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« on: February 16, 2017, 06:36:59 pm »

Hey guys, I've tried looking for this topic and didn't see what I'm looking for. So this evening when I got home my 30lb hog was out of the pen, and running loose in my backyard. I knew I couldn't catch him so I turned my two puppies and my pit out. Well sure enough they caught him and I managed to get him back in the pen.
    I think it was a good experience for the pups and the pit. I'm new to hunting and this is my first set of pups and this is the first pig my pit has been allowed to catch. He caught the ear the first time and the pups caught with him.
    That being said, I thought the little boar jumped the hog panel, which is 50" tall with about 4" down in the ground. So I was going to finish putting smaller fencing(2x4 holes) around the bottom 2 feet so the puppies can't get in to the pen, and then put another run of panel above the existing panel to make it 8ish feet tall. Well as I was running the fence around the bottom he got out again and I saw him squeeze through one of the panels. So I had to turn the pups and my pit out once again.
    Well the first time the pig wasn't messed up bad. Second time was a little different. I was alone when the second one happened and I couldn't separate the pig from the dogs. So my pit had a good 5 minutes of bite on him before I managed to get my roommate outside to help me. And to make matters worse, my neighbors came out and saw it. Granted it was a good 200 yards from them and they couldn't see very well, but they know I have hunting dogs and know what happened. They don't have anything against hunting dogs but I definitely didn't want them to see a pig get caught in my yard.
    So with all that being said, the pigs eat got tore up pretty good and he has a 1-2" long cut on his forehead from a tooth, that goes down to the bone. He acted fine when I put him back in the pen, other than being wore out, but he bled a good bit. Is there anything I should do for him? Such as giving him antibiotics or anything like that? Or will he be fine to heal up naturally?


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« Reply #1 on: February 16, 2017, 09:39:51 pm »

Blue lotion or furazone spray works good.
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« Reply #2 on: February 17, 2017, 05:33:00 am »

Sometimes I will give a shot of penicillin and spray the wound with vetricyn gel but I have also found that if you spray them with the hose you can clean it out to and I keep them a good wet muddy woller in the pen seems like the mudd helps to.
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« Reply #3 on: February 17, 2017, 05:36:26 am »

Thanks!


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« Reply #4 on: February 17, 2017, 08:27:43 am »

screw worm spray. I cant remember who told me about it, but it may have been on this board. Makes the wound scab up n keeps flys n stuff off.
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« Reply #5 on: February 17, 2017, 09:45:00 am »

If you'll give him a shout of penicillin around 3cc deep in the muscle and maybe spray I little bleach water are something on the cut he'll be alright. If he's got a mud hole to get in all he needs is the penicillin.
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« Reply #6 on: February 17, 2017, 09:57:39 am »

might be better to get another pig ...... you don't want flies to blow it or it will get worms in it ......but from your posts looks like your dogs is ready to hunt ...... you probably don't need the pig anymore ......
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« Reply #7 on: February 17, 2017, 10:16:15 am »

Thanks for the help guys, I think I'll try the penicillin and some spray. The ground in the pen doesn't hold water well so there isn't a real mud hole for him to get in to. Parker49, I'm working on getting them in on a hunt for next weekend. Gonna bring them along with some good experienced dogs and see how they do. I have access to other pigs around the same size but I paid for this one and I would like to get him a little bigger and eat him. I think I'll try to heal him up and if I can't then I'll kill him. Probably won't eat him at that point due to the injury. I will also try to dig down a hole today and see if I can't make a little mud hole for him.


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« Reply #8 on: February 27, 2017, 06:50:41 am »

I use PB blaster, sounds weird but a friend of mine turned me on to it, it sprays in a good steady stream for several feet and will kill off maggots and other forms of infection, I keep several cans in my toolbox on my truck for summer hunting, it works good for torn ears and I saturate their backends good when I cut boars, it leaves and oily residue on them for about a week to help keep flies off of them...


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« Reply #9 on: February 27, 2017, 07:59:14 am »

I use PB blaster, sounds weird but a friend of mine turned me on to it, it sprays in a good steady stream for several feet and will kill off maggots and other forms of infection, I keep several cans in my toolbox on my truck for summer hunting, it works good for torn ears and I saturate their backends good when I cut boars, it leaves and oily residue on them for about a week to help keep flies off of them...


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Wouldn't have thought about using PB blaster. Usually always have some sitting around for stubborn bolts. I ended up giving him a shot of penicillin, carried him to the hose and rinsed out good for a few minutes and then sprayed the blue lotion on it. It healed up pretty good and is scabbed up. His ear is barely hanging on, but no signs of infection. He will be fine as long as he doesn't get caught by a dog again, they'd rip the ear off I think.


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« Reply #10 on: February 28, 2017, 03:39:15 pm »

If you can easily catch him, if his ear is barley hanging on you might be better off just going ahead and taking it the rest of the way off with a good sharp knife....


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« Reply #11 on: February 28, 2017, 04:03:44 pm »

If you can easily catch him, if his ear is barley hanging on you might be better off just going ahead and taking it the rest of the way off with a good sharp knife....


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He isn't easy to catch, but with a few people it's doable. And I may have said it wrong. The top of the ear is split from the edge down to where the base is, with some bits of skin holding the split together. Same on the bottom. It definitely isn't going to come off without something tearing at it. The worst thing it could do would be tear in to two pieces but I don't see that happening either. It's healing up pretty good


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« Reply #12 on: February 28, 2017, 07:02:05 pm »



I took this picture this evening. The white line going down, and the line going up and to the right are where it's split. There's a little gap where you can see through the split but it's holding on good and scabbed up


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