01/11/2026
The one that got away — a wound story I'll never forget. 🐴
Years ago, I got called to see a horse with a "small cut on the leg." The owner had been treating it at home for two weeks with purple spray and cotton wool.
When I arrived and cleaned the wound properly, what I found underneath made my stomach drop. The infection had tracked deep into the tissue. What started as a treatable laceration had become a full-thickness wound with significant tissue death.
The horse survived, but the treatment took months instead of weeks, cost thousands more than it should have, and left a significant scar.
If the owner had called on day one — clean, stitch, bandage, antibiotics, done. Two weeks of purple spray turned a simple wound into a nightmare.
Please. When in doubt, call. We would rather see a wound that turns out to be minor than see one that's been festering for a fortnight.
