How many people really use nappies not animalintex et on hooves?

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Hi, I've seen it bandied around the forums before but never tried it myself. I have one prone to feet related problems and rock through animalitex so just wondered if they actually work? Thanks :o
 
My boy had an abscess and i used nappies to go over the animalintex to keep it waterproof so he could be turned out as wasn't lame any longer, I also used decdent gaffer tape over the top to keep them on, and had to use scissors to get the blooming thing off.

Not sure about using the nappy instead of the animalintex though, would be interested in seeing other peoples replies.
 
You still have to use animalintex
with the nappy if you're treating an abscess or a bruise, as they don't contain any drawing agent. They do make good padding over a poultice though, or if you want to protect a foot with a lost shoe until the farrier comes. :-)
 
Ahh.. showing my ignorance again, that makes more sense. So the gaffer tape can go over the nappy and doesn't need a vetwrap? I like the idea and will try it next time round.

Thank you all for not calling me dozy to my face :O)
 
faerie666 said:
You still have to use animalintex
with the nappy if you're treating an abscess or a bruise, as they don't contain any drawing agent. They do make good padding over a poultice thoughQUOTE]

This ^^^

Although it is also possible - if you know the spot you're wanting to drain - to make up a paste using Epsom salts as a drawing agent, pack it into the hoof, and then nappy over the top :)

I do lintex (or Epsom salts), vetwrap but not a whole roll!, then nappy, then duck tape. They last 24 hours turnout, and I have to cut them off with scissors. If I could work out a way of reusing the "boot" that comes off, I would!
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Just use nappies, animalinex is vastly overpriced and the main aim is to keep the foot clean and the hole open. I don't believe you need any drawing properties, gravity will do that once it's ready to drain.
 
We use Animalintex, then nappy (which holds the Animalintex in place), then Vetwrap, then a huge square of gaffer tape or duct tape over the lot. And yes, it must be removed with scissors. Using the nappy instead of Animalintex will do nothing because the nappy has no ability to draw out the infection. Sometimes, if the abscess is quite stubborn, and the vet or farrier has found the site where some pus has started to drain, we also use moist sugar in the hole under dry Animalintex, and carry on as described above. Sugar can be used to reduce inflammation and draw away infected matter.
 
Yes ive used nappies in the past- They actually length ways make a good knee dressing also as they enable movement whilst keeping it clean. Always have some nappies in my tack room!
 
I just use the nappies - no animalintex.

Hot salty water for the first few, then dry nappy with mag sulphate paste plugging the hole after that
 
Have used both before now,and have to say didn't notice much difference between the two,both did the job ok.

I thought nappies did have drawing capabilities these days anyway??

Agree that gravity plays a bigger part than any covering.
 
I use nappies over the animalintex, then a car innertube pulled on over that and a square of strong duct tape. I place the hoof firmly on my readymade square of duct tape and pull up the sides round the hoof. A couple of rounds of duct tape round the top to hold it all on firmly. Not had one come off accidentally yet.
 
I use nappies over animal lintex then duct tape, then a bot on top. A lot cheaper than the vet wrap. And worked well when my boy had a nail binding abscess.
 
Joyous70 said:
I was once told to use hibiscrub and sugar mixed into a paste as a drawing substance before
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Many moons ago my farrier told me to use Iodine mixed with sugar to a paste and pack the abcess hole, in the mornings the sugar was white again - like new. Healed a treat. I still use it for the hoofy bits, the heely bits I use animalintex though. Thanks for the nods all.
 
I'm a 'nappy' user!!!.. and i also poutice it using Epsom Salts too instead of Animal Lintex.

bought a tub of ES from Gold Label and in the past when my boy's suffered from an abcess, i grab a good handful of ES and put them in the nappy and pour as hot a water as i can stand onto the ES, to turn them into a damp paste...(you don't need too much water).

then place the salts over where the abcess is,...tape the nappy up well and around the whole hoof...then duct tape it up! Job Done. Nappies i find are a good and cost effective way of giving a little padding (and comfort when inside the boot too).

A Davies boot then goes on and out he will go into the field to get the circulation pumping and ridding the pesky abcess out of his system.
 
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Make your own drawing concoction if need be, hot bran, sugar and soap, but just tubbing in epsom salts will help draw the abscess. The wrap foot in a huggy and duct tape it around.
 
I use a nappy with the 'lintex inside, then the gaffer tape to hold it all together. Far easier than the layers of cling film/gamgee/vetwrap.

I also have a pack of supermarket-own sanitary towels (the old fashioned thick ones) in my vet box. They make superb absorbent pads/pressure pads over wounds that are bleeding heavily - surprisingly ;)
 
I've used sanitary towels for poulticing too! Very useful. My horse used to be terrified of everything, so bandaging/vetwrap, nappies etc weren't an option - gaffa tape makes a horrible noise - etc etc - it was just dangerous when he had abscesses and we had to poultice. In the end, I moved away from nappies (tto bulky and scary and white!) to the following:

small animalintex pad
sanitary towel on the top of that
Sock covering all that over hoof (very quick to apply and no bandaging involved so if he moves halfway through, no bandage dangling from hoof :-))
then electrical tape instead of gaffa tape since it's silent.
 
I haven't had to poultice anything for a long time thankfully but can remember using hot bran mash and epsom salts to great effect. I can see the benefits of using a nappy over the top with duck tape.
 
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