This idea is something another nurse has posted on a thread a few months ago, can't remember who it was. I tried it the other day and everyone was impressed, so thought i'd put it here for anyone who hasn't seen it before!
Get an open drip bag and inject food dye into it. Microwave it and use instead of hot hands! Stays warm for a good while and less likely to burst than gloves. The food dye is so that people know it's purpose and don't use it to flush a wound or something! I wouldn't put it in with an awake animal, but good during surgery.
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Kool tip!, Random one from me too, if anyone ever gets chickens in your practice, giving them hot hands to roost on really helps with the distress of being in such a foreign environment. I discovered this by accident after leaving hot hands around a hen in recovery when she woke up she gathered them up and roosted, tried it with another hen and had the same calming affect :)