It’s one of the scariest things, getting a call to come to the barn because your horse has been cut up. You would think it was a child of our own, running to the truck, speeding towards one of our babies to save the day. As we pull up, we see Rusty haltered up, standing there looking at us with her big eyes, and ya know she’s thinking, “I’m sorry, I did it again!”. You see, Rusty is the most accident prone horse you have every seen. It wasn’t a shocker to us when we heard what horse it was that was tore up, the only words out of our mouths were, “oh no, not again!”. Last time Rusty got so tore up we had to take her to the vet, and pay that nice little ER bill (little... ya right!).
Luckily this time things weren’t as bad. Even better, last time we were visiting our best friend, the vet, he suggested that we get a bottle of
Vetericyn (preferably the hydrogel because it’s supposed to stay on better); “It’s the best”, he says. Thank goodness we did, because we had it on hand when we got the phone call about Rusty, again. I love the horse to death, but really...again! We (and by we I mean my husband) went up to Rusty to examine the damage, seeing that there is quite a bit of swelling, and the skin is peeled back pretty far. The wound has clearly been there all day, because the skin is already starting to curl under. After discussing our options,
he had ruled out the vet (our pocket book had a part in that conversation), but we decided to try the Vetericyn the doc had recommended last time. I went to get the bottle out of the truck (that’s my part of the examination...getting things), and Dan generously sprayed the wound, along with the area around it (just for good measure.) Our biggest concern was the swelling it had caused.
The next morning Dan went to do chores, caught Rusty, and was amazed how much the swelling had decreased! He applied the spray to the wound and surrounding area again, and that evening we did chores together. I couldn’t believe my eyes!!! After one day of applying the Vetericyn (only twice a day), the swelling had decreased by at least half its size, and the wound was healing up very nicely....all this magic in the little blue bottle. After 3 days, it had started to scab over, and the swelling had subsided! Totally worth every penny, and couldn’t be any happier with our success. It’s amazing... the power of the little blue bottle!
I’d love to hear your success stories too! Tell me how amazing it worked for you, and any tricks you have for using it.
Rhonda
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