bandages

[dopeesophee]

when you bandage your horses legs to ride, do you put gamgees underneath??

thinking about getting some bandages to ride in; just to practise bandaging

oh and what size??

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[Eira]

I have these
http://www.coolequestrian.co.uk/index.ph...f0d106a03e0205c

And mean to use the all the time but sometimes forget

 

[dopeesophee]

oh deer ishy


so they go under the bandage??
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[china]

i dont as i have fleece bandages, they should all be one size!

 

[hellspells]

The Eskadron climax banadage pads are really good.

I don't mean to sound rude (its not my intention!!) But as you say to 'practise bandaging' do you have someone that can watch that knows what they are doing? Just as bandages can be such a pain some times!

 

[dopeesophee]

yea i do have someone to watch me bandage dont worry

theres a horse at the yard that needs bandaging and cold hosing and cold bandaging etc all the time, so i have been learning and practising on her with a girl that knows how to bandage

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[hellspells]

Cool - cos til you get use to it its all fingers and thumbs!!! (nothing worse than droping a clean bandage in a puddle as you are trying to put it on!!!)

 

[MerryMaker]

I use fleece bandages without padding. Be careful as you can cause horrendous problems if the bandages are too lose, too tight, or have uneven pressure. But I'm sure you will be fine

 

[Governor]

I use Eskadron Climatex pads with fleece bandages (I like the Busse ones as they are nice and wide, but he has a few Waldhausen and Eskadron sets).

 

[dopeesophee]

do you need to use pads underneath the bandages??

and why do you use them?
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[sarahhelen1977]

pads under bandages help to distribute the pressure evenly - you 'should' always have padding under any type of bandage, however I quite often don't when using fleece bandages - but always do when bandaging my youngster

 

[dopeesophee]

ok thats cool