Posted 2006-06-14 11:59 AM (#43006) Subject: medicine boots
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Posts: 2828 Location: Southern New Mexico
Has any one used the Davis medicine boots? I have a horse that stepped on a roofing nail and the vetwrap/duct tape that the vet is using doesn't last more than two days and he has been charging me $25 to re-wrap it. I don't have enough hands to do it by myself and can't afford to keep paying $25 every two days so I thought of using a boot.
Do they rub the fetlock? I don't want to cure the foot just to hurt the leg.
Posted 2006-06-14 6:56 PM (#43021 - in reply to #43006) Subject: RE: medicine boots
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Posts: 379 Location: Columbia, TN
I've used them before and they seem to work pretty well. Are you trying to soak the foot? If you are an intertube works pretty well. you cut it in half, slide it over the footand duct tape it (not on the hair ) andtake the longer end and fill with epson salt and lift the other end and tape it around the other. It works but they kind of wlk funny, Oh yea keep in stall. Good luck
Posted 2006-06-14 7:18 PM (#43023 - in reply to #43021) Subject: RE: medicine boots
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Posts: 2828 Location: Southern New Mexico
My vet has been packing it with itchamol(sp?) and wrapping it up. My gelding is in a stall but keeps walking through the bandage. I've already replaced it 3 times. I can't hold his foot and wrap it and I don't have anyone to help me right now, that is why I was looking for a boot.
Posted 2006-06-15 1:00 PM (#43055 - in reply to #43052) Subject: RE: medicine boots
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That is why I was considering the boot. I've never had a horse with an abscess before and he keeps walking out of the ductape/bandage "boot" that my vet is putting on him. How long do they generally take to clear up?
My farrier is comming out this weekend and if the boot is here I'll have him help me re-wrap it (again) and put the boot on. Hopefully it will last longer this way.
Posted 2006-06-15 4:07 PM (#43064 - in reply to #43055) Subject: RE: medicine boots
Originally written by Terri on 2006-06-15 1:00 PM
That is why I was considering the boot. I've never had a horse with an abscess before and he keeps walking out of the ductape/bandage "boot" that my vet is putting on him. How long do they generally take to clear up?
My farrier is comming out this weekend and if the boot is here I'll have him help me re-wrap it (again) and put the boot on. Hopefully it will last longer this way.
Thanks y'all.
With a little practice you should be able to wrap it yourself. I know the first time I had to wrap my horse's foot by myself, it was a pretty daunting task. Here's how I usually wrap them, it's not easy, but my horses stand quietly, so I'm able to do it by myself. I have a piece of brown paper bag ready, and pieces of duct tape cut to length before I start. I put the ointment on the foot and the piece of brown paper bag over that (if your horse is standing on a clean, dry and smooth surface, he can put his foot down to rest at this point if needed). Then I put the duct tape around the bottom and sides of the foot, and lastly the vet wrap (I'm very carefull *not* to wrap anything around the coronary band). Then the Davis boot goes on, I've never had it rub their pastern or fetlock, but I do take it off every day to check everything and then re-wrap as needed. It usually takes less than a week for the horse to go back to normal work.
Posted 2006-06-15 4:22 PM (#43066 - in reply to #43064) Subject: RE: medicine boots
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Posts: 2828 Location: Southern New Mexico
So you duct tape the bag directly to the hoof? I didn't think to do that. We've been using a gauze bandage and using the vet wrap to hold it on. Tape the pad to the hoof, wrap and boot. I could probally do that myself, I'll give it a try when the boot gets here.
Posted 2006-06-15 4:39 PM (#43068 - in reply to #43066) Subject: RE: medicine boots
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Originally written by Terri on 2006-06-15 4:22 PM
So you duct tape the bag directly to the hoof? I didn't think to do that. We've been using a gauze bandage and using the vet wrap to hold it on. Tape the pad to the hoof, wrap and boot. I could probally do that myself, I'll give it a try when the boot gets here.
Thanks.
Yep, the piece of paper bag will usually stick to the ointment on the bottom of his foot, which makes it easier to put the duct tape and vetwrap on. Hope it goes well!! Again, be sure not to wrap anything around the coronary band.
Posted 2006-06-19 4:03 PM (#43268 - in reply to #43006) Subject: RE: medicine boots
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Location: Tampa, FL
Buy a bag of diapers (yes, for children). Place diaper on hoof and use adhesive to tack it in place. Then wrap the diaper with some duct tape to secure it. They last for quite a while and are pretty waterproof and keep dressings from seeping out.
Posted 2006-06-19 4:30 PM (#43273 - in reply to #43006) Subject: RE: medicine boots
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Posts: 56 Location: Oregon
Buy diapers? Is that cotton diapers or the "pamper" style with the plastic back? Thanks for the tip, I'm not sure I would have thought of it, but I'm sure it will work!
Posted 2006-06-20 12:13 PM (#43333 - in reply to #43006) Subject: RE: medicine boots
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Regular Pampersor generic plastic diapers. I have been dealing with layed-up show horses for years and have found this to be the easiest way to keep the hoof clean and wrapped with only one set of hands.
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Again, be sure not to wrap anything around the coronary band.