[beerider]

I don't really know but I got this from another site. If you are low on money and can't get that purple stuff for wounds and straches, you can use bacon grease. just put it on and when It looks like it needs more, put more on. I heard that it really works but I am not sure. so keep that in mind before you do it, or let me know if it does really work if you know for sure.

[Goonhorse]

We've used it before, but I don't know if it really works or not. It sure doesn't seem like it would be very sanitary. I don't think I'd use it again. Especially since the horse we put it on licked it off!!!

[Sue B]

While I would agree that it's "greasy" quality would provide a good way to keep tissues soft while healing, it has no other attributes to help the healing process. It would keep the bugs out of the wound and generally keep it dry in rainy weather. But, the reason we generally apply something to a wound is to prevent infection. Bacon grease has no antibacterial or antifungal qualities that I know of that would protect the wound from infection.

In general, there are several wound care products on the market to pick from...even human ones...that would provide economical and quality wound care. How about, if you can afford the bacon...give it up for a couple of days and buy a wound care preperation that would actually benefit your horse.

[spyro1]

I have used the old cowboy remedy of mixing bacon grease with sulfer powder to make an ointment. I have used it, it works as well as some of the other topicals out there

[beerider]

Originally Posted by Sue B

While I would agree that it's "greasy" quality would provide a good way to keep tissues soft while healing, it has no other attributes to help the healing process. It would keep the bugs out of the wound and generally keep it dry in rainy weather. But, the reason we generally apply something to a wound is to prevent infection. Bacon grease has no antibacterial or antifungal qualities that I know of that would protect the wound from infection.

In general, there are several wound care products on the market to pick from...even human ones...that would provide economical and quality wound care. How about, if you can afford the bacon...give it up for a couple of days and buy a wound care preperation that would actually benefit your horse.

I don't think you can buy wound care produts with food stamps. LOL just joking. you know indians had many ways to care for their horse with simple natural stuff, like plants or so kind of would, redclay, all sorts of stuff and it did not cost them a penny.

[kellidahorsegirl]

I've never heard that one! Interesting stuff I find out every day.

I just use Neosporin,,,but usually a generic brand. The stuff works great and it sticks to the wound and surrounding area, making it so the flys can't get into the wound. AND its much cheaper than products labeled for "horses." Cuz we all know how some stuff is more expensive just cuz its for a horse. (aka: I can get mane and tail shampoo cheaper at walmart than I can at a tack store cuz at walmart its for people)

[endurgirl]

Yeah, I'm sure you have some antibacterial ointment laying around. Nitrofurazone, which is for horses, isn't very expensive--about $4 a jar.

[Sue B]

Yes, that is true...LOL

Yes, all native peoples have always used things from nature to help promote healing and overall health. However, that is unfortunately lost to most of us at this point in our civilization. If the natural items are availabe and you have the kowledge to utilize them correctly, then I would agree that is the better way to go...in most cases...but there are always times when we might need to rely on drug therapies. In the era prior to modern medicine, when natural treatments didn't work....the horse or person simply died (ok, not so simple). But, there is also an understanding that goes with using those natural healing aids that must be considered. In many cases, natural doesn't mean "safe and easy". It can be dangerous to use some things without the underlying knowledge of how to use them.

Bacon grease is hardly "natural".....it has been salted (ooh that's gotta hurt in a wound), processed and cooked. All of this alters the "natural" quality of it. If you were telling me that you use the fresh white, uncooked/salted fat off the bacon, I might think better of it. But, cooked grease is not the same thing....all of its properties of "protection" have been removed/damaged and it is open to molds and bacterial growths amost immediately. Not something I woud put on my horse.

[beerider]

you know if you think aobut it, everything we have is from naute. man mande only means that man took nature and mixed it with other nature to make what ever. like most of the vitimans, Like C well you can get that from an orange growing off a tree, most antibiotics are made from plants, if you read the ingredints you will see. I dont think anything is really man mand because it is not if you think about it.
I guess you can tell already I am one of those nature freaks HUH. well that is all I have to say, but I have never put bacon or grease on my horse, my horse gets horse stuff and that is it. yes It can be expensive at times but at the end it was worth it.

[tightpaycheck]

If its just a little boo boo you can put vaseline on it probably works as good as grease, and won't attract the flies