I'm interested in hearing about anyone else's experience with bad spider bites. I've been dealing with a moderately bad one for 2+ weeks now. We started treating it like a cellulitus, no wound was evident. It got worse on day 4 for about 24hrs, edema, pain and sick horse. On day #8 I found an open abscess when I unwrapped him. Frankly I was mildly shocked because I had been convinced he'd injured the seasmoid he'd chipped back in July again, it was that bad.
I'm still surprised that it took 8 days for the bite to localize and open. It's on inside LH, @ midpoint between ankle to hock.
Spider bite
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It depends on the kind of spider of course, but our experiences with spider bites have not been good. Black widow: the filly's face swelled up (she was bitten in the jaw), it looked like she had strangles. She was out of work for about a week. Brown recluse: skin, muscle, and tissue sloughed away nearly down to the bone (bitten near the hock). She was out of commission for 3-4 months.