[SIZE=10pt]I thought Dusty was out of the woods. Yesterday he was galloping and frolicking. This morning he did not come up readily when called. I brushed him and decided to resume work on our hand shaking trick, and he could not eat the little alfalfa I held for him as a treat. He tried, but his mouth wouldn't work right. The swelling hasnt' gone down totally but he has been eating fine. So I looked in his mouth, and there was fermented/rotten grass under the top and bottom lip, against the teeth. I got the hose and washed it out and saw sores. Also rinsed out the insides of the mouth on both sides, in case chewed grass was caught in cheek pockets. [/SIZE]
My husband has an automotive tool sort of like the vet uses to drench the mouth after floating teeth, so we made up a saline solution and I rinsed his mouth with that. The vet told me he had expected sores in the mouth, I think because of dying tissue from the venom.
So now I am scared again that he won't be all right. I hosed out his mouth this evening and plan to saline again in the morning.
My questions:
should I put him in the dry lot away from grazing? I feel as though the grazing is good for him, but will rinsing his mouth out be enough? Why is the chewed grass collecting? I think he is still swollen around his mouth--can he not manipulate his mouth well enough yet? Would soaked grass pellets be best right now?
The fang punctures and skin splits are healing well. Still hydroing every day, though. Friday will be 2 weeks since the bite.
My husband has an automotive tool sort of like the vet uses to drench the mouth after floating teeth, so we made up a saline solution and I rinsed his mouth with that. The vet told me he had expected sores in the mouth, I think because of dying tissue from the venom.
So now I am scared again that he won't be all right. I hosed out his mouth this evening and plan to saline again in the morning.
My questions:
should I put him in the dry lot away from grazing? I feel as though the grazing is good for him, but will rinsing his mouth out be enough? Why is the chewed grass collecting? I think he is still swollen around his mouth--can he not manipulate his mouth well enough yet? Would soaked grass pellets be best right now?
The fang punctures and skin splits are healing well. Still hydroing every day, though. Friday will be 2 weeks since the bite.