hibiscrub question

[notpoodle]

i feel rather dumb asking but seeing hibiscrub isnt used where i come from ...

i know what it's for, but am not sure how to use it? do you use it neat or dilute it?! can it go on broken skin? does it sting (ie. is there a chance horsey will leap in surprise?)? what do you apply it with?

could i use it on angels rubby bits where she's scratched her sweet itch? cos she has two rather not-like looking rubs on her nose which could do with desinfecting me thinks ...

julia
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[Lgd]

Can be used neat - it is quite soapy and is used for hand cleaning in health care institutions

[notpoodle]

thanks! does it sting then if its on broken skin? so i just stick it ona clean sponge and apply it to the ouchybits? do i leave it in or rinse it off?

i feel VERY stupid asking btw :rolleyes:

julia
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[Tor&Warrior]

If your using it on you, to wash hands etc then it can just be used neat like soap.

But on the horses I use it (and this is how my vet always uses it) by putting it in a bucket of water. Its quite concentrated and I wouldn't like it to put it on a wound like that. Its fine on broken skin, wounds etc. I don't know whether it stings. I don't think so, and if it does not much. I don't think they'd react any more than if it was just water. I've used it on Vin when he fell in the field and bit threw his lip and I had to use it as a flush and he never winced and on Flyte when he skinned his shin, kicked him self in the leg (was very deep and took ages to heal) and now as he stood in a bucket the other day and has skinned his fetlock. It could possibly sting if it wasn't diluted though. If I use it pretty diluted I don't wash it off but if once you've finished it looks like theres alot left I'd give it a rinse with clean water and definetley carefully washed off if it goes on concentarted.

I use cotton wool to put it on because I don't like to use sponges if its a cut or sore area because of the risk of infection. Cotton wool can be wiped over the area once then thrown away.

I would be ideal to give her sweet itch a wash with. Flyte suffers with very bad hives all summer and scratches them raw and he has to have hibbi baths every day.

Torx

[Showjumper]

Hibiscrub is excellent. It can be used neat or diluted. I used it last year on Dolly's mudfever, and a few weeks ago, bathed her completely in it to get rid of her dandruff (scurf - yuck!)

[notpoodle]

ah, thanks, i feel wiser now :) with the sponge i meant a new, clean sponge btw.

julia
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[notpoodle]

she'll have her bath once the weather has improved, it's too cold and windy for that at the moment :rolleyes:

julia
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ps: i am glad i acquired a bottle then!

[Lovecat]

When Murphy had his problem last year with itchy hocks (rubbing and itching them until they were raw and bleeding) I used Hibiscrub as advised by my YO:

Get a bucket of warm water and clean the affected area

Wet a sponge with hot water, as hot as you can stand it (elbow test, like a baby's bath!) and upend the hibiscrub onto the sponge, neat.

Rub into the affected area, work up a lather.

Leave for the time it takes the kettle to boil again and make a cup of tea (;))

With a fresh bucket of warm water (from that kettle!) , rinse away the Hibiscrub, dry off thoroughly and apply sudocrem or another waterproof barrier cream. Repeat every other day.

He was itch and scab free within 2 weeks, the hair was growing back by the third week and it has never re-occurred!

[Ginger Thing]

We use diluted hibiscrub in a spray bottle - our horses get lots of little injuries, and we find it easy to spray the wound, as you can clean it without putting pressure on it, and from a distance if it's really sore and they want to kick you because it stings!

You can get quite a pressure, which helps to clean the wound, whereas a sponge may push any dirt or debris further in. Not to say this applies to sweetitch, but it's useful for first aid use!