[Tracy mayoh]

Ordered some blue spray online
Bought it to treat an open wound on sheep it's an infected injection site
But when it come it said for foot rot!!!!
Is there another blue spray or is this one ok to put on
Just wanna keep flys away and also any risk of further infection whilst it heals
Would the purple spray be better?
Cheer

[twizzel]

Proper blue spray is prescription only as it contains antibiotics (oxytetracycline) so you can only get it from the vet, or with a vets prescription. If you want to keep flies off a wound then Summer Fly Cream is better, it's a very thick yellow cream that you slather on the wound. Probably find it at your local country store normally in the equine section. Purple spray will dry the wound up but not protect from flies or infection (but if there is active infection you probably need injectable antibiotics). I very rarely use purple spray now, only on the odd cut or graze but we always have blue spray to hand for feet/wounds.

[SallyintNorth]

When we say 'blue spray' we mean oxytetracycline, which is an antibiotic and which you can only get from the vet or the animal health section of your local agri merchant.

Battles Foot Rot spray contains cetrimide, which is an antiseptic detergent.  Great for cleaning a wound but won't do as much to halt an active infection as an antibiotic. 

There are a huge number of purple sprays. Some using essential oils for an antiviral, antifungal antibiotic effect, some are simply antiseptic detergent like the spray you've bought.

[Jukes Mum]

Does anyone still use stockholm tar? We has a ewe with a nick from shearing on it's sternum last year. As she was laying on it, it wouldn't heal and was getting sore and covered in flies. We lathered it with stockholm tar and it healed very quickly.
Used it again for a whether vs fence injury and again it healed very quickly and kept the flies at bay.

'Orrible stuff, but very effective.

[twizzel]

Does anyone still use stockholm tar? We has a ewe with a nick from shearing on it's sternum last year. As she was laying on it, it wouldn't heal and was getting sore and covered in flies. We lathered it with stockholm tar and it healed very quickly.
Used it again for a whether vs fence injury and again it healed very quickly and kept the flies at bay.

'Orrible stuff, but very effective.

Used to use it on a horse with deep thrush in his heel, it was the only thing that sorted it out,  but looked horrible !

[shep53]

Still use stockholm tar mostly on  ram head wounds , use pine tar on cuts or wounds ,comes in a spray form and has  antiseptic properties

[Foobar]

Does anyone still use stockholm tar?

Yes, for all sorts of things.

[Womble]

Tracy, this is the stuff we use. It is very expensive though!



I do have a can of the battles footrot spray, but TBH I never found it did very much besides turning everything purple (me included).

[hexhammeasure]

don't use purple spray on cuts and abrasions or fly strike. the purple stuff drys and then the skin/scab keeps cracking and tearing making the wound deeper and larger. its good for foot rot as it dries out the pussy smelly stuff

[Foobar]

I think the moral of the story here is don't refer to things by their colour alone

You should be saying antibiotic spray or antiseptic spray or disinfectant spray etc etc.  Blue and purple really have no meaning.

[bazzais]

The color is that you know youve done it.

Battles are good, but its not an spray of antibiotics like you get with a 'blue spray;

Alamycin sprays are only avail thought the vets and are awesome.

[Womble]

The color is that you know youve done it.

As will everybody you shake hands with for the next week 

The funny thing is that I've just started a new job at a place that makes inks and dyes. For once, my colleagues don't wonder what I've been up to when I turn up with blue hands - they just think I've been working extra hard!