Go to your local pharmacy and ask for a couple of oral syringes, shouldn't cost more than a couple of pence or even free. They are normally used for administering liquids to infants and are fixed so you cannot attach hypodermic needles to them.
Perhaps an empty medicine bottle, with a pretty picture of a dog on it, empty of course with plastic medicine spoons.
Cheap packet of plasters
If you can get anything from a cheap toy medical kit...such as stethoscope, fake thermometer, toy blood pressure monitor...that would all be quite good too.
I use a cheap coffee grinder for crushing pills into a powder either for a top dressing in feed or to make a paste in a syringe.
Elasticon!
Stuff is a little spendy, but will help getting bandages up, especially if you are wrapping legs.
Cast padding, for wrapping leg wounds.
Polos, rather than vet wrap, for leg wounds. They can be washed and reused, rather than Using several rolls of Vet wrap a day.
I have bottles of Bute, SMZs and tubes of Banimine.
Also someone mentioned Granulex V....
Do NOT use Granulex in an area prone to proud flesh(typically below the knee/hock).
Excellent stuff to use on dogs since they are not prone to proud flesh.
Having just had a horse with a recent injury I want to reiterate how useful this thread is. Can it be condensed somehow so we can just get a full list of ingredients?
I second this! And thanks! Posted via Mobile Device
Xxdanioo: Thanks for compiling everything!!! I've been meaning to do that for a couple weeks lol!
One question I've had a hard time finding the answer to is, what does everyone keep on hand as an eye wash/rinse that has been recommended by a vet? From what I've been told, eye products for humans aren't safe for horses and there's a special rinse you should use but no one knows what it is...
WOW! I need to go shopping. I am very very new at this and didn't relize I needed as much as I do. I have a hoof pick, hydro. P., brushes, gloves, antibioitic cream, swat, fly sprays, and betadine maybe I guess some of the things I have no clue on your list what they would be used for
A Basic Kit
Animal Thermometer
Scissors
Vet wrap or elasticated bandages
Electrical Tape
Salt - to make a saline solution
Readymade poultice
Nizoral - for treating mudfever etc
Gamgee
Sealed container to keep it all in
This is a perfectly functional first aid kit.and has been and still is my basic first aid kit for over 40 years. You do not need anti bacterial washes/ointments etc as the saline will do the job perfectly.
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