So if you have to glove up

[vickie gee]

So if mare is foaling and need arises to glove up and grease up to go in what do you use for lubricant. I know the vet showed up once with a bucket of lubricant. I bought KY just in case. Is KY safe? Just curious what others use.

 

[Becky]

KY is perfectly safe. I use it or the Wal Mart equivilant. I keep it in my foaling kit. My vet has even used my lube instead of his in an emergency.

 

[eagles ring farm]

Good question I am interested in the responses

I have looked in feed & tack stores

but haven't seen anything I keep meaning to ask my vet

when I have had to go in I haven't even remembered the

gloves so had to have the mare flushed afterwards

 

[dgrminis]

I believe TSC also carries a bigger bottle of OB Lube -- I am sure it is the same stuff as KY though but I am thinking it was a larger size for less money... I figured I would rather have too much than not enough if the need ever came for me to have to go in after a foal....

 

[Jill]

What you got will do fine. I have some tubes of "vet lube" in our foaling box that I got a couple years ago from Jeffers.

 

[Jill]

What you got will do fine. I have some tubes of "vet lube" in our foaling box that I got a couple years ago from Jeffers.

 

[Katiean]

Human safe in that area is animal safe in that area. However, I was told to NEVER use petroleum jelly. The reason is it will seal in and hold germs and bacteria. When I had to go in and help my BIG mare there was no time to glove up. The foal only had one leg out and the sack was broke. I had to find her fast. We had a healthy kind of dumb filly. She took after her mom. She was 6 months old and had to have a butt rope loop with no pressure even to lead. I don't know if she ever got over it. Since her I have never used a butt rope to teach to lead.

 

[wcr]

K-Y and those type of lubricants are water based and will dry out with use. UCD vet hospital uses petroleum based lubricant which lasts longer and you can buy several at the dollar stores and throw them out after each horse. Any time you stick anything up your horse you should put them on antibiotics as prophylaxsis so petroleum products shouldn't be an issue.

 

[Maxi'sMinis]

I just ordered a gallon of Septi-Lube for obstetric use in livestock. It is blue. I called the vet and he said this is similar to what he uses.

What I like about it is that it is an antiseptic like Nolvasan and lubricant in one. I got a gallon of it for a small price at ALS.

 

[Sue_C.]

Beleive it or not...I have used blue dawn dish soap...which was recommended as an emergency lubricant by a vet. Worked like a charm...helped me save my filly.

 

[Kim~Crayonboxminiatures]

I keep a few tubes of KY Jelly or the animal tubes from Jeffers in the foaling kit, but after my first dystocia I purchased a bottle of J-Lube. I haven't had to use it yet, but it's a powder that you add water to and can make gallons of lube. I won't be without it, because during the dystocia I had years agao it was a pain in the stress of the moment to keep squeezing tubes, it would have been better to have a larger volume available, and in a squirt bottle.

 

[Crabby-Chicken]

Love J Lube. Slipperiest stuff I ever saw. But on the other thread they are saying that it cannot seep into the body through tears or can cause big problems. Next year when I have a couple foals again, I will maybe re think using that lubricant.

 

[Kim~Crayonboxminiatures]

That is good to know, I will have to look for an alternative next year for foaling. I didn't know it could cause problems.

 

[barnbum]

When my last foals were due, I kept reading about how important it was to have a gal, or more, of lubricant on hand...just in case. I bought a gal from my vet--and they said they'd buy it back if it wasn't opened. I had small tubes on hand if I just had to go with with a hand, but the gal was there in case I had to reposition or things got dry. Thank goodness I didn't have to open in.

 

[Nathan Luszcz]

JLube generally. K-Lube is supposed to be good too, but I've never used it. I don't THINK it has the same issues as JLube. I don't generally use gloves when foaling, other than regular wrist gloves. I want the grip and feeling, which shoulder gloves don't provide. You aren't going to hurt them, the foaling process is so non-sterile its not a big deal

The mare's immune system is well prepared to deal with any issues.