A Good First Aid Kit

[MyBabyBunnies]

 

[*nepo*]

Here is a list Carolyn made on another post :

A RABBIT'S FIRST AID KIT:

Ace Bandage
Scissors - small and large
Tweezers
Cotton Pads
Hydrogen Peroxide
Preparation H (sore hocks)
Nutri-Cal (caloric supplement)
Ivermectin (for parasites)
Syringes/eye dropper
Mineral oil
An Eye Wash
Kaeopectate
Cotton balls
Q-tips
Toenail clippers
Thermometer
Butterfly closers
Bandage Tape

...etc...

 

[MyBabyBunnies]

 

[ariel]

OK help me with something here, hydrogen peroxide??? What do you use that for and what strength do you use????

 

[m.e.]

I would not use hydrogen peroxide - it damageshealthy tissue as well as infected tissue. Iodine is a far safertreatment, and promotes very fast healing.

 

[MyBabyBunnies]

 

[MyBabyBunnies]

 

[MyBunnyLovesMe]

Kwik Stop is a must in my books.

 

[m.e.]

Yeah, I read about it in Reader's Digest,actually. . .curious, I decided to check it out and learned thathydrogen peroxide certainly cleans out a wound - it cleans out healthycells too! :shock:

I've heard good things about Bene-bac for cats, but I thought itwas a sedative?? Maybe I'm mistaken, but I could have sworn thats whatone person used it for :?

 

[MyBabyBunnies]

 

[ariel]

It would have to be a low volume peroxide. I knowif I get peroxide on my hands and have a cut it really stings! It turnsyour skin on your fingers white and that's with 20 volume (6%)

 

[m.e.]

Huh. . .:? Isn't that odd?

That's definately what Bene-bac is used for, I haven't found anywherethat it's a sedative. Maybe that woman was mistaken. She said thebreeder gave it to her kitten before they took him on the long drivehome. Maybe it was just to make sure he stayed healthy with allthe environmental changes and the sleepiness was just a side-effect?And here she is all this time telling people it's a calmative Youlearn something new everyday. . .

 

[MyBabyBunnies]

 

[ariel]

3% is a low peroxide, which would be ok to usestraight, as it doesn't do much to human skin so tends to make me thinkwould be ok for buns, when i see peroxide though I automatically thinkhair LOL (as I'm a hairdresser it's the first thing I think of LOL)

I must get together a first aid kit too, so all your ideas are very helpful to me

 

[MyBabyBunnies]

 

[ariel]

I must go back and read that post actually , thanks for reminding me, I seen it and thought ahhh I'll take a peek in there LOL

 

[Dwarf_Angel04]

MyBunnyBoys wrote:

I also heard that infant Pedialyte (plain) can be given torabbits to keep them hydrated, anyone tried this?

I've used pedialyte to assist in pouncing a rabbit back and now have a bottle of it in my barn.

 

[MyBabyBunnies]

 

[JimD]

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