show, go me.. haha). i love that stuff. but yeah, i hope she feels better soon and stays away from that dern barbed wire.

[lawfilly99]

that's awful I hope she heals well! I would run a line of electric inside the fence before they can even get to the barbed wire. go with the cheap one line stuff that will break if the get tangled and run a line up high and low...that way he can have his cowboy fence and you can have a safe horse..compromise

[Ryle]

Suturing is often done in older wounds. So long as they have been well cleaned, aren't oozing and the edges are freshened it's generally not a problem and is recommended in areas where the tissues get alot of motion and can't be bandaged.

Poor girl. Horses are just born accidents waiting to happen.

[ridergirlx0x0]

omg thats terrible!! i hope she feel's better, and that your bf will change the fence... good luck with her healing!!

[HorseGurly143]

Originally Posted by wrightdanes

We love our horseguard fencing. It's CHEAP, too. We did 100x200 for about $1500. It would have been cheaper, but we bought the t-post covers and a solar box.

There's about a 12-24 hour window on stitching. I've seen vets remove tissue on "older" wounds to get a fresh surface. Looks like the BF needs to rethink his ways.

We have electric fence up on part of it, their favorite hang out place so far. We have a much bigger then 100x200 pasture though, it is about 23 acres.We are working on getting the electric fence up, it is just taking alot of time and money so far. My mom has been moved to working 5 10's and an 8, and on her day off she really has to help pack our house, we are also in the middle of moving as well as her divorce. It has just been really chaotic around here. We are trying to get it fixed as fast as possible!

[HorseGurly143]

Originally Posted by JBandRio

Yeah, I can see freshening up the wound in order to stitch to viable tissue, but what about the fact that it had already had Nolvasan applied?

They used nolvasan as well to clean it before they did the stitches. We called them last night just for ideas as to what to do until the next day. They recommended that. It is just a wash, why wouldn't they be able to? This is the stuff we have :