the first vet that came when it happened said stitching would be out of the question as there was a deep muscle slit there and covering it over could lead to infection underneath the skin, and with the area its in movement would most likely not let it knit again. the second vet that came a few days later said there was no infection present and all looked well and she said she would try stitch it. sedated him, scraped all the wound to stimulate the blood flow, stitched it up lovely, horse came round lifted his head and popped all the bloody stitches!! just too much movement in this area, she cu