Stable bandages/wraps? also in NL

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So as i start to kit out winter wardrobe for new pony i wondered what everyones thoughts were on use of these?

I have read with interest posts about using tendon boots etc in the field and the risk of overheating the legs with inappropriate boots xc and jumping. Previously i had no need to use stable bandages as my late TB mare had really hairy teddy bear legs and as our turnout could be quite boggy and was liveried on the top of a hill very exposed i left her legs unclipped. Not decided on what the plan is for new boy but curious to hear your thoughts?

so do you use stable bandages or wraps? why do you choose to use them and which ones do you recommend?

tea and toast is all i have to offer this morning, thanks in advance for reading my musings any input appreciated :)
 
Do you mean would I use stable bandages every night to put them to bed in?... no

I have only used them in a stable (fleece bandages and Eskadron wraps) if the horse has an injury/filled legs/some kind of cream/application which needs bandaging on and then usually I will just do the leg that's affected and the matching pair eg both front or both backs but not usually all round.

I mainly use mine for flatwork, or traveling if I don't have enough sets of travel boots, and always at the end of xc to keep ice on for 20mins/leg clay in place
 
My old tb mare Dancer who is 17 suffers from very filled legs when she is in at night and also gets cold very easily so we put on equilibrium stable chaps on when it is below 0 degrees at night and we find it really helps keep her windgalls down in the winter when shes not getting as much exercise. they dont go on too tight and they dont slip :D
I would think twice about using bandages at night as, whilst they are really good for her when riding, i wouldn't like to keep them on her for long than an hour just in case they do some damage!
 
ditto - bandage for injury only or (when I did it!) after XC. Sometimes if I have been jump training then I will leave my horse bandaged for a while. Also use thermatex wraps to dry my horses legs off but am careful to remove them after about an hour, otherwise he will rip them off himself as he is overheating!
 
thanks guys, i didnt explain myself well at all in that post :rolleyes:

i would never have thought they should be used matter of course overnight unless injury as you have all said, but had a discussion with a girl at my yard who was of the belief that she should bandage overnight to prevent filled legs?? should add not in a horse that had filled legs!! when i questioned her about overheating and melting tendons she seemed to think i was mad!

had considered the use of dry off type wraps (thermatex etc) to dry legs off post turnout as luci07 said but other than that agree with you all that use for exercising but not sleeping in!

thanks for replies sorry i sounded a bit daft, obviously brain not engaged, wasnt meaning i was off to buy bandages to wrap pony in overnight but realise it sounded that way! think im going a bit senile! just wondered if anyone did use them as part of their routine i.e the leg wraps. when i had looked at few shopping sites online a few had stable wraps and wondered when they would be used other than if injury.
 
Some people use them when they've clipped legs right out - which is not to be rcommended as hair left on protects the legs from knocks & scratches. I've only ever used them on horses that are either injured or sick. Mainly to prevent legs swelling.
 
I'm going to be the odd one out as I always use wraps on my boys when they're in overnight - I use Thermatex wraps in the front and Magnetic or Back on Track wraps on the back....

BUT both have had Lami in the past so ultra important for me to keep the circulation going and one is 23 with arthritis in his hind legs (magnetic wraps defo help this) and the other one gets swollen tendon sheaths without his wraps - he had them when I brought him and vet said nothing to worry about, but discovered swelling goes with boots on overnight :D

Both boys legs lovely and tight in the mornings with the boots on :D Only time they don't wear them is when too hot in summer!
 
A bit against the grain here, but I use leg wraps on Emerald in Winter, they are basically a fluffy wrap around with a velcro fastening.(My friend bought them from Harrods and 'apparently' polo ponies wear them?) We use them because he has rubbish hoof growth and keep his legs warm obviously keeps the blood flow going which helps the hoof growth.
They aren't tight at all and aside from rubbish feet he has no other leg issues.
Also we only use them in the stable,his legs are naked when in the field or working.
Pasha obviously types faster than me, different scenario same reasoning!
 
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I bandage mine with stable bandages usually if they have filled legs for some reason and I've applied a liniment or gel that needs to be applied, or if they've worked particularly hard.

I have pillow wraps and just the normal woolen knitted stable bandages or sometimes I will use the american standing bandages with them.

They have legwraps on in the winter overnight when its really cold to keep their legs warm.

I also have a set of Back on track ceramic wraps which I put on either before work to warm legs up or after to help reduce swelling or sometimes over night- they are really fab!
 
I think stable bandages are used for the most illogical things. People do put them on horses with filled legs which I find bizarre.

I would use them on an old/arthritic horse who might need a bit of help on a cold night. I would use them for travelling and I would use the to keep medication in place, although tbh I use vetwrap and little else these days.

Stable bandages aren't elasticated so are of no use in preventing filled legs imo, although why you would bandage at all unneccesarily confuses me.

If a horse is Jarred Up, it needs hosing/ice, arnica and turnout. The last thing I would do is put thick socks onto an inflamed area.
 
I too pop wraps/bandages on my older girl when the weather turns nasty. She is arthitic and has had lammi, but through careful management she remains happy-the bandages help keep the heat in the legs and thus, circulation flowing. I would rather bandage than wrap as I prefer the ability to get the right tightness, however when I have other people handling my horse I go for the marginally safer option of wraps (as some peoples bandaging leaves much to be desired).
 
siennamum said:
I think stable bandages are used for the most illogical things. People do put them on horses with filled legs which I find bizarre.

I would use them on an old/arthritic horse who might need a bit of help on a cold night. I would use them for travelling and I would use the to keep medication in place, although tbh I use vetwrap and little else these days.

Stable bandages aren't elasticated so are of no use in preventing filled legs imo, although why you would bandage at all unneccesarily confuses me.

If a horse is Jarred Up, it needs hosing/ice, arnica and turnout. The last thing I would do is put thick socks onto an inflamed area.
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People (like me anyway) do it because it works and the vet, in my case anyway, advised me to! I choose wraps over bandages as i'm lazy :D

My mum was making her own wraps over 30yrs ago for her filly who's legs swelled up, long before you could buy them, and she is old school and never had a horse with a leg problem in her life!!!
 
When I was younger, the yards were full of stable bandaged horses.

Mine is bandaged most nights - partly becuase she is now 18, partly because her stable has a draft and partly because we always have done.

Her only problems have been a damaged tendon sheath through slipping in the field, and a bruised foot. Vet suggested after the tendon sheath incident that she was kept bandaged up while recovering.
 
I use the thermatex wraps in winter when they come in wet/cold, and I love them tbh. Never had any probe with them slipping or anything. And are looser than bandages.
 
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