In light of all the Hurricanes slamming our friends down south and south-east, so I thought I would share my Horse Medical Kit. In this kit, I have aloe cream for minor scrapes and skin tears, Silvadene ( awesome for healing wounds, helps to prevent proud flesh, prescription only ), a poultice, wound ointment, Betadine shampoo, Betadine antiseptic, joint/muscle pain ointment(kind of like Icy-Hot for horses), Hoof Heal, poultice wrap, gauze, telfa sponges, more gauze, velcro over wound wraps (those are the red things), bandage scissors, syringes, needles, steri-strips and probably even more gauze. This I keep in a clean red bucket and over the bucket I cover it with a clean small rubber feeder, ideal for soaking a hoof if necessary.
In the refrigerator, I use one of the vegetable crispers for horse and pet meds. I keep Pro-bios, Bananmine, Bute, Dex-Neomycin eye drops, Penicillin, Dexamethasone, vaccinations, and wormer.
These are just the basics, things I've learned to keep on hand. I have a hoof pick in my truck, the feed shed next to where the horses are kept and one in the house. You can never have enough hoof picks in my opinion.
4 comments:
uh... you forgot something!! One of the most important things!! Hello, Whiskey!! I hear it is a cure all! I don't know how exactly it's used?(innocent blinking) I see it in some horse trailers, maybe they use it as a disinfectant!! he!he!
I will have to check our First Horseaide!
LOL,TW, I was done drinkin' Jack Daniels by the time I was old enough to do so legally! Oh , you're too funny!
You're well prepared for anything. We pretty much have the same stuff. Let's hope we don't have to use it.
Arlene, I agree, hopefully we won't need to use any of it, but it's there if needed and that's a good feeling.
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