shortage of eye ointment
- Thread starter pellow
- Start date
- Location
- Montgomeryshire
Rumour has it that a small squib from a dry cow tube will do just the same thing, but at a fraction of the cost.
Don’t tell anyone though, or they won’t sell any more Orbenin.
Pigken
Member
- Location
- Co. Durham
As above dry cow tube, or very little beta mox behind inner eye lid, or proper blue spray, or weak dettol water mix gentle sprayed round. Some one with more sense may explain the ointment is part of alermycin family?
beardface
Member
- Location
- East Yorkshire
I was given some dry cow tubes the other day fir the job.
M-J-G
Member
Haven't had any for years, a jag in the eyelid with a cheap antibiotic saves all the messing about with ointment and tubes.
pine_guy
Member
- Location
- North Cumbria
Yes, but ask the vet which to use, the oil in some (like pen strep) can be very irritable to the eye.
M-J-G
Member
Yes, you shouldn't use anything oily for conjunctival injection.
beardface
Member
- Location
- East Yorkshire
I find engemycin spray in the eye if caught early does the job aswell.
- Location
- Dorset/Wilts
Engemycin with a bit of steroid into the eyelid.
Jab of Alamycin 300 at the recommended dosage works for us. Did once buy AB eyedrops from Boots although she did ask to see the patient, told her I could bring the sheep in if she wanted. She shouldn't have sold them to me really but I wasn't going to complain.
- Location
- Buxton, Derbyshire
Did a bull last week with a bad eye, after he'd been rubbing on a hay bale 
Vets prescribed a jab of alamycin (at the normal lower dose), an ubro red dry cow tube and a jab of Metacam. He seems to clearing up grand
Vets prescribed a jab of alamycin (at the normal lower dose), an ubro red dry cow tube and a jab of Metacam. He seems to clearing up grand
- Location
- Carmarthenshire, West Wales
I have used teramycin 1ml and a very fine needle, best job. I read on here use blue spray, but I mentioned it to the vet, she said, don't as it stings because of the alcohol in the spray.
Years ago, I needed some fine needles for the job, so while out and about at work, I called in at a vet (not my vet) to pick up some needles, they would not sell me any! Why, I have no idea? If I was a drug user, I would not want to use those tiny needles, I would probably to into Wynnstay and buy a packet of normal needles. I felt it was just an example of our "health and safety culture" gone mad!
- Location
- Carmarthenshire, West Wales
terramycin
- Location
- Cheshire
Our vets have been sending out dry cow tubes because they haven’t got any orbenin!Rumour has it that a small squib from a dry cow tube will do just the same thing, but at a fraction of the cost.
Don’t tell anyone though, or they won’t sell any more Orbenin.
Princess Pooper
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- Location
- East Mids
We were given a tube of orbenin LA (didn't know they did an LA one - much more handy!