Wishful thinking?? Is there an alternative to bandaging?

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As above really.
Im having to bandage overnight due to an injury and then cellulitis and got to say Im totally fed up with it now, plus dont like cooking her legs every night!!
Im aware of the pro's and con's of it so please be kind, this whole experience has been really hard as it is and Im purely following veterinary advice but just wondered if theres any alternatives please that wont rub. It was a certain brands sport med boots that got me here in the first place :(
Thank you so much for any advice.
 
Yes, I have used tubigrip for minor things and also stable boots for big legs.

The stable boots I have had 3 types. The first had towelling, tailored inners and breathable outers. The second had duvets inside neoprene, but they could be a bit sweaty despite the duvets.

The third are posh ones with magnets they are FAB.

ETA - Jaysus, I just looked up the magnetic ones, they are these...https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Veredus-...hash=item3f292a101d:m:mzEPNtTQp44MOtmHkIMDL5g

I had no idea they were this expensive! I will never dare to use them again! :eek:

They do give even pressure, no divots in the skin, no sweat, and I think the magnets help also. But I am not sure I will buy them again at this price!.
 
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Personally I think there's no substitute for well applied bandages. But I did have some stable boots of the duvet/neoprene variety that I had for days I couldn't put bandages in myself and was reliant on yard services. They were ok imo.
 
If you are battling swelling or cellulitis there is no good substitute for bandaging. Sorry!

We use magnetic boots on the yard for horses with pins in their legs or arthritic joints but for anything else its a stable bandage.
 
Red-1 said:
Yes, I have used tubigrip for minor things and also stable boots for big legs.

The stable boots I have had 3 types. The first had towelling, tailored inners and breathable outers. The second had duvets inside neoprene, but they could be a bit sweaty despite the duvets.

The third are posh ones with magnets they are FAB.

ETA - Jaysus, I just looked up the magnetic ones, they are these...https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Veredus-...hash=item3f292a101d:m:mzEPNtTQp44MOtmHkIMDL5g

I had no idea they were this expensive! I will never dare to use them again! :eek:

They do give even pressure, no divots in the skin, no sweat, and I think the magnets help also. But I am not sure I will buy them again at this price!.

They do give even pressure, no
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Yikes!! They do look blooming good though! Ive got some magnetic boots and the infrared linings too, Im just so worried they may rub as their other boots did :( The Veredus ones look a great design!
 
EKW said:
If you are battling swelling or cellulitis there is no good substitute for bandaging. Sorry!

We use magnetic boots on the yard for horses with pins in their legs or arthritic joints but for anything else its a stable bandage.
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She got rubbed by wearing sports med boots for a short period of time and ended up with celluitis, so have been advised to bandage nightly since with ABS and Danilon of course. I appreciate this wont be forever and the 2nd lot of ABs finished Friday so Im a bit loathed to stop bandaging yet just in case. Just feel like Ive been cooking her legs for weeks now, plus I question my bandaging skills each morning I take them off!!!
 
milliepops said:
Personally I think there's no substitute for well applied bandages. But I did have some stable boots of the duvet/neoprene variety that I had for days I couldn't put bandages in myself and was reliant on yard services. They were ok imo.
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Which boots were they please? :)
 
Louby said:
She got rubbed by wearing sports med boots for a short period of time and ended up with celluitis, so have been advised to bandage nightly since with ABS and Danilon of course. I appreciate this wont be forever and the 2nd lot of ABs finished Friday so Im a bit loathed to stop bandaging yet just in case. Just feel like Ive been cooking her legs for weeks now, plus I question my bandaging skills each morning I take them off!!!
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Unless you are using vet wrap you would need to be in the Worlds Strongest Man competition to do any significant damage to a horses legs with stable bandages.

If the horse is off of AB's now and shows no signs of cellulitis I wouldn't bandage. If you have boots by all means put them on but I would be tempted to leave the legs naked for a few days. They may well have gotten used to being bandaged so they may puff up a bit the first night or two. If its just a wee bit I wouldn't worry and wouldn't bandage again. If they blow up massively its back to bandaging. But I doubt they will.
 
Thankyou EKW, after the boot rub and cellulitis, Abs, antii inflams, we managed a couple of nights fine, then she knicked her other leg having a mad en and wham, up again, so more abs and back to bandaging. This is on top of the Annular ligament strain (my other post on here :oops: ) so its all been a bit doom and gloom atm! I will bandage again tomorrow, get us over the weekend lol and try without Monday night, fingers crossed. Thanks for your help x
 
JennBags said:
Was it premier equine by any chance? I've known of horses with similar problems from their boots.
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Got it in one! Apparently they didnt fit or didnt suit my horse??? Over £300 later and still counting :( , Im not really a happy bunny but no repy from them to my last email! We live and learn, sadly a costly experience :(
 
If she’s off the ABs now I’d want her out as much as possible if the initial injury (for which I assume she was on box rest for already, hence the sports med boots?) will allow. We nearly lost our boy when he reacted really badly to a nerve block. Once he was over that, it took us 6 weeks to get the swelling down. I’ve never seen a leg so swollen. It was the same width from the elbow to the hoof. He was on box rest for a week, when it was terrible but it started improving slowly once he got out 24/7. For the next 6 months, if he spent any significant time in his stable it would flare up again.
 
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My old boy had a really bad bout of cellulitis, never found out why but he had the leg of an elephant and he was on so much medication I had to crush it and get it into him in two big syringe fulls but i was never told to bandage by my vet (big equine hosp) My horse was in a lot of pain and tbh I asked the vet to PTS, vet persuaded me to give him 24 hours! I had to get him walking as much as possible and spend as little time stationery as possible. I've read your other post and assume your mare is still out in a small pen, I don't have any experience of her other problem but are you allowed to walk her out in hand? This is what I found to be most effective, the first night when he was really poorly, I walked him hourly, even through the night
 
Thank you all for your replies, some scary experiences and so pleased your horses are better now.
Hers wasnt horrendous thankfully, it all started after she took a beating in the field. I was awy on holiday and a friend was looking after her for which I will be forever grateful as she cared for her brilliantly! One of the kicks turned to cellulitis, that was in June, but since then any knick has blown up and required ABS.
Ive just bought her this after being reccomended it, more for the annular ligament issue but reading it, it says liver, detox etc so hopefully that will help as I feel I cant feed another supplement too?? Shes a walking disaster atm, terrible 5's Im hoping!!
https://progressive-earth.com/produ...tial-amino-acids-lysine-methionine-threonine/
 
After awful cellulitis experiences I very rarely bandage now and another friend of mine who has a very accident prone giant of a horse is of the same opinion... I had to brave a recent 2inch slice kick injury with no bandage and two weeks now since the swelling went down the scabs are peeling off nicely. Had I bandaged I think we would have still been battling with it.

I absolutely agree as above that you need to feed the skin plenty of healing nutrients and the good proteins and vitamins, cut out any pro-inflammatory foods like grains etc. I honestly think that changing the diet a few years ago has made a massive difference to healing.
 
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