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home vet ,what level ?

basic first aid ?

41%

[ 7 ]

field medic ?

17%

[ 3 ]

basic nursing?

11%

[ 2 ]

advanced nursing ?

11%

[ 2 ]

call a vet in every circumstance of poorlyness?

[ 1 ]

as good as a vet in the things i know ?

11%

[ 2 ]

Total Votes : 17

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Greenfoot

Joined: 04 Dec 2007
Posts: 324
Location: The veggie plot or getting stones

Posted: Mon Dec 05, 11 1:06 pm Post subject:

dpack wrote:

200ml almond oil
10 ml lavender oil
10 ml tea tree oil
10 ml frankincence oil

this mix is good for any type of surface /punture wounds fresh or green ,it will cure immersion foot and similar skin rotting conditions,

it is a powerful anti bacterial ,anti fungal salve and soothing action on pain/itch as well as not stinging on application

works on humans and many critters i have tried

as a bonus it repels flies and lice and smells pleasant

applied to a wound or manky skin it is safe as far as i know (10 yrs with this mix )
do not drink ,you may die

How long would it keep for after mixing? Sounds very interesting. i have used Hypericum oil topically for minor skin problems on our cats.

I am happy to apply to our pets my expertise as a nurse and thus I have given them medication subcutaneously, rehydrate orally and medicate. We have now obtained from the vets our own supply of cat non-steroidal anti-inflammatories after Wentworth kept getting into bad fights for nearly 4 months on the trot. On the other hand, I never hesitate to take them to the vets if needed. I would only treat them at home if I am confident I know what I am dealing with and the trauma of the visit to the vets would be greater than me treating them at home.

dpack

Joined: 02 Jul 2005
Posts: 46362
Location: yes

Posted: Mon Dec 05, 11 1:24 pm Post subject:
keeps well in dark glass or stainless steel

Mutton

Joined: 09 May 2009
Posts: 1508

Posted: Mon Dec 05, 11 6:53 pm Post subject:

dpack wrote:

Would not recommend using for a cat. They have low tolerance to many things and are easily poisoned (and obviously lick themselves just to compound the problem). Have an idea that they react badly to tea tree oil.
(By the way, Savlon is also poisonous for cats - its the phenol in it - same as is carbolic soap.)
You can get hibiscrub from the vet for dilution at home and that is what we use on cats.

Other than that:
Pretty much with Tavascarrow.
Have done injections, syringed out abscesses on sheep and cats, also bathed and poulticed abscesses. Given pills (and sometimes had ballistic return of pills.) Nursed chickens with trickle of food in beak.
Unless very obvious what is happening (which it can be) tend to get vet's opinion, and if sheep, opinion of very long term breeder of Soay as well. (Sometimes Soay can be a little bit different to what the vet expects.) Have once or twice thought we knew what was going on and it turned out to be different. Thought ewe had chest infection, didn't clear up with antibiotics given by the vet to us to administer, took ewe in after 24 hours and it turned out to be a serious heart murmur. (Much to the surprise of the vet who hadn't heard one in a sheep before, said they usually die of something else first.)

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