Oh dear, I'm sorry to hear about that. I hope he will recover soon!

Last December one of my mares had a very severe gash on her hindquarters that we had to call the vet to stitch up, fortunately it healed up quite well, and is hardly noticeable now.

thank you Fusilier , he laid down in his stall and got shaving in his eyes so now his corneas are really badly scratched up. he then decided it was smart to rub them on the walls and now he has cuts all over his face from it ... hes doing a little better but hes far from ok still.

im glad your mare is doing well now though, its always so scary when things like that happen to our horses.

Yeah, I mean, I haven't had too many health problems with my horses, if we have to call the vet, it's usually from them having physical injuries rather than getting sick. The worst was like three years ago when it was snowing (only happens like once or twice a year where I live) and my gelding had a stroke and he slipped and fell off a steep embankment behind the barn. He was in a really bad shape, he twisted his hip and suffered from some brain damage, plus some scrapes. I was stuck at college at the time so I couldn't go and help him, and I thought that we were going to have to put him down when I herd the news. Fortunately, he actually recovered, though he's deaf and blind on his right side, and the right side of his lip droops down. He still looks a bit rough, as he lost a whole lot of body weight and muscle during his recovery, but because now that I am home and taking care of them, he's starting to look more like his old self.

Now, goats on the other hand, there seems to always some health problem with them all the time, and rarely any injuries. Worms have been particularly bad as we bought a new buck that brought in a strain of them that is resistant to most dewormers, which has been greatly weakening their immune systems drastically. We've lost so many goats in the past three years from pneumonia and anemia that we are down to just two mature does, which one of them is a good mother, but she has a clogged udder so we can't milk her nor can she nurse her babies, so we have to make formula and bottle feed her two babies. Basically, it seems like the slightest thing can get them sick.

But still, I hope he recovers well. Despite that horses have notoriously thin skin, they are still tough beasties.

yeah horses are touph animals , ive never seen a horse get hurt and not try to work through it XD thats amazing your gelding survived, he's very lucky that he didnt get too much physical damage from the fall. hips can really be bad time for horses if they get hurt but im glad it was only twisted.

the only problem ive ever had with my horse was he had an EPM scare , but it ended up being somethgn else. it was terrifying though XD


and yeah our goats have issues too, our buck has like three bad legs ? he popped his front shoulder out and when the vet out it back he has like a permanent lameness to him, and his back legs have bad arthritis. we try our best to treat him but he was rescued so he is completely feral. its super hard to catch him and whatnot.