Tensoplast alternatives?

[hairycob]

Following having his calcaneal bursa flushed HP has a pressure bandage on his hock. He is now out in the field without it during the day & comes in with it on at night. To make sure it doesn't slip I need to use an adhesive bandage. The vet left me with 1 - it's like a bandage version of Elastoplast. I was running out so sent hubby to a chemist to get more. The brand they had was tensoplast & is £12 a roll! No wonder the vet bill is so high - it's the dressings, I think, not the surgery. I tried searching on the internet & could get tensoplast (10cm) for just under £11 but a lot of the stuff that was coming up looked more like vetwrap not the sticky stuff. Does anybody know a cheaper brand/supplier in case I need to get more.

 

[Remi'sMum]

Do a Google search for 10cm elastic adhesive bandages and all sorts of sports supplies sites will pop up where lesser known brands are cheaper. Hope that helps!

 

[Auslander]

I use this http://www.firstaid4sport.co.uk/product.asp?pf_id=4710&gclid=CM_bhJ_n2cUCFQoKwwodzD8AUA

 

[JustKickOn]

Having tried a few cheaper alternatives, we went back to tensoplast. Expensive as it may be, it's the best one out there. The others just didn't have the sticking power we needed.

£500 on dressings, pads and bandages when the young mare took her knee off! They are ridiculously pricy!

 

[hairycob]

Thanks I'm hoping the vet will sat he doesn't need it anymore after Wednesday. I haven't seen the breakdown of my enormous vet bill yet but having seen the dressing he had for the first 2 weeks after the op I'm sure bandages etc make up several hundred pounds of it, if not £1k+

 

[glenruby]

Tensor last or eband - both around the same price and there is no reasonable alternative I'm afraid!

 

[hairycob]

Fingers crossed I don't need it much longer then.