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[BlueMoonFarms]

Its not really getting any smaller, its just kinda, oozing and staying pink.
I clean it up every day and pack it but its not really doing anything.

 

[MDres]

Taking pictures like you have been doing is an excellent way to monitor progress. It should slowly start closing in from the outside. At this point, it is like watching a pot boil, it seems like it is never going to happen.

If it seems like healing stalls or quits, and it isn't making progress, then call the vet. That's where the pictures come in REALLY handy, because you can show the vet how it hasn't changed much, but I'm betting your vet is already pretty familiar with the timeline of the injury/healing. My horse had an injury back in 1999 that required the wound edges to be refreshed, or cut back, to stimulate it to heal fully. Sounds backwards to make the wound bigger to get it to heal, but in his case, the edges just stopped trying to reach each other, and he had a fist sized hole in the skin on his shoulder blade. It was pretty cool to see the muscles moving thru the hole, though. The vet cut the edges back, and wala! the wound decided to close up - slowly, but it did close without much of a scar, even.

 

[BlueMoonFarms]

Taking pictures like you have been doing is an excellent way to monitor progress. It should slowly start closing in from the outside. At this point, it is like watching a pot boil, it seems like it is never going to happen.

If it seems like healing stalls or quits, and it isn't making progress, then call the vet. That's where the pictures come in REALLY handy, because you can show the vet how it hasn't changed much, but I'm betting your vet is already pretty familiar with the timeline of the injury/healing. My horse had an injury back in 1999 that required the wound edges to be refreshed, or cut back, to stimulate it to heal fully. Sounds backwards to make the wound bigger to get it to heal, but in his case, the edges just stopped trying to reach each other, and he had a fist sized hole in the skin on his shoulder blade. It was pretty cool to see the muscles moving thru the hole, though. The vet cut the edges back, and wala! the wound decided to close up - slowly, but it did close without much of a scar, even.

I think whats going on right now is that the lumpy thing is extending past the part of the flesh that is healing leaving a permanent opening.
Aka the vet needs to come back...Ugh...
I'll let you all know what ends up happening.

 

[Farmin' Girl]

Hang in there, not much longer now hopefully.

 

[BlueMoonFarms]

Yup, its not going to be closing on its own. I was asked to wait a bit to see how the wound would progress, and this is what its like now.

Its not closing properly I put a call into my regular vet, hopefully she will be able to do something for Annie. I really want the wound to heal...

 

[BlueMoonFarms]

And the verdict is!!! Leave it alone.
If its still the way it is or bigger in the fall then we will do surgery. Her suggestion was to coat the spot with Vaseline and just wait until fall when there are no bugs to infect the wound and then preform surgery if and only if necessary. Hopefully it will close by then.
Until then i'll still post updates and pictures, and then if she needs surgery i'll take pictures on that as well.

 

[BlueMoonFarms]

I just got done cleaning out Annabelle's pen, and I think she has discovered the finer things in life.
I need to get my camera ready for next time, because this is the second time she has done it.
Every time I clean her pen and put down fresh sawdust and hay she spends a good three minuets hopping about, headbutting anything in the other pen and throwing up mouthful's of sawdust and hay (after which she has to spend a second spitting the remnants out) up into the air.
She is quite the character. I'm just grateful she lived through this ordeal to keep sharing her unique personality.
Does anyone else's critters do stuff like this?

 

[Melanie]

My LGD Great Pyrenees loves to roll in the hay when I am cleaning the goat house. I always tell my kids she is helping spread the hay because she grabs mouthfuls and runs around and tosses it in the air.

 

[Melanie]

I am glad she gets more time to heal before surgery. My son severed the tip of his finger and they are giving him time before surgery and so far I am very pleased with the progress. I hope she heals up before the fall.

 

[Harbisgirl]

One of my goats gets like that when I put down new straw too. She flops down in it and rolls, flops around, kicks her legs - looks like bad break dancing LOL. Its really cute though Nice to see someone appreciate your efforts. And thanks for the continual updates and pics - very informative.