...---... proud flesh ...---...

[buck22]

ONE glorious cool evening in the midst of a summer swelter and the entire herd kicks up their heels in celebration.

Everyone turns up the next morning with teeny tiny scrapes on their lower legs from the overnight ruckus. Business as usual, little novalsan washy washy, little alusheild, little swat and good to go, right? Nope. Everyone got summer sores the next day. Everyone developed proud flesh a couple days later. Sigh.

Two herd members resolved unceremoniously with scrubbing and manuka honey. Healed. Happy. Done.

But the pink-skinned Prince refuses to have anything be that simple. He discovered his wound dressing was incredibly tasty. He learned right quick that if he knawed through his bandages, mommy hid a delightful lickable treat on his pastern. Oh, you clever boy.

Prep H to the rescue, and after a few days it was looking really good! We were almost in the clear!

But I got impatient. I wanted this over already. I ponied up for Equaide thinking it would be the deal-sealer. The knock-it-out-of-the-park-er.

I could not-be-more-wrong-er.

Apparently, Equaide is incredibly irritating. And for ponies who already have figured out how to remove their triple ply bandaging to get to tasty lickin’s, doing as such to alleviate the itch is child’s play.

So we’re back to Prep H. The long slow slog.

In 24 years of all things horsey I’ve never had to deal with proud flesh. Guess I’m getting my 24 years worth, but I am SO sick of it.

Please o Wisdom of Coth, where did I go wrong with Equaide? Is it supposed to irritate? Should I just bell boot the boy and make him suffer?

What else can I do?

Bonus points for anyone who figures out the morse code in the title. : )

[Write_amp_Ride]

SOS! As for Equiade, it was immediately helpful for my horse who scraped her hock badly. I’ve never dealt with proud flesh, either, and didnt want to mess around. I put the equiade on just the proud flesh then smeared antibiotic ointment all over a sanitary pad then placed that on top. Then, stacked wrap. Mare has been extraordinarily good about all of it, the wraps have stayed on. She is rather sensitive skinned but doesn’t seem bothered by the equiade. Did you stir it thoroughly? Maybe adding an ointment on top will keep it from drying out and getting itchy.

[Simkie]

My go to for proud flesh is adolfs meat tenderizer, but I don’t know if it would be any less irritating. You could try mixing it with ambasol. It does work VERY quickly.

I usually mix with ky or triple antibiotic ointment, smear on, wrap. Leave for two days. Repeat as needed.

[EmilyM]

i did really well with the wonderdust wound powder on a nasty wide gash (think he got stuck under the fence) on the outside of a left front leg where there is no skin to really stitch. he was an alushield licker (which i will never understand). Left the wonderdust alone. And it improved dramatically once i started that. It went from an inch in width (and probably 4-5 inches long) to about 1/8 of an inch in about 5 weeks.

[buck22]

Ding ding ding! W&R is a winner!

Yep, I stirred the Equaide well, it does settle quite a bit. Smearing something underneath is a good idea! Thanks!

I may have to try the meat tenderizer, I’ve been nervous to, thats why I sprung for the equaide. Hmmm. Good tip mixing it with triple antibiotic, thank you!

I tried wonderdust and it was a disaster, but maybe I’m doing it wrong. The powder got everywhere and created a hard crust on his hair surrounding the wound and irritated the skin beneath the hair creating small pink sores. It would.not.come.off. I had to use mineral oil and scrape it off with my fingernails.

EmilyM, did you bandage the wonderdusted wound or leave it open? What was it like the next day? Did you scrub the scabbing off and apply more?

We’re back on Prep H with a bell boot for the moment to discourage the chewing. The PH seems to at least be soothing, he doesn’t try to attack it.

Lots to try, thank you all so much!

[GramV]

Baking soda. It’s something everyone has at home for cooking and cleaning. It’s cheap. I just get something sticky on the wound and put a ton on it. I do not wrap, as that seems to make it worse. Each day I scrub everything off and do it again.

You can also use Scarlet oil.

[Ghazzu]

Best thing for proud flesh is a #10 blade in an experienced hand.

[Texarkana]

Scrubbing wounds daily with gauze 4x4s and some antiseptic scrub has always worked for me to prevent proud flesh. Maybe I’m just lucky.

Last summer my horse lost a battle with some downed hot wire. Vet gave me a container of Equiade, as she told me there was “no way” my horse’s wounds weren’t going to get proud. For about a week I diligently painted it on after my daily cleaning routine, but I didn’t like how it was making the wound heal at all. I went back to my old standby of triple antibiotic ointment. Everything healed up perfectly without scarring except the bit that had gotten the most dried out from the Equiade. The hair never came back on that part. I’d be hard pressed to buy another container of the stuff.

[buck22]

Thank you all so much.

As of today the Prep H has the proud flesh knocked down to half the size, back where we were before I tried the Equaide. Boy that stuff just didn’t work out for us at all, but I figured it was the pink skinned boy being ultra sensitive. Good thing they offer a money back guarantee, I may be seeing how good they are to their word.

Ghazzu, it sure may come to that. Vet is informed, says keep up the good work so far. But if we have another relapse and the thing blows up again, I’m throwing up the white flag.

At least the progress now is steady, albeit slow.

Thank you all so much. I really appreciate having extra arrows in my quiver.