Sugar and honey have been used since ancient times to draw infection from a wound. Sugardine is a simple mix of iodine, or betadine mixed to a peanut butter consistency paste with sugar. Start with the amount of sugar you want your paste to be then add the iodine. One caution is that in bug season, it will attract flies so a wrap or bug proof shelter would be in order. I didn’t have any problems with flies.
How to Cure a Wound in a Duck
Have you ever heard of sugardine for wounds? It’s used a lot for horses but it’s a great home remedy for birds and even people as well.
I used to keep Indian runner ducks for training my herding dog puppies. I had an assortment of dogs at the time, not all of them very good with fowl. One of my ducks got bitten and I knew from experience that it most likely would become infected and the bird would die. It was the infection that would kill her, not the bite.
I didn’t want to pay for a vet visit for a duck, so I called the vet and asked if there was anything I could do to help the bird recover. She told me about sugardine. She agreed that the infection was the problem. She said that the sugar in the mix would draw the infection out. I mixed up the goop and slathered it on the bird. She made a full recovery.
What is Sugardine?
On Myself
The next time I used it on myself. I had a wound in my hand that could have easily become infected. I wasn’t near a doctor so I remembered the sugardine. I mixed it up, put it on the wound and then wrapped it. I was positive that I could feel the cool, wet sugar drawing the heat out of the wound. My hand healed with no scar and no infection. I don’t recommend that anyone use this in place of medical attention, but for minor wounds it’s a good thing to have. It’s also important to pack it several times a day since the effectiveness will wear off.
Handy to Have
This is a traditional remedy for hoof problems, such as thrush, in horses. I’ve also read it is good for abscesses and burns. It has also been recommended for bumblefoot in chickens.
I always keep betadine or iodine on hand and I always have sugar in the pantry. I would use this on any livestock that had a wound. I’m not sure about using it on dogs unless you could wrap it or use a bucket or cone to keep them from reaching it. They’d certainly try to lick it off and synthetic iodine is poisonous. I’ve read some recommendations that say never to use on cats.
Have you ever used sugardine?
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Thanks Steve.
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