home vet books
home vet books
wanting to learn the basics so I don't got to take the dogs in every time they get a minor cut or some thing that can be done to fix um up at home. advice on books, an medical kits,? and were to get antibiotics an such things. THANKS.
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Re: home vet books
We have Dog owners Home Vet Handbook. Covers pretty much everything. Most all supplies can be purchased at a farm/ranch supply store for the rest, buddy up to a vet.
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Re: home vet books
If I would recommend only one it would be The Dog Owner's Home Veterinary handbook. I also keep the Merck Veterinary Manual and Plumb's Veterinary Drug Handbook for drug info and dosing.
Learn to treat cuts/lacerations/bites from another houndsman or a vet which will save TONS of money
Antibiotics from the vet's and even feed stores are overpriced, order a big bottle online or through catalogs, will last for a long time and be much cheaper and easier to access instead of having to run to the vet's every time
Always keep a good first aid kit handy--I do almost all my vet care at home--saves money and when you're hours away from the vet it can save your dog's life. I include a staple gun or sutures, betadine flush, sterile water, needles, Blue Kote or wound ointment, scissors, foreceps, bandages, gauze, Vetwrap, lidocaine, Silvadene, lactated ringer's for dehydration, eye flush, eye ointment, pliers (porcupine quills), antibiotics (Clavamox, amoxi, cephalexin, etc.), pain meds (Rimadyl)...
A few key things--never staple/suture a laceration all the way shut. Always leave a small opening for drainage. Bite wounds--just flush and leave open. Small cuts--the same. Even a large laceration will heal without being closed, bust stapling encourages healing faster. The most important thing for wounds--keep them clean!
Learn to treat cuts/lacerations/bites from another houndsman or a vet which will save TONS of money
Antibiotics from the vet's and even feed stores are overpriced, order a big bottle online or through catalogs, will last for a long time and be much cheaper and easier to access instead of having to run to the vet's every time
Always keep a good first aid kit handy--I do almost all my vet care at home--saves money and when you're hours away from the vet it can save your dog's life. I include a staple gun or sutures, betadine flush, sterile water, needles, Blue Kote or wound ointment, scissors, foreceps, bandages, gauze, Vetwrap, lidocaine, Silvadene, lactated ringer's for dehydration, eye flush, eye ointment, pliers (porcupine quills), antibiotics (Clavamox, amoxi, cephalexin, etc.), pain meds (Rimadyl)...
A few key things--never staple/suture a laceration all the way shut. Always leave a small opening for drainage. Bite wounds--just flush and leave open. Small cuts--the same. Even a large laceration will heal without being closed, bust stapling encourages healing faster. The most important thing for wounds--keep them clean!
Re: home vet books
For Antibiotics-http://www.revivalanimal.com/Fish-and-Bird-Antibiotics.html?ic_location=topnav&ic_name=medicationsantibioticstopnav
Book The Pill Book Guide, I think they sell it at the same place.
If you really want to learn, volunteer at a local Vet.
Jtg
Book The Pill Book Guide, I think they sell it at the same place.
If you really want to learn, volunteer at a local Vet.
Jtg
got plott wrote:wanting to learn the basics so I don't got to take the dogs in every time they get a minor cut or some thing that can be done to fix um up at home. advice on books, an medical kits,? and were to get antibiotics an such things. THANKS.
Re: home vet books
thanks for the book advice everyone. will be getting a book or two .