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Alchemilla

BTW if anyone needs further evidence of my extreme sadness, look up Falling App Art on tumblr.

Alchemilla

Putting this here so I can find it...


Suggested contents of a full first aid kit nicked from horseandhound.co.uk

• Clean bowl or bucket
• Clean towel
• Large roll of cotton wool
• Round-ended curved scissors for trimming hair from wound edges
• Anti-bacterial scrub eg Hibiscrub or Pevidine
• Pack of sterile saline — very handy when on the move
• Ready-to-use poultice eg Animalintex, Poultex
• Wound gel eg Intrasite Gel
• Non-stick dressings eg Melolin, Rondopad
• Gamgee and large scissors for cutting it to size
• A selection of bandages including:
  • Stretch cotton bandages eg Knit-firm, K-band and crepe bandages
  • Adhesive bandages eg Elastoplast
  • Elastic conforming self-adhesive bandages eg Vetrap, Co-plus
  • Tubular bandage eg Tubigrip
  • Synthetic orthopaedic bandage eg Soffban
  • A set of stable bandages
• A roll of electrical insulating tape 2cm wide
• A roll of black PVC tape or silver duct tape 7.5 or 10cm wide
• A gentian violet or antibiotic spray
• Petroleum jelly eg Vaseline
• Wound powder containing fly repellent
• Wound gel such as Dermagel, intrasite gel or vetalintex
• Small pair of tweezers
• Thermometer
• Paper and pencil
• A bright torch for inspecting wounds in poor light

Additional useful items
A length of baler twine
Rope halter
Hoof pick
Shoe removal kit ie buffer, hammer, pincers, pliers
Wire cutters

feelingfestive

Thought I might add to your first aid list if you don't mind! I always keep a pack of new-born nappies and some carrier bags! Best things in the world for holding poultice's on hooves and you'll be sure that pony gets an abscess at 5pm on a Sunday when nothing local is open. I'm not completely bonkers! Honest!

Secret_Saving_Squirrel

Great news about oh and work. And of course a stable is a great thing to have, even when you no longer want a horse, you can use it for all sorts of things... Illegal raves?

Secret_Saving_Squirrel

Falling appart ... Not sure if it was what you meant but I saw a young man about to remove his Calvin kleins???

LauraJo

feelingfestive wrote: »

Thought I might add to your first aid list if you don't mind! I always keep a pack of new-born nappies and some carrier bags! Best things in the world for holding poultice's on hooves and you'll be sure that pony gets an abscess at 5pm on a Sunday when nothing local is open. I'm not completely bonkers! Honest!

Oooh I said this too (altho when I had my shire I had to get the pull up ones for 3 yo kids just so they were big enough lol!!)

That's quite a list from H&H's! I think I need to go to the local tack shop and start spending!

Alchemilla

Thanks for the first aid advice all.x
No young men on my bit of tumblr.
Off to look!

Oooh err missus. Found him. Not entirely placid either IYSWIM?

Falling App Art.

Much less rude. Sorry!!

Secret_Saving_Squirrel

No worries, gave me a laugh!:D

Alchemilla

After going out for a fabulous meal last night aki am a little jaded this morning. I have managed to wrap presents and stuff party bags though..
Next stop wm and dw and some ironing/ebaying.

Alchemilla

Currently wrestling with the production of a flower shaped pinata from paper mache...