Any cunning ideas for applying very watery antibiotic to skin lesions?!

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My boy has to have an antibiotic solution designed to treat mastitis in cattle applied to some nasty scabby areas around his back coronet bands. The solution is really watery. The vet said that one tube should last four applications, but my first attempt today used a whole tube for one application. It costs £4 per tube and I have to use it twice per day for about three weeks. I really want to be more efficient! Any ideas gratefully received!
 
If they're mastitis tubes theyre a long lasting anti biotic (and not £4 a tube to farmers :eek:) I think for coronet band Id be putting on gauze and vet wrapping in place.
 
Just to add, SOME mastitis tubes ARE about £4. Most are far cheaper but obviously depends on which antibiotic they contain. Plus not all of them are actually long acting.
 
Mix the tube or tubes of mastitis cream into a pot of something like sudocream. This will make it thicker but won't diminish the effectiveness of the antibiotic cream. If you need to keep it in place then after you have applied the cream put a layer of clingfilm on top of it (to act as a cheap nonstick dressing) and then a stable bandage or vetwrap and gamgee over the top of it to keep everything in place. If the vetwrap and gamgee slips then try to get some elastoplast bandage and use that to stick the bandage in place ie place the first layer of elastoplast so that half of the bandage is sticking to the vetwrap and the other half to the horses skin - this will stop it sliding down or riding up.
 
Thanks for the continued suggestions! I have decanted into a small bottle, and just put it on with my fingers. I did think about mixing it with udder cream, and I might try that too.
 
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