Poultice for "sprained ankles"?

[FiFihead]

Hi,

I don’t even know how to spell poultice (I guess it;'s right now) but I’ve had horses for decades and never used this. A horse has developed lameness and is negative to the vet’s hoof testers and she recommended poultice and daily wrapping. The very minor swelling that was there seemed to go down and we have a date for me to recheck the horse under saddle for more extensive diagnostics if he’s still lame/off on Dec 2. I get back into town on Dec 1.

Can someone sing the praises of poultice rather than a wet-to-dry bandage?

Thank you.

[trubandloki]

@FiFihead

Hi,

I don’t even know how to spell poultice (I guess it;'s right now) but I’ve had horses for decades and never used this. A horse has developed lameness and is negative to the vet’s hoof testers and she recommended poultice and daily wrapping. The very minor swelling that was there seemed to go down and we have a date for me to recheck the horse under saddle for more extensive diagnostics if he’s still lame/off on Dec 2. I get back into town on Dec 1.

Can someone sing the praises of poultice rather than a wet-to-dry bandage?

Thank you.

What do you mean by a wet-to-dry bandage in this situation?
How is the vet suggesting you use the poultice?

My experience with poultice is that it is basically a form of wet to dry. Put on wet poultice, cover with wet paper and a wrap. Next morning the poultice has dried.

[IPEsq]

I wouldn’t use poultice that many days in a row. Clay poultice is pretty mild stuff, but I think enough days of wet under a bandage, and you will get some skin irritation. I would probably switch to just a dry bandage for compression and ice or cold hose at bandage changes if there is still some swelling.

If there is lameness, I would treat this as an injury.