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It’s a scrape, not an amputation. Knock it off. Yeah true, maybe I’m getting soft in my old age!
Is this something you made? I had considered warming honey so it would pour but that sticky goodness would just hold all the dirt and flies.
It’s an Absorbine product: https://absorbine.com/products/silverhoney-spray-gel?srsltid=AfmBOoo-kU1Q4Y8hcpDjPhoNt4tUxjAk1qbnaFh1BXpijd3AdINFBpeI&variant=39503186329761
It also comes in an ointment, which tends to be my preference.
I really like this stuff for wounds that are trying to get granulated. It does a great job of healing to smooth, healthy skin, and unlike some other topicals horses don’t seem to find it irritating.
Go in from the other side with one hand while pulling his tail towards you gently but firmly with the other. Just firmly enough that he can’t un-weight the leg nearest you to kick you with, no harder than that. If you are quick this will be drama free and you can reward him for being “good” and win some tolerance points for next time.
Alternatively, tying up the front leg on the injured side sometimes works.
similar to this
Agree, I don’t like this method, I use a thick cotton rope also.
Great technique, thanks
I like alushield a lot, but wouldn’t choose it for a horse that’s being kinda feral about even being touched. My horses have never been fans–not sure if it stings, or if it’s is surprisingly cold, or what. They tolerate it because they’re mannerly but they clearly would rather I not.
That silver honey stuff looks like an interesting option. I also use a lot of straight Vaseline on stuff I would’ve used triple antibiotic on previously.
It is quite cold, but I’ve been surprised by the horses who handle it fine and the ones who don’t. I recommend being fast and accurate and trying to get it all in one shot, just in case. 
Lol, yeah, I agree. I can use it without haltering the horse…for one thing. If there are more scrapes that need attention, the halter has to go on. 
In all seriousness, try to teach him to be more tolerant of doctoring. If something serious that MUST be touched comes along, he’s going to need the practice in letting people put hands on his boo-boos.
By the time my late gelding was 2, he’d had stitches in both hinds and his nose as well as another laceration that didn’t require stitches but a lot of hands-on doctoring. It was not a lot of fun, but he was a pro at letting people doctor him. And as a 2 year old, when he cut his hind to the bone on a wire fence, lacerating the extensor tendon and artery, he stood calmly while I applied pressure with a bath towel to his gushing, awful, gaping wound. We had several months of tedious doctoring and care after that. On a 2yo who wasn’t allowed turn-out (heck, had to stay cross-tied in his stall for a week to let skin grafts take hold).
They need to learn to let us take care of them.
But yeah, lots of good suggestions on how to go at this for now. And hopefully yours won’t give you as many opportunities to practice as mine did! LOL.
I think I need to move out of ‘Gramma’ mode back into mom mode. The Kids tell me the grankids get away with way more than they did. lol
Its healing but does need some product to help it along.
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