Vet Supplies are a Reason Preppers Need to Visit the local Farm Supply

One thing we are all looking for is ways to stretch our money while buying preps.  I know my money doesn’t go as far as it used too.  The other day I was in the local farm supply store and got to looking at various products including vet supplies.

Now I saw all the typical farm supplies for growing a large garden and raising chickens and other livestock.  But then I got to looking at the vet supplies and in just a few minutes, I made a list of a dozen items that could be useful to any prepper.

A dozen vet supplies that are useful to preppers.

• Scalpels, disposable individually wrapped.

• Nitrile gloves

• Syringes, they stocked all sizes, including large sizes for irrigating wounds.

• Bag Balm, which is great for sore hands

• Blood stop powder, To Check Bleeding of Minor Cuts and Wounds

• Disinfectant in gallon jugs

• Blu-Kote, a veterinary antiseptic

• Antibiotics, both injectable and some pills

• Vetwrap Bandaging tapes.  They even have a brand that sells camo tape. The tapes are available in several sizes

• Sutures, various sizes and types

• Povidone-Iodine a good antiseptic.

• Bandage dressings, for example gauze sponges 4X4 200 count $7.95.

Now I know that these are veterinary grade and I have no special medical training and I am not going to tell you to use these on a human being.  However, I know some old farmers that have been using this stuff on themselves for many years.  The vet medical supplies were a lot cheaper than similar products through a medical outlet.

You may also want to do a search under vet supplies on the internet

In addition, I found many other useful items like twenty pound bags of Diatomaceous earth.

Howard

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