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Star, GN, others - rain rot?
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<blockquote data-quote="susiestar" data-source="post: 412283" data-attributes="member: 1233"><p>I don't know about taking care of tihs, but I am sorry your horse is having problems. I hope that this can be healed quickly and with minimal pain. If you need to keep something in place to soak a scab to remove it easier, try using maxi pads or the depends pads. They are sterile when put in those individual wrappers. For a long time many ambulances kept maxi pads on board to absorb blood etc... because they work better than gauze and are sterile. Just make double darn sure they are NOT scented. The scented pads/tampons cause infection so they cannot be used on your horse, of course (even if he isn't Mr. Ed - sorry just got a bit of that theme song in my head), and should never be used on people either.</p><p> </p><p>Depends are made to absorb water/urine so they may be even better than the maxi pads. They were not common when my uncle was an EMT so he didn't mention them. I do know they are sterile when packaged. </p><p> </p><p>I hope your horse is better soon!! To make shaving him a lot easier and less likely to pull hair, be sure the blades are well oiled. You may want to stop partway through and oil them a bit. Horses can have tender skin and when you use clippers on tender skin it can pull the hair. Even sharp ones. So be sure to oil them if they start to bog down. I learned this with Wiz when the eczema got bad on his scalp.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="susiestar, post: 412283, member: 1233"] I don't know about taking care of tihs, but I am sorry your horse is having problems. I hope that this can be healed quickly and with minimal pain. If you need to keep something in place to soak a scab to remove it easier, try using maxi pads or the depends pads. They are sterile when put in those individual wrappers. For a long time many ambulances kept maxi pads on board to absorb blood etc... because they work better than gauze and are sterile. Just make double darn sure they are NOT scented. The scented pads/tampons cause infection so they cannot be used on your horse, of course (even if he isn't Mr. Ed - sorry just got a bit of that theme song in my head), and should never be used on people either. Depends are made to absorb water/urine so they may be even better than the maxi pads. They were not common when my uncle was an EMT so he didn't mention them. I do know they are sterile when packaged. I hope your horse is better soon!! To make shaving him a lot easier and less likely to pull hair, be sure the blades are well oiled. You may want to stop partway through and oil them a bit. Horses can have tender skin and when you use clippers on tender skin it can pull the hair. Even sharp ones. So be sure to oil them if they start to bog down. I learned this with Wiz when the eczema got bad on his scalp. [/QUOTE]
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