cut nail too far - bleeding lots - urgen

[Jools63]

just cut spike's nails - he moved and cut too far - there's lots of blood - or seems like to me - not got syptic thing - what the hell do i do

[slfalzone]

i think soap - don't do it till i check........be right back

[slfalzone]

check this thread - says ivory soap ans wheat flour ...https://www.guinealynx.info/forums/viewt ... ting+nails

how's it looking?

[ellenvega]

Corn starch. Or flour.

[Jools63]

still bleeding lots - whats ivory soap - will ordinary soap do - i only have dove - i have flour should i use that

[ellenvega]

Any type of flour. In that thread they just used a bar of soap. Any bar should work in a pinch.

[Jools63]

wot do i do too much blood to get in flour or soap

[Paravati]

Corn starch. Just get some and put it in the center of a paper napkin (a hefty pile of it) and wrap it around your pig's foot while you cuddle them.

It will get caked on (especially if you use gentle pressure) and the toe will eventually stop bleeding.

It really does bleed a lot sometimes, and can be quite scary.

After it stops bleeding, check your pig once or twice a day to make sure it's clean and is not getting infected.

[whittibo]

Ugh, I am of no help, but am so sorry, this must be very scary!

I am paranoid of cutting nails for THAT reason. I will keep corn starch/flour in mind.

I hope your piggy is OK. And hope YOU are OK too!

[Jools63]

ok panic over for now! flippin hell that was a lot of blood - looks like texas chainsaw massacre here - you should see the bedspread. managed to get it to stop through the soap.

cant thank you guys enough - dont know what i wouldve done without you. god i need a vodka!

[truffie]

For future reference, get some of that powder (whatever it's called) - ask at the pet store. It works really well.

[Mum]

Ha - I had the vet techs calling me names because I made them do a toenail overclip recently and it took so long to get the blood they were afraid of killing the animal!

Glad you got it stopped.