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| David Bowen |
Last night during the evening romp Penny hung a claw on a big wicker
basket we have in the living room and broke it off very near the toe.
It was several minutes before we realized anything was wrong, she didn't
cry and we were preoccupied with a couple of the other three ferts.
She bled what looked like a river (blood always looks like more than it
is) but we managed to rinse it with cool water and stop the bleeding
with compression.
Because of the blood loss; I know these little critters don't have a lot
to spare, and this was our first ever bleeing injury, I took her up to
the emergency clinic just incase. The vet took a look and put some
styptic stuff on it to help prevent further bleeding, and said that it
was broken of well into the nerve, so the claw might grow back funny,
not at all or normally - just have to wait and see.
Pretty scary evening, but she seems none the worse for wear today.
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| ..brian.. |
David Bowen wrote:
> Last night during the evening romp Penny hung a claw on a big wicker
> basket we have in the living room and broke it off very near the toe.
> It was several minutes before we realized anything was wrong, she
didn't
> cry and we were preoccupied with a couple of the other three ferts.
>
> She bled what looked like a river (blood always looks like more than
it
> is) but we managed to rinse it with cool water and stop the bleeding
> with compression.
>
> Because of the blood loss; I know these little critters don't have a
lot
> to spare, and this was our first ever bleeing injury, I took her up
to
> the emergency clinic just incase. The vet took a look and put some
> styptic stuff on it to help prevent further bleeding, and said that
it
> was broken of well into the nerve, so the claw might grow back funny,
> not at all or normally - just have to wait and see.
>
> Pretty scary evening, but she seems none the worse for wear today.
Sounds painful. Styptic powder is good to have on hand for these type
of problems. Or you can also use cornstarch if you don't have the
styptic powder.
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Brian
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