text: Posts 2,787	A lot of the stuff can be picked up at the dollar store:
  Posts 4,868	I'm partial to Novolsan myself (it's an antiseptic ointment to put on cuts and scrapes). I get it from my vet.
  Posts 3,589	Bute and Banamine
  Posts 3,735	Corona ointment - great when eihter of you gets a scratch or scrape. Hoof dressing.
  Posts 18,683	KY Jelly for sheath cleaning.
  Posts 3,707	I couldn't make it around here with my "miracle ointment," I use it for almost any type of wound, bite, infection, or minor "ouchie;" and I NEVER let myself run out of it. It cures what ails 'em!
  Posts 469	Not sure if this has been mentioned, but get a pair of bandage scissors - you can pick them up at any tack store (or Tractor Supply, etc.). You don't think of them UNTIL you're trying to get vetrap off a horse's leg...then you realize that regular scissors are crazy dangerous near all those tendons. I actually didn't have anything but bandage scissors in my barn, and I used them for everything.
  Posts 6,246	Congratulations! (: Are you boarding or keeping him at home? If you are boarding, you might be able to cut down on stuff to buy right away, depending on what your barn has readily available. I have basics, for example, like ointment, vetrap, Swat, and so on--stuff I would either use regularly on small wounds, or would need to have right away without having to look for it. But if you're boarding, you may not need stuff like Ace, bute, banamine, etc.--if I need a gram of bute, I know my BO has it and I'll just pay her a buck or two for it rather than get some myself, and anything more than a one- or two-time thing my vet will prescribe anyway. Those are things that might be nice to have down the road but with one horse at the moment, if you board, you can start building your first aid kid up gradually. (: Also, check out the dollar store for some of the really basic things. And for totes to keep them in. They always have nice little tote containers that are perfect for first aid kits, and some even have little mini human first aid kits (not much beyond a gauze pad or two and a couple of bandaids, but good for the first couple times you smash your finger in a stall door or scrape up your arm in the arena gravel... not that any of that will ever happen... d; )
  Posts 4,831	I have a bunch of horses who, thankfully, rarely hurt themselves. In the past couple of years I've used (generic) Betadine scrub, betadine, and betadine ointment as well as DMSO gel, ichthamol, furacin ointment, red-kote and blue-kote and original recipe Swat. It takes me years before I ever have to re-stock ointments and such. My bottle of Kopertox is probably 10 years old, as is my tub of hoof dressing and the vaseline that I use for thermometer lube. I have on hand gauze pads, gauze rolls (like Kerlix) and vetwrap. I have standing bandages (not polos) and quilts, but have used them about twice in the past 15 years. I've tried diapers and maxi-pads before as wound dressings- but didn't have much luck- I just stick with the regular bandage materials. A thermometer is a must- mine is a standard critter thermometer with a string on the end. I also try to keep on hand Banamine (along with needles and syringes), Bute and SMZs - but generally those aren't recommended to new owners. I don't usually use peroxide, and the only thing I use alcohol for is to dilute liniments for a body wash. Rubber gloves? Nah, I can't be bothered. If I buy epsom salts I end up using them on me.