I have found a new use for large animal obstetric sleeves: messing around with stuff in the bottom of my aquarium without getting nasty aquarium water all over myself.
Obstetric sleeves and gloves are highly versatile pieces of equipment with endless potential functions.
For those that are unfamiliar with the term, they’re the big usually orange, arm-length gloves used in large animal work, mostly for rectal exams, modeled here by a gentleman who may well have no idea what they’re for.
Alternatively, he may know exactly what they are for. They have countless functions, but let’s try anyway…
A fashionable, impromptu belt.
An unfashionable impromptu hair tie.
A useful lunch bag which can be tied at the end.
Holding written reports then tied around the fence of a livestock paddock for the farmer to retrieve when they come back.
Flood with oxygen from the anaesthetic machine for a small, temporary high oxygen environment when resuscitating caesarean puppies.
Fill them with milk and tie them between your legs for the hilarious party game, ‘cow and calf’.
Inflate for novelty birthday balloons.
Protecting broken arms in casts or bandages which are not permitted to get wet.
Any situation where you want to be shoulder-deep in something you do not really want to be shoulder-deep in.
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Help me out here, folks.
Oh hey can civilians get these bc I’ve been looking everywhere for REALLYYYYY high gloves to stick my hands in my saltwater tank with. To protect me from stinging corals. This is a legitimate question.…
You know you probably can. They’re just gloves, it’s not like they’re a prescription or anything restricted. It’s a weird request, but if your local clinic hasn’t got any on hand they might be happy to order a box in for you, you’d just have to pay for all 100 of the gloves.
Amazon sells ‘em, and there are non-disposable versions.
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