pennyturner
Well-Known Member
With vets getting worried by the rise of internet advice and home treatment, what are your best stories?
Can I start with an old gypsy man of my acquaintance (now sadly deceased) who told me how he treated a stallion with a broken leg by poulticing with knitbalm (comfry), after the vets recommended pts. He was saved for stud (the stallion, not the gypsy man - much to the disappointment of some of the older ladies of the parish!).
The same fellow advised me to treat an aweful pendunculated sarcoid by wrapping with a tail hair to cut off the circulation. Sarcoid fell off within a couple of days, and has not recurred.
Can I start with an old gypsy man of my acquaintance (now sadly deceased) who told me how he treated a stallion with a broken leg by poulticing with knitbalm (comfry), after the vets recommended pts. He was saved for stud (the stallion, not the gypsy man - much to the disappointment of some of the older ladies of the parish!).
The same fellow advised me to treat an aweful pendunculated sarcoid by wrapping with a tail hair to cut off the circulation. Sarcoid fell off within a couple of days, and has not recurred.