I took the bandage off and four hours later it was quite swollen and blood was oozing. I rinsed it clean and hand walked him for a few minutes, but there didn't appear to be any new scrapes or cuts. It was just bleeding from the very small part that had not yet closed. I rechecked it before bed - no change.
The next morning it was still quite swollen and seeping blood. I couldn't find any new trauma, and he wasn't lame, but it's definitely annoying him. I am not a vet, but I imagine that this is what happens when you remove a pressure bandage after fourteen weeks. Rather than panic, I cold hosed the leg for ten minutes and hand walked him for fifteen. I rode him for less than ten minutes, at a walk, gave the wound another coat of Aluspray, and finished off his day with two grams of Bute. I'll call the vet today, but I don't think there's much else to do other than re-wrap it which I'd rather not do. I think the swelling will just work itself out with light exercise, and the oozing blood will stop when there is less pressure from the swelling. And this too shall pass ...
jenj
4/12/2015 11:13:15 pm
Oh, how depressing! I hope it scabs over soon and goes back to healing up quickly. 4/13/2015 11:18:21 pm
Vet agreed as well. He said I could wrap it on and off again or just wait it out. I am choosing to just wait it out. It will eventually go back to the correct size. :0)
Tracy
4/13/2015 02:15:40 am
:-(
Anna Erickson
4/13/2015 11:32:25 am
Yep, horribly frustrating but you are right - it just has to form a big ugly scab at that spot for a few days then the scab will drop off and better skin will be underneath. Bandaging it at this stage will actually make it worse not better. 4/13/2015 11:21:24 pm
There shouldn't have been any reason for a scab to form as the wound was essentially closed, but the pressure of the swelling did "stretch" teh skin to the point that small cracks appeared and blood oozed. Comments are closed.
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I began endurance riding in 1996 where I ultimately completed five, one-day 100 mile races, the 200-mile Death Valley Encounter, and numerous other 50, 65, and 75 mile races. I began showing dressage in 2010. Welcome to my dressage journey. 
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About Speedy GSpeedy went from endurance horse to dressage horse. After helping me earn a USDF Bronze medal in the summer of 2020, he is now semi-retired. Speedy is a 2004, 15'1 hand, purebred Arabian gelding. His Arabian Horse Registry name is G Ima Starr FA.
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About IzzyIzzy was started as a four-year old and then spent the next 18 months in pasture growing up. I bought him as a six-year old, and together, we are showing at Second Level. He is a 2008, 16'3 hand warmblood gelding. His Rheinland Pfalz-saar International (RPSI) name is Imperioso.
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