The Chestnut Mustang Blog: Accident Prone Horse

Calvin hurt his face. Where he gets these cuts I haven't the slightest idea, but if there's something sharp in his pasture he will find it. The other day he had a tiny scrape on the side of his face. I figured hmm, I'll fly spray it to keep the flies out and we'll be good. Well I come out yesterday to find that he has itched the living crap out of it and now it's a completely open wound.

After rinsing

Ugh. I tried to think of my plan of attack: if I call the vet she will stitch it, but I *know* he will itch them out, as this is what he did the last time he cut his face open. I cleaned it out, dressed it with some anti-inflammitory/infection cream I also had from the last time he hurt himself, and then sprayed blu-kote on it, then finished with fly spray to keep the nasties out. As much as he's prone to these stupid nicks, I'm just glad it isn't worse. I think he's the perfect example of "curiosity killed the cat."

His injury would get in the way of the bit, so I rode him in a halter on trail. That was quite the experience, I forgot how hard it is to ride a very opinionated horse in a halter. He'd be going along straight and then just randomly veer off into the brush...don't ask me. Anyway, his cut didn't effect his riding performance at all, but we just walked/trotted on the trail. Here are the pics.