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Post by brigadier on Mar 23, 2009 19:39:45 GMT
What do you do for wound care?  Im noticing recently that everyone has a different take on this and people look at me as if Im daft when I stand there hosing legs etc so wanted a general idea of everyones treatments and fave products.  |
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Post by fleabitten on Mar 23, 2009 20:03:24 GMT
Clean it off with warm water and cotton wool - then dry with cotton wool and puff a bit of wound powder on. Thats the only sort of wound ive had to deal with. Ive used antiseptic spray before as well.
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Post by jack on Mar 23, 2009 20:10:59 GMT
it very much depends on where the wound is and how bad it is
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Post by scattymare on Mar 23, 2009 21:17:18 GMT
Yeah I'd say same as Jack.
If its a minor wound in a non problem area i would generally clean with water and cotton wool and leave it to heal itself, maybe a squirt of antiseptic spray.
Sancy once had a wound on her knee which kept opening up and was right on the boney bit. On vets advice I hosed for swelling and then bandaged a figure of eight around the knee with dressing over it.
I was always taught that if a wound is deep (but not too deep for stitches) then not to put any creams or powder on as this will prevent it healing from the inside out which could lead to infection being trapped inside - don't know if thats true but it's always worked for me.
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Post by brigadier on Mar 24, 2009 10:14:50 GMT
Thats interesting Scatty- I usually put spray on surface ones and gel on deeper ones so they stay open for longer to allow the healing from inside. I usually hose for ages as well as it seems to assist with the swelling.
Basil got a cut whilst I was away on hols and it went nasty(because I was away because thats s*ds law) requiring antibiotics. Im annoyed about it because he's had three cuts recently and the only one to go bad was the one I didnt get at early. (the other two cuts were worse as well). In defence of the stables it was in a hard to spot place and size and would only really be noticable when grooming or if it became swollen but that said its still going to cost me a vets visit and the antibiotics, and the time off working him as his leg swelled around the knee.
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Post by racaille on Mar 24, 2009 13:05:53 GMT
That's a bummer, Brig. Hope he gets well again very soon.
With 'everyday' cuts I'm a hose fanatic. I also try to keep wounds open (and very clean) for as long as possible so they heal from the inside out (like Scatty). I'm a big fan of Betadine (antiseptic) gel and it does help keep the flies out, which we have to be careful about.
I loathe aluminium spray as it tends to heal wounds too quickly from the outside
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Post by brigadier on Mar 24, 2009 14:54:15 GMT
A Fellow hose fanatic!!! Its not just me being old fashioned then?
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Post by ceej on Mar 24, 2009 15:08:34 GMT
yes, did you know BOTs emerge int he throat? Not saying tis that - I would never have thought of worms, but apparently they do - eurgh!
or lungworms - typically caught from thei host, donkeys.
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Post by racaille on Mar 24, 2009 15:22:39 GMT
yes, did you know BOTs emerge int he throat? Not saying tis that - I would never have thought of worms, but apparently they do - eurgh! or lungworms - typically caught from thei host, donkeys. er Ceej - is this meant to be on the coughing thread? |
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Post by duckles on Mar 24, 2009 17:47:18 GMT
I would clean a wound - but not necessarily hose- I might use water, or epson salts and water or hipiscrub (with cotton wool). I only put blue spray or dermobene on what I would call scrathes or minor cuts not on what I would class as a wound. I have poulticed to take infection out and on another occasion, injected an antiseptic rinse into a wound to keep it open. My vet has also recommended putting lime on a wound to keep it open!
Poor Basil- that stinks- I know what you are saying Brig- but they should have seen it!! How did he get it anyway???
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Post by haffyfan on Mar 24, 2009 18:59:20 GMT
Poor Basil
As Jacik has said care does depend on the nature/seriousness of the wound. If it's just a cut/scrape and doesn't need veternairy treatment, I will clean it up (either just clean water and sponge...cotton wool can stick in open wounds... or if it looks dirty either with hibiscrub/dettol diluted down) and then use either Arnica (if skin is not broken) or Hypercal on it usually, I also sometimes will use savlon (vet recommended this for Murphs mud fever( but more like rain scald as no mud and caused by dew we think) last summer) but prefer the more natural creams/gels generally.
Cornucresine is good for promoting hair growth once it's healed.
Obv I follow vets advice if it's serious.
Hosing has it's place but I only use it for swellings/under vets instruction and since discovering gel cels tend to use these as hosing is not always practical (or easy if the nag dosen't like it!)
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Post by mossh on Mar 24, 2009 19:02:35 GMT
It all depends, if a deep cut on a joint (hock knee) i leave alone apart form hosing the area because of the joint capsule and joint fluid. I call he vet immediately!
Cuts in a less..er...awkward area, i clean with a hose (rarely use cotton wool, hate the stuff!) clean from the middle outwoods if i do use it and then i either spray on some purple spray. Rainbow says i'm obsessed with it but it does actually work and has prevented many infections for Mattie (i have purple hands though!) and then leave well alone but monitor daily. Obviously if it gets worse, the vet comes out!
And hibiscrub! can never have enough hibiscrub!
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Post by Becca on Mar 25, 2009 20:52:27 GMT
hmmm warm salt water, hose if swollen then betadine.
Bern heals so quickly i only have to do that a couple of times and it's gone
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Post by fimacg on Mar 31, 2009 10:40:18 GMT
wash with hibiscrub on a daily basis but leave to heal on its own - but my only experience has been the fight between Brave and Chomps when I thought Chomps may need stitches but vet said no otherwise the infection would be sealed in.
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Post by maximum on Apr 5, 2009 12:54:50 GMT
I would cold hose as well with the hose on just and no more so there was no pressure which is more likely to push bacteria into the wound than flush it out. then clean out with warm salty water in a syringe- I never put cotton wool near an open cut as the little fibres can come off and infect the wound. then depending on the size of the cut apply gel or wound powder. Max had nasty cut on his back leg last year which I did this to and it was healing nicely until one well meaning soul scrubbed it with warm water and cotton wool and sparyed purple spray on it- got infected and needed a fortune in vets visits      |
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