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| I have a long yearling that has cut up the front of her hock and has been on antibiotics and full leg bandages for 5 days. Its finally all granulated in and level with the skin. I would like to quit bandaging and go to a topical. What do you guys think about the underwoods? I remember back when it was new I heard a lot of good about it but haven't really heard anything since... Opinions? |
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Location: Cap'n Joan Rotgut.....alberta | I have used many many bottles of underwoods over the years but i have come to prefer using unpasterized honey.....m |
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| My rule of thumb is Underwoods for above the knee/hock (wounds on muscle) and Equaide on wounds below (wounds on bones). |
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| where do I find unpasteurized honey and what is Equaide? lol |
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Location: Cap'n Joan Rotgut.....alberta | RoaniePonie11 - 2015-11-17 1:22 PM
where do I find unpasteurized honey and what is Equaide? lol
Any health food store will have it....m |
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Location: Oklahoma | I prefer Schreiners Herbal Remedy |
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Location: North Dakota | I bought Underwoods for the first time this year to try on my horse's injury, once I was done bandaging it (did that for 2 months). While I can say the customer service at Underwoods is absolutely outstanding, I really was not thrilled with the product. It made this swollen-looking black crust over the wound. Sure, it protects the wound I guess but then I couldn't see what was going on! I couldn't tell if I had a burst of proud flesh, or an allergic reaction, or what the heck was going on. I only used it once and then saw that the next day (actually tried to wash it off but it wouldn't wash off), and then the weird crust fell off a few days later.
I went back to using my good ol' ointment on the wound, and I much prefer that. I just really didn't like the Underwoods.
JMO.
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| I like manuka honey for wounds! http://www.bodyandsoul.com.au/nutrition/nutrition+tips/use+manuka+h... |
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Location: Who knows... :) | Underwoods worked WONDERS On my mares leg wound. I started out with antibiotic ointment.. Eventually it was staying too moist and healing slowly so I swapped to Vetricyn. However, the Vetricyn caused a TON of uncontrollable proud flesh. So I changed over to underwoods and it worked amazing, proud flesh disappeared and wound closed up in no time. She doesn't have a scar either. Good stuff! |
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Location: South Central Florida | I love the stuff. I have used it above and below on leg wounds. It is pretty easy to do and does not seem to cause any pain. It looks gross and I do wash it off at least once a week to see what it looks like under. At first the hardest part was trusting the stuff and not washing it daily.
I have also used a product called Bev's wound salve. It is a sort of cream, same thing though...put it on and leave it alone.
I trust them both now and try to always have it on hand.
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Location: Tulsa, Ok | Great stuff. I have used it on all kinds of wounds over the years with great results. My daughters gelding got his back legs thru a fence panel and really trashed them but nothing that could be sewn up. We started immediately with the Underwoods and he was back hauling in nothing flat. Way way sooner then the vet predicted. |
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Location: Texas | I absolutely love underwoods. |
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| Although I am not the biggest fan of Underwoods, It certainly does have its merits. I have used it a lot. The last time was on a yearling that would not let me hydro her leg (in January). She would tolerate spraying with Underwoods so I went with that. It did a great job of healing. You do need to follow the instructions. |
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| RoaniePonie11 - 2015-11-16 2:22 PM
where do I find unpasteurized honey and what is Equaide? lol
Equiaide for anything below the hocks. You can find it here - http://www.equaide.com/products.html
Underwoods for anything above the hocks. LOVE Underwoods. |
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Location: Texas | I've used it on a wild yearling with a big cut across her side, and it healed up with a tiny scar.
I've also used Scarlex and Wonder Dust with about the same success rate. I think the benefit to the Underwoods is that you don't have to hydro, and the baking soda works as a bandaid over the wound. |
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Location: North Dakota | Fun2Run - 2015-11-17 9:54 AM I've used it on a wild yearling with a big cut across her side, and it healed up with a tiny scar.
I've also used Scarlex and Wonder Dust with about the same success rate. I think the benefit to the Underwoods is that you don't have to hydro, and the baking soda works as a bandaid over the wound.
I agree and I feel that if you can manage the animal there are other better methods that will heal one up faster than Underwoods. I do have a bottle in case I need it in the winter time and can't wash anything. |
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| My gelding tried to amputate is leg about 5 weeks ago. He had two wounds cut down to the bone. I used Vetericyn for the first couple of weeks but had lots of proud flesh. Started the Underwoods and the wounds are looking great. Both wounds have healed to the point that the bone is not longer showing. The proud flesh is now gone as well. I love Underwoods! It is great stuff. |
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Location: somewhere up north | Do you use it for a week and then wash it off and then start over to see what the wound looks like? Or just keep applying for weeks and not or clean the wound? |
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Location: Southeastern Idaho | I keep two items in my vet closet all the time (along with a case of Coflex - blue and lots of telfas). Schrieners Herbal Solution and Underwoods. If the wound is lower leg and needs to be held together (wrap) or possibility for proud flesh is high I use Schrieners and drown the wound, soak a telfa pad and wrap. Change every other day. I have put together massive lower leg wounds using this. I use Underwoods for smaller lower leg wounds or the higher up wounds. I feel both are good products but I choose to use them in different situations and have had success so far. |
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| Wouldn't use it on anything below the knee! Water, water and water.... Leave it open, wash with surgical was on a cloth once a day to remove dirt and grime, spray some aluminum bandage on and leave it. I like GenOne spray too, that you get for dogs and cats, but the down side is that it has a steroid in it which will stop the development of proud flesh but also slow the healing process. |
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| Worked AMAZINGLYYYY on my gelding deep cuts. probably doubled healing time:) veryyyy please |
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Location: Probably On the Road to the Next Barrel Race! | Funny ya'll saying you wouldn't use it below knee...had a mare who gouged her rear leg from hock to ankle with barbed wire, so deep you could see the barbed wire scrapes on the bone in the xray. She was in a bandage for 4 weeks, but when she came out n we had to doctor it, my vet said Underwoods. Healed beautifully. |
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| I had a yearling just about cut her foot off. I tried other things that required hydroing . it was January and the horse was having a fit. Switched to Underwood's out of necessity and it heeled fine. |
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| Make sure you use plenty of fresh baking powder ...
the baking soda in the BP creates the reaction and healing power of Underwood's ..
Edited by BARRELHORSE USA 2015-11-21 11:52 PM
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