Do you have to put a pad under bandages?

[PartlyPickled]

Hi guys, as title says really.

Do you HAVE to put a gamgee pad or something like that underneath an exercise or stable bandage?

Never used bandages before except on dressings so not sure, but i do know it can damage the horse if done wrong so want to ask before charging out and wrecking my horses legs!



Thank you xxx

 

[GlamourDol]

I would on stable bandages, but not necessarily on exercise bandages. Depends on the horse.
Get the nice soft ones (i.e. Anky/eskadron etc) rather than the horrid elasticated ones and you should be fine.

 

[windand rain]

My rather old fashioned idea would be yes you must always do so and am horrified to see horses with bandages and no pads however I believe that there are new bandages about that dont need them. However I would never ever bandage without pads no matter what the design was supposed to do.

 

[TandD]

Yes, every time......... Especially exercise bandages, the elastic needs the pad to even out the 'pull' of the bandage and create an even pressure.
I guess a stable bandage wouldn't be so bad, as it is fleecy and not stretchy, so pressure would be more even.....but still like a pad to make sure pressure is even

 

[JFTDWS]

Fleece bandages no, they're fine. Anything else, yes, absolutely.

 

[putasocinit]

YES

 

[Pigeon]

Half or full fleece bandages, no I wouldn't, unless it was for stabling/travelling. I never use bandages that often or for very long so think he'll be alright.

 

[PartlyPickled]

Thank you everybody! xxx