Last Saturday Sidney turned Pigeon out with another horse for some play time. When she went to go get him, he had a nice size cut on his leg that was bleeding pretty bad. He was favoring the leg pretty badly. I sent a picture to our vet, and she said to clean it really good and keep an eye on it for swelling, heat or drainage. On Sunday, he seemed to be favoring his leg less, so we thought we were doing pretty good.
When Sid went out there Monday, his leg had swollen pretty sizably and it was a bit warm. Our vet was able to make it out on Tuesday to take a look. She showed Sid how to clean it out really good and started Pigeon on antibiotics and pain meds. Sid had instructions on how to wrap it each night. She also would need to take the wraps off each morning. Worst of all...no riding for a couple weeks. EGADS!
Needless to say, Pigeon did not like the antibiotics at all and tried to spit them out each time. Just like a toddler. I love this picture of him giving Sidney side eye and raising his head as high as possible. Did he forget she has a stool?
He started feeling better pretty quickly, and the swelling has subsided. Now the hard part, being patient enough to wait until he is fully healed up. Sidney was pretty disappointed as we had all kinds of plans with Pigeon this past week. One of those plans included a trip out to One Mane Ranch to participate in the jackpot challenge. Another life lesson, things do not always go as planned.
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