The swelling has been very hard from day one. She put him on bute for 2 weeks but no anitibiotics and told me to apply heat, feed mash and no hay which I have been doing daily. He does seem to be feeling better, is not throwing any heat and he is no longer depressed and mopey but the swelling has not gone down at all. I just want to make sure that I am doing every thing that I can he has been a good freind for a very long time and it hurts my heart.
Megan
--- In askavet@yahoogroups.com, "Jenra Paints" <jenra@...> wrote:
>
> Megan,
>
> Did your vet take an Xray?
> What treatment did she have him on?
>
> I had a yearling who had been kicked in the jaw.
> We had him on daily antibiotics twice a day and he also had to have
> an antibiotic bead was placed under the skin of his gums, in order to avoid
> infection to the bone.
> with additional daily flushing's.
>
> It does take a long time for the swelling to go down "if" the bone
> was not infected. That part of the swelling would be hard as bone.
> It took about 2 months, with the above everyday care.
>
> Thankfully my colt is now ok.
>
>
> Did she lance to see if the fluid was clear or infection?
> I think it might be a good idea to check with another Vet?
> Jen
>
>
> -------Original Message-------
>
> From: MeganH
> Date: 10/1/2009 6:24:49 AM
> To: askavet@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [SPAM] [AskAVet] Swollen Jaw
>
> Hello, I have a 32 year old gelding that has a broken jaw from being
> kicked by another horse. He has swelling that is about the size of a
> softball which is full of fluid. My question is it has been 5 weeks and
> there has been no change in the swelling, my vet says that she is not
> surprised but I would think that the swelling would have started to subside
> by now.
>
> Megan
>
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