First Aid Kit for Your Horse

You love your horse. You clean his stall. You feed him yourself. You keep him clean and healthy. You give a lot of love and affection on him. You pay concentration to his needs and generally make sure he's alright most of the time. But wait, why is he trying to avoid your hand every time you exertion to touch him? He commonly does not do that. You anxiously check every inch of him. Hey, what's that? Is that blood? You shudder--you admittedly get weak-kneed at the sight of blood. You slowly yet gingerly wipe some of it away and spot a deep laceration on your horse's neck. You panic. You don't have a first aid kit for your horse since the vet is just nearby, anyway. But he's supposed to be out of town this weekend. What do you do?

No one wants to be in this situation. Getting an animal entails a huge responsibility. You should at least know the most basic things in giving him some curative aid. You should assemble a first aid kit. But what should your kit contain? Let's discuss some of them.

Home First Aid Kit

1) Let's talk about the kit first. It can be a tool box, or even a fishing tackle box would do.

2) Thermometer. Do you admittedly know the general body climatic characteristic for your horse? It ranges from 99.0 and 101.5 degrees Fahrenheit.

3) Also get cotton, cotton gauze wraps, and gauze squares to stop bleeding with, for sanitation, and for application of topical medicines.

4) Remember to pack in towels as well. They can be used to apply pressure on the wound with and to clean up with afterwards. They can be used for immobilization too, like for fractures.

5) consist of splint material. A pipe would do.

6) Diluted iodine is needed to clean the wound with. Use the explication if the vet won't be able to see the horse in 4 hours.

7) For you to be able to clean the wound by removing things from it, you would need tweezers or forceps.

8) Your kit should absolutely consist of scissors. They can be used for a collection of reasons such as cutting gauze with.

9) Throw in ointments, alcohol, poultices, electrolytes, Neosporin, and other urgency medicines that your vet would recommend.

Please note that this is not a complete list of what is needed in your first aid kit. This is just a rundown for some of the basic stuff that you should equip your kit with. For a more detailed list, ask your vet.

First Aid Kit for Your Horse