It's always something

So with R. doing significantly better, it seems that the horses were feeling a little neglected and made a play for attention. Well, one horse.

When I was grocery shopping earlier this week, I got a text from our neighbor saying my chestnut horse was bleeding from her leg. Thankfully P. was at home so I texted her to go check. Yes, Bristol had a huge gash on one of her lower back legs. P. wrapped it and took pictures so we could text the vet.

This is not the first time this has happened, but it is definitely the worst. We have been baffled as to what she gets into because none of the other horses ever have this happen. After talking with the vet, we decided it wasn't an emergency emergency, since we had already cleaned and wrapped it and had antibiotics here that we could start her on.

So the vet came out and clipped around it. It's deep, but it didn't need stitches. Keeping it wrapped, using honey as an antibiotic, and changing the wrappings every day is what we'll be doing. Oh, and we're doubling the antibiotics because the biggest danger is if Bristol gets an infection deep inside her leg. That would be bad. Bad like catastrophically bad. So twice a day I get to dissolve huge amounts of pills and use a syringe to squeeze it down Bristol's throat because she despises them with every ounce of her being. Good times.

And we have our mystery solved. The vet is 95% sure the leg injuries are from being kicked. (Ahem, Emmy... ) Those two are the best frenemies in the world. Absolute besties... until they're not. Once Bristol's leg is heeled up, it looks as though we will need to keep polo wraps on her back legs when she's turned out just to give them a little bit of extra protection. 

Horses.

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