What can you use instead of a lintex?

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Hi guys!

My problematic little man thought it would be funny to be allergic to an animalintex, what can I use instead if he cuts or bangs himself?

He had a really bad reaction to one last year where it looked like it had almost burnt his skin (it hadn’t because it was cold). He’s quite sensitive but no ones ever heard of a horse being allergic!

All recommendations are welcomed :)
 
Meloline. I wouldn't poultice most ordinary cuts and scrapes but if they needed to be kept clean I would put intracite on then meloline under the bandage for a few days then just meloline or manuka honey and meloline.
 
I think lots of horses react to the boric acid in animalintex. I would never use it. Like PaS I would never poultice a bump or a clean shallow cut. A deeper cut needs stitching anyway. For poultices I would use magnesium sulphate paste on a nappy or incontinence pad.
 
Only ever use it on feet, not on skin. For minor cuts and bangs, I would not poultice. Minor cuts get gently washed and some sudocreme applied for a few days.
 
Dealing with even minor wounds in this fly ridden heat is tricky. I use the sheep fly strike yellow ointment, recommended by my vet and it is very effective. I am using it on the sheath areas to prevent fly bites and maggots.
 
For outdoor animals I think keeping the flies off is perhaps more important than keeping it 'clean'. If its a field injury wash with water, and then put on fly strike ointment, unless its somewhere were it safe to secure with a bandage, then I would use anything clean that non adherent to the wound to keep it covered.
Deeper wounds I would give clean honey a go, but its keeping the stuff in place, you can buy sterilised honey sheets.
This is what is recommended for human wounds.
http://www.tissueviabilityscotland.org/downloads/Guide_to_Generic_Wound_Products.pdf
Non of the dressing are cheap, the sterile equivalent of a nappy pad,
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Kerramax-Care-Dressing-Pads-20x30/dp/B01DJGM0F4
 
Lintex is a poultice, and therefore should never be used on simple cuts and scrapes, only feet with abscesses to draw out.
Use what vets use - melolin or skintact. But really, simple cuts and scrapes shouldn’t need a dressing. I would only be dressing a wound if it was stitched or stapled, would have been stitched or stapled had it been caught early enough, or if it is simply too deep to leave open.
 
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