My horse has a deep leg cut, swollen, not bearing weight. No vet!

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I cleaned the wound& been applying veterycin wound care spray every 12hours&re-wrapping the legs in a 3m poultice pad bandage.cuts are clean & moist but severe.1 is at least 2in deep& straight across the pastern.I gave him antibiotics.he is trying to not put any weight on the worst cut leg&he is tied up in a stall to limit movement. All of his legs are swollen&he had fever bt now back2 normal day 2. He still eats&drinks.Can you give me your advice/thoughts. NO vets in my country! Thank you!! Pet's info: Farm Animal | Horse | Male | neutered | 4 years and 10 months old

Dr. Strydom, DVM · Accepted Answer

I would be extremely worried that this laceration went into his pastern joint on his worst cut leg. The only way to know is this is for a vet to do a joint tap. I know you said there are no vets around but I'm not really sure what you expect us to be able to tell you over the internet. He needs to be examined in person and have some testing done to figure out why he is so lame. It could also be that tendons in the back of the leg have been cut or it could be both. If the joint is infected it needs to be flushed sterilely under anesthesia otherwise it will never get better, only worse. I have no idea what antibiotics you are giving him or even if it is the correct dose. Do you have anti-inflammatories to give him like Bute or Banamine? How much does this horse weigh so we can tell if you are dosing him correctly? I'm not sure we can be of much help without a lot more information. I strongly recommend you do a private consult with me or one of our vets so that you can get more one on one help and we can chat back and forth asking you the questions we need answers to.

My horse has a deep leg cut, swollen, not bearing weight. No vet!

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