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Rascal wrote:

trekmoor wrote:Are you trying to incinerate sumfin ?

Wullie

Wot me light your fire, noooo I'll leave that to the big U.

Rascal

Ermmm meanwhile back the topic is Treating minor wounds

I was getting a little off topic.
Salt and cooled boiled water for all our animals on small cuts.

TCP

Crikey Naj,

You're digging up some old threads, were you bored or sumfink?

Rascal

Yep. It's raining & blowing a gale, & I thought it said Feb 2011.

It still must be blowing a gale?
It did say feb 2011 !!!
Just so happens it's 2012 !! wake up naj

This thread was started on December 22nd 2010.

And whats wind got to do with it?

Rascal

You mean it's 2012 already.

This place gets more like Help the Aged everyday.

The best product to use is saline, failing that, salt water or in the field use copious amounts water to clean mucky injuries. DO NOT USE PURPLE spray or terramycin powder if the wound need suturing and at all times never use anything caustic like hydrogen peroxide as it will damage the tissue. Purple spray and Terramycin powder is a "b...dy" nightmare when trying to suture a later date, it messes up the suture site damages tissue and can delay healing. By all means use them on horses where You don't tend to sututre Minor wounds as much, but rather treat medically .
Hibiscrub is usefull for cleaning blood and detritus away from wound sites as is simple soap, but the wound itself should be flushed with saline prior to suturing.

Siegfried wrote:The best product to use is saline, failing that, salt water or in the field use copious amounts water to clean mucky injuries. DO NOT USE PURPLE spray or terramycin powder if the wound need suturing and at all times never use anything caustic like hydrogen peroxide as it will damage the tissue. Purple spray and Terramycin powder is a "b...dy" nightmare when trying to suture a later date, it messes up the suture site damages tissue and can delay healing. By all means use them on horses where You don't tend to sututre Minor wounds as much, but rather treat medically .
Hibiscrub is usefull for cleaning blood and detritus away from wound sites as is simple soap, but the wound itself should be flushed with saline prior to suturing.

Glad you mentioned the purple spray. Just as well the MIL used it to spray the chrissie decks a nice colour!
Won,t get any more.