[IceHorses] Winter and Wound Care

2008-01-19 Thread pippa258
Thank you guys for responses to what has worked for you. It would be hard to put vet wrap on the hip. I was thinking of a gauze dressing with duct tape but knowing Starri, he would chew that off too! I've sprayed the bitter tasting/no chew spray around the hip when I noticed hair was

[IceHorses] Winter and Wound Care

2008-01-18 Thread pippa258
One of my horses has a bite mark on his hip with exposed skin. I have been putting the Icelandic lotion on it (oils and herbs) that you can buy from Susan at SaddleUp Tack as worried about the skin being exposed to the freezing temps. Then started thinking about whether the lotion would

Re: [IceHorses] Winter and Wound Care

2008-01-18 Thread pyramid
What do folks do about dressing exposed wounds in the winter? my vet cream (or some similarly blandly named product) doesn't seem to freeze. in any case, the horse's body heat should help keep the stuff relatively warm good luck, --vicka

Re: [IceHorses] Winter and Wound Care

2008-01-18 Thread Wanda Lauscher
On 18/01/2008, pippa258 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What do folks do about dressing exposed wounds in the winter? When the boys have a particularily raw wound (Gusti just had one on his hip too)...I have some Watkins salve that I use. Ordinarily I wouldn't put anything on it, but the salve must