Bathing horses, and taking care of sores

Chloe has had a sore about the size of a nickel on her muzzle for a while now. But I never really gave it a good look, until about a week ago. It's pretty bad! So my mom called the vet (not our normal one, cause my mom couldn't get a hold of him), and the vet said it's probably a Summer sore. I would have taken a picture of the sore, but my camera is getting fixed right now. I tried to find a picture of a summer sore on the Internet, but couldn't find one. Oh well. It might have grossed you out anyways.

So the vet said that I should put fly spray around the sore to keep flies out of it, and put my 'Corona Ointment' on it. The vet also said to give Chloe ivermectin de-worming medicine, then give it to her again four days later, and call her back. I'll probably have to give it to Chloe some more. And if the sore is a Summer sore, then it should heal.

Luckily we had that kind of de-worming medicene. I gaver her that (four days ago). I'll have to do it again today after I feed the horses. I also de-wormed Valley the same day I de-wormed Chloe FYI.

The day after that (I think Tuesday) I gave both horses baths!! First time I've bathed Valley, and the 1st time 3 years I've given Chloe a bath. LOL. I gave Valley a bath first. She did good at first, but she got tired of the bath, and moved around some. I think she just didn't like being tied up for so long. But afterwards she was soo pretty! Her mane was SHINING. She was soo clean! Most of her (especially her neck) was sooo white and pretty! but her legs (especially one of them. Can't remember which one) are pretty dark! As soon as I get my camera fixed, I'll take a pic. Well, I guess I'll have to give her another bath when my camera gets fixed so you can see how pretty she is/was..

Oh, after I gave her a bath, I put some 'Mane n Tail' hoof moisturizer stuff on her front hooves -- all over them. It's also good for humans nails, but it feels weird, so I'm only using it on horses. I would have put them on her back feet too, but if I try to pick them up, she'll kick me. So I need some help on that one.

Also when I was trying to clean her hindquarters, she kept kicking at me. Once when I was really close to her back feet, she lifted her foot up as a kicking warning. I'm so glad she didn't actually kick at me, I would've gotten hit. But it made me jump when she picked up her hoof, so I was really careful after that.

Chloe.. was -- surprisingly -- a lot harder to give a bath than Valley was!! I tried tying her up, but she pulled back when I turned on the water hose. Luckily she didn't break the lead rope like she's done before; instead it just came untied. So I was trying to hold her and give her a bath, but she moved around too much, so I had to get my mom to help me. So my mom held her, and did the water hose, while I scrubbed soap into her. Afterwards her mane was soo pretty! I combed most of it, but she walked away before I could finish the last part. The rest of her didn't look much different though.. lol.

After I gave her a bath, I put some fly spray on a cotton ball, and put it around her sore (actually mom did all this part). Then mom put the ointment on a cotton ball, and put it all over Chloe's sore. Then mom fly sprayed her. I also fly sprayed Valley before I let her go (after her bath I mean).

Oh, get this. As soon as I put Valley in the pasture, she laid down to roll in the dust right inside the pasture! I was like, "Valley! I just gave you a bath!!" I started to go in the pasture, but she got up before I could. She had a little dirt on one side of her. *rolls eyes*

-Sarah

p.s. When I was giving Valley a bath, she stepped on my toe, and it bruised it! I couldn't see a bruise, but I sure could feel it!