Update

The donkey in the previous post has now received skin grafts - this is when we take some small circular patches of skin form the neck and place them onto the wound. This encourages new skin growth and accelerates healing time. All the 'dots' in the pictures are the new pieces of skin that we have implanted in the wound.

All his stable mates are envious of his impressive bandage!!! Although he's a little camera shy and refused to smile at the camera for us ... or maybe it was the food in his stable!

Saddle sore

Apologies for not writing for a while, but I have had a few days off on the Red Sea coast in Hurghada.

Whilst I was away this donkey came in with very 'odd ' skin. Just in the area where the harness sits. At first we couldn't understand what was wrong with the skin, and then a large part (as seen in the photo) started to slough off, and eventually came away, leaving a large open wound as seen in the picture. We concluded that the harness was putting so much pressure on the back of this poor donkey that it occluded the blood supply, causing the skin to die (pressure necrosis).

Treatment from now on is wound management, and we are hoping to do some skin grafts on the wound in the later stages of healing.

A poor old horse….

Luckily seeing a thin horse these days is becoming a much rarer sight, compared to when ACE first started, so we were all shocked when we saw this poor 25 year old mare walk through the gates. She was so tired, thin and lame and was in desperate need of a good rest. She’s covered in lumps and bumps all over from previous injuries and there is evidence of firing on all her limbs, indicating she has been lame in the past too. We admitted her for a few days just to give her 5 days at the hospital for ‘time off’. She is pictured below ambling around at ACE making the most of her holiday!!!

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Thank you

...to Alex Malbon, a vet who works in the UK, who came out for a week to visit ACE and to help us out!! We wish she could have stayed for longer!!

She is pictured below, helping Assma inject some antibiotics into the vein of this foal who had an infected joint.

...and also thank you to Stockley Trading and their customers in Littlehampton for their continued support and providing us with a constant supply of cost price vet wrap!!!

Thank you from all at ACE especially the donkeys!!!