Vetwrap is supposed to be used with padding under it. Doesn't mater if it's a horse's leg or a duck's neck.im only wrapping tight enough that it stays put, can easily get at least 1 finger in between the wrap and her neck.
-Kathy
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Vetwrap is supposed to be used with padding under it. Doesn't mater if it's a horse's leg or a duck's neck.im only wrapping tight enough that it stays put, can easily get at least 1 finger in between the wrap and her neck.
I know this is a horse but what is the padding Kathy, never saw that before. So looking in the aisle at say CVS what are we looking for?Vetwrap is supposed to be used with padding under it. Doesn't mater if it's a horse's leg or a duck's neck.
-Kathy
Can you actually see the hole? or is it so tiny you just see the bubbles? Hopefully that will heal and good sign your not seeing the vitamin water coming out. Great to hear the wound is beginning to heal.Sounds like your doing a good job of doctoring. I know you are relieved to get most of the layers off maybe next time the rest will come off. Are you rinsing in salt water?just changed her bandage, that small piece is still stuck but i was able to get the 2 outermost layers (the pads have 3 layers) off at least. soaked that last layer with as much as it would hold. yesterdays bandage came off easily so i guess i either didnt coat that first one as well as i thought or the tissue was dry enough to absorb all of it. still getting bubbles from the hole and there was a bit of water on that part of the bandage, however it was clear water not the orange color water she has to drink (the vitamin mix makes it orange) and she has a little clear water draining from her nose (very very little very slowly). also looked like there was some light scabbing around the edges of the wound.
This is how I would wrap it:
http://www.thehorse.com/videos/30327/how-to-bandage-a-horses-leg-with-vetrap
-Kathy
Doesn't matter if the wrap is coloring the feathers as long as it doing its job. Is she eating?i can see the hole, started about like a toothpick poked through it but has stretched a bit bigger, the stretching was all on along the length of the neck so now its more like a slit but still not really big and seems to stay mostly closed unless the tissue is stretched (even when stretched it is still just a bit smaller then her eye in size). and yes im still using saltwater to both rinse and soak that bit of bandage.
also took another look at that wrapping video and compared it to what im doing, going by the video im not actually wrapping. all the crinkles in the wrap are still extremely visible and i dont pull it tight or keep any tension on the wrap since all im using it for is to lightly hold the pad in place and keep it from falling off. pretty much just using it as a non adhesive reusable tape instead of to have steady and constant pressure (wouldnt think that putting much of any actual wrapping around a neck would be that good, too easy to cut of air or blood flow even with padding). can post a photo of what im doing for the bandage if wanted, only side effect im seeing is that the wrap is coloring the feathers though.