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Location: Anywhere my horses are ! Lost in Texas!!!!! | I need to sweat my horses leg. I am using DMSO and furozone. Can you help with some pointers on doing this. possible suspensory injury. I have Vet appointment, this is what he told me to do till I get to him. Thanks |
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The Advice Guru
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| I wouldn't sweat, with a suspensory injury, you don't want any more heat in the leg.
I would cold hose, them use bentonite clay.
Sore no more clay is made out of it.
I had a bow, I iced the leg for 30 min, applied the SNM clay the next day no heat, or swelling in her leg.
My vet says the benotinite clay is the best for poulticing |
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Location: Anywhere my horses are ! Lost in Texas!!!!! | Okay thanks |
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| How do most people on here do a sweat? Plastic wrap straight on top of the sweat/leg, after the cotton bandage, or over the standing wrap? I have seen it done each way... |
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Elite Veteran
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Location: Anywhere my horses are ! Lost in Texas!!!!! | From the way I understand it is better to have plastic on the outside in case it moves and pinches the leg. |
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  The Original Cyber Bartender
Location: Washington | I rub the furcin in then lightly paint on some DMSO. I then apply some sheet cotton, then some plastic wrap, vent the bottom of it. Then apply the quilt then wrap with a standing wrap. |
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Location: 100 miles from Nowhere, AR | Ice or hose-only first 24 hours, then alternate cold and heat. I put my plastic right over the meds, but would go over a cotton sheet at the most. Over the standing wrap will not do much good. BOT no-bows take out inflammation REALLY well. |
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Elite Veteran
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Location: Anywhere my horses are ! Lost in Texas!!!!! | I am in the process of getting the BOT no bow wraps |
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Location: North Dakota | The last time I had a horse with a bit of hock swelling the vet mixed together DMSO gel and gentamicin on a plastic sheet put it directly on the leg and lightly wrapped with vet wrap, left on for 12 hours, worked like a dream!
With a tissue injury I would also ask if there should be any nsaids given as well.
Edited by LMS 2015-01-13 4:01 PM
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 Living within my means
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Location: Randolph, Utah | I was told not to use plastic wrap. My vet mixed a sweat for me, and I used cotton wrap with a standing bandage. 12 hours on 12 hours off. |
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Location: Missouri | I have been taught the same way by several vets: furacin and whatever other meds, plastic, cotton, gauze wrap, vet wrap (sometimes standing wrap instead).
A trick from my vet: keep bandages, cotton, etc. inside an OB sleeve. Kind of a sweat first-aid kit. You can use the sleeve to apply Furican, then cut off the hand and up the side and use it as your plastic. It's not near as stretchy as plastic wrap, it's thicker and easier to handle. Easy and convenient!
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The Original Cyber Bartender
Location: Washington | If you don't know how to correctly wrap then plastic anything is a bad idea. |
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| just4fun - 2015-01-13 6:55 PM
I have been taught the same way by several vets: furacin and whatever other meds, plastic, cotton, gauze wrap, vet wrap (sometimes standing wrap instead).
A trick from my vet: keep bandages, cotton, etc. inside an OB sleeve. Kind of a sweat first-aid kit. You can use the sleeve to apply Furican, then cut off the hand and up the side and use it as your plastic. It's not near as stretchy as plastic wrap, it's thicker and easier to handle. Easy and convenient!
neat trick!  |
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