Dipping Navels.

[Firefall]

I'm using the Nolvasan, its like dish soap. I poor it into a small dixie cup and dip. I waste so much of it, it all gets thrown out with the cup. Do you guys all do the same? I'm going to have to buy more already.

Thanks.

 

[Marty]

I used iodine in a little container and yep we got it all over the place. We did it about three times I'd say and also dipped the feet.

 

[KenBen]

We use Iodine and swab it on with cotton balls. I will pick up the foal and Maureen puts the Iodine on. We do this 3 times. At the same time the foals get used to being handled.

Ken

 

[DebiM]

Lori, I get a big container from one of the supply companies before foaling season. I use that to refill a squirt bottle. We squirt it on the naval using that and may do the hooves after the plugs wear down. I waste MUCH less now!

Debi

 

[Miniv]

We use a small squirt bottle as well.

MA

 

[Magic]

I used to use a tiny "dixie" cup (disposable cup), but now I like using a plastic film canister that held 35mm film. It holds just a little bit of nolvasan or iodine --less waste-- but is just the right size for dipping the naval. I hold the foal still with one arm and dip the naval with my other hand.

 

[minih]

Lori, I get a big container from one of the supply companies before foaling season. I use that to refill a squirt bottle. We squirt it on the naval using that and may do the hooves after the plugs wear down. I waste MUCH less now!

We do the same as Debi, but I have never done the feet? This way since I don't waste as much with all the dipping I find I spray them alot more often.

 

[Jane=P]

I use the cover that come with a syringe ,usually a cover from a 10 or 20cc syringe and I put the liquid inside of it and place over the stump right up to the stomach and shake up and down and it completely cover the stump and area around it and doesnt go over all everything and you and then just stop wait a second or two and pull back down and place cover back on it and place in my pocket , till I get out of stall and can dump out and wash. This works great and is very neat and easy , you can stand over foal and just reach under and put on ,with out big fight from foal......JANE

 

[Miniv]

I use the cover that come with a syringe ,usually a cover from a 10 or 20cc syringe and I put the liquid inside of it and place over the stump right up to the stomach and shake up and down and it completely cover the stump and area around it and doesnt go over all everything and you and then just stop wait a second or two and pull back down and place cover back on it and place in my pocket , till I get out of stall and can dump out and wash. This works great and is very neat and easy , you can stand over foal and just reach under and put on ,with out big fight from foal......JANE

Great idea, Jane. I've always wanted a good use for those plastic covers!

MA

 

[Southern_Heart]

We always have used the squirt bottle, even when we had big horses. Its so easy to get it in the right spot and not so messy!

Joyce

 

[nootka]

Squirt bottle here, too. Really helps w/less mess and waste.

Plus, as I'm often here doing it by myself, it's so much easier to do than to hold a struggling foal and get the spray where I want it (to soak the area as well as the navel itself) with the spray bottle.

Liz M.

 

[tagalong]

After many years - I prefer the ease of a squirt bottle - and have no problem saturating the important areas. I only treat the navel a few times the first day or so... feet do just fine on their own. Actually the only times I ever heard of anyone treating feet with iodine or anything else was with minis - and I have worked at assorted big horse foaling barns. Different strokes for different folks...

 

[DebiM]

Terri, I don't routinely do the hooves. Some of them just seem to wear down different than the others and those are the ones I do. Now I've had a few foals whose plugs were so long they didn't wear down much after the first 24 hrs. I'll trim those up the way my vet taught me then I squirt them. I didn't do that until a couple of years ago. Someone posted here that their vet recommended doing it in some cases as it could be another source of bacteria entry. Doesn't hurt so I give them a squirt. LOL