Navajo is Injured

My poor boy Navajo...yes he is supposed to be my horse...lol...is injured!!!!!  Friday we noticed that he was limping and at first we thought it was his front left leg that was giving him problems.  As with the sheep, when it is wet for a while, horses pick up foot rot so quickly and the thought crossed our minds that with a week of constant and heavy rain, he may just have developed that.  NiQi went off to our vet and he gave her an anti-imflammatory, told her we should soak the foot, clean out the hoof and try to determine where it may be sore as it could be a number of things causing the problem.  We did all that, including mixing the anti-imflammatory with Purity apple puree because it is so bitter, but he didn't seem to have any pain that we noticed when NiQi examined his hoof and lower leg.

Sunday morning Peet came to remove Zorro's shoes and cut and file the horses hooves and when he got to work on Navajo's feet, Navajo could not balance or put weight on the back.  We had seen some days before that he had a gash on the inside of his back right leg, but at the time didn't think it to be any problem.  We had been spraying it with a wound spray, but now it appeared the wound was actually worse than we thought.

Yesterday morning I noticed that overnight it had started oozing and I made a trip to the vet to get an antibiotic for him....

I had to wait for Johan to return from work in the afternoon before we injected him and this morning I was pleased to note that it already looks better and he is walking easier.  We have one more injection to give to him tomorrow and then I hope the wound will heal sufficiently for him to return to grazing with the other horses.  It's still a mystery as to what caused the gash in the first place...Johan thought maybe someone fired a shot and the bullet flew past him and grazed his leg!!!!  (It could be a possibility with the people in our area who fire willy nilly anytime and at anything....)  Or he could have bolted with fright at hearing a shot and run into the fence, catching it on the wire...  Or it could be from a stripy legged tick... whatever, it will remain a mystery and we are just glad he is recovering.