Horse First Aid Kit

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I don't think there is a thread out there already asking this but if there is just shout ;)

Basically I want to know what you have in your horse first aid kits. What makes up your first aid kit? What couldn't you live without? What are cheaper alternatives? etc.

Thanks :D
 
I have too much stuff to list it all, one thing i think no horse owner should be without is a hoof boot, you can get some that can be used for if your horse looses a shoe and are also good for poulticing. I find the expensive salves a load of rubbish to be honest, sudocrem is a personal favourite, i go through it like you wouldn't believe as my mare is always getting little nicks and scrapes. My mare suffers from what i call scabby knees, its where she gets scabs behind her knees yet no wound, my vet says many horses of her type get it, E45 cream works a treat with a flea comb to remove the scabs from her fur. I also have all the typical things like the self adhesive bandages, animalintex etc. Wound powder is.. Ok but im a big believer in a clean moist wound heals better then a dried up one, this is just from experience with my ow horses as iv tried the cleaning it and then leaving it be but its never healed as quick for me. most of the stuff in my kit is pretty cheep, just from local tackstores :)
 
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Twitch. (broom handle and cord - so free)
Torch.
Cotton wool. ($1 for a huge bag)
Nappies. (cheap from any drugstore)
Vetwrap. (88c at tack store sale)
Thermometer. (any drugstore)
Scissors. (drugstore again)
Saline solution. (make my own - so free)
Banamine (supplied by Vet)
Benadine (off the shelf at farm store)
Syringes and needles. (ditto farm store)
Penicillin. (ditto farm store)

Telephone number of farmer 2 mins up the road with a humane killer in case the Vet can't get to me fast enough.

I have another kit for foaling.

Stuff like Sun block, zinc oxide and SWAT I don't count as first aid, they are used every day.
 
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Scissors and thermonitor.
Gamgee.
Cotton wool.
Gauze.
Vetwrap.
Purple spray.
Wound powder.
Antibacteral spray.
Salt. (used for hardening girth galls/bit rub)
Animalintex.
Kaolin.
Aloe vera gel - for sunburn/sweet itch relief.
Nappies (for foot poultice).
Syringes.
Sudocrem.
Tea tree oil and lemon balm - mix together for warts/sarcoids.
Baby oil - for mud rash.
Muddy marvel de scab - also for mudrash.

I also keep a few bute and antibiotic sachets from my vet - only use on their advice, but we got snowed in for weeks last winter, and the vet couldn't get to us when we needed them...

I have a mini kit that lives in the box for travelling - anmalintex, wound powder. gauze, vet wrap.
 
Thank you both. At the moment I share a large first aid kit with the yard so when I move in September would like to have my own supplies sorted.
 
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