Author Topic: Vetwrap is amazing stuff!! (Read 8327 times)

Hellybee · « **Reply #15 on:** September 06, 2015, 09:40:49 am »

Cotton wool/gauze soaked plugs of stockholm tar also very good.

I taught my old farrier about that one, didn't give me any discount though lol x

Womble · « **Reply #16 on:** September 06, 2015, 09:37:54 pm »

Quote from: Me on September 05, 2015, 04:34:49 pm

Can't beat a warm salt water soaked nappy surrounded by Ductape.

Each to their own.

What do you use for abscesses though, Me?

Hellybee · « **Reply #17 on:** November 07, 2015, 03:57:37 pm »

We very rarely have one, had a mare trimmed nowt spotted by farrier and very soon after she was showing extreme lameness and hotspot over the coronet. Small pad of soaked and cooled animalintex or similar cheaper substitutes, gaffer plaster to hold it on top of hoof, coronet band. Vet wrap up to top of hoof, then nappy using belly straps to hold in place whilst you fiddle with even more gaffer tape. Change every two days. I had the foot rested on a puppy pee pad to keep it off floor whilst building the thing. BUte was administered, until improvement was seen.

Fleecewife · « **Reply #18 on:** November 07, 2015, 05:19:08 pm »

Nothing whatsoever to do with Vetwrap, but disposable nappies should be in every driver's first aid kit. They have allsorts of uses from covering bendy bits which are leaking that red stuff (knees, elbows, head, heels etc), to covering the eyes of one poor chap who had a windscreen disintegrate straight into his eyes - yeow! (mind you, the 'accident' was entirely his silly fault..........

waterbuffalofarmer · « **Reply #19 on:** November 10, 2015, 12:38:52 pm »

Could someone tell me how this thing works? and why haven't I heard of it before?

pgkevet · « **Reply #20 on:** November 10, 2015, 01:05:23 pm »

Quote from: waterbuffalofarmer on November 10, 2015, 12:38:52 pm

Could someone tell me how this thing works? and why haven't I heard of it before?

Vetrap? It's just a rubberised conforming bandage that will stick to itself but not the patient. Bandaging has become an easy (and can be 'sloppy and get away with it') excercise with conforming bandages. Few vets will have past exposure to linen bandages and the interesting ways of handling those such as the 'many tailed bandage'.

I was once asked to lecture at a dog club.. not wanting to waste my time arguing with breeders (who all know best) I took a large box of bandages along and demonstrated 'correctly' bandaging different bits of dogs - turned into a great evening (and sold a heap of product). there's a particular trick to bandaging feet that vets aren't taught..hard to describe and needs a video.. that produces a superb comfy foot bandage that looks neat and tidy and remains lightweight - and saves on bandage.

Hellybee · « **Reply #21 on:** November 10, 2015, 05:50:28 pm »

I rememener when I was little and my mum was on the district, she d bring some home, you could only get it in brown then.

Me · « **Reply #22 on:** November 10, 2015, 05:54:31 pm »

Quote from: Hellybee on November 10, 2015, 05:50:28 pm

I rememener when I was little and my mum was on the district, she d bring some home, you could only get it in brown then.

"Shoplifter and Proud"

Hellybee · « **Reply #23 on:** November 10, 2015, 07:17:51 pm »

her Sister knew she was horse mad and they used to let her have some unused returned dressings, tape, crepe etc. like I said years ago, the stuff would ve been destroyed, so rather than that they were happy to let her use it up. She d be mortified Me if she heard you say that