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Oh no I need help

bumbleb Posted:

Oh no I need help

I was just cutting Kanga's nails and she jumped up when she heard the door. I think I cut the quick of her nail it's bleeding soo bad. Will it stop? Should I take her to the 24hr vet? She's letting me clean it and put pressure on it, I just am nervous about the bleeding. I feel horrible.
meganNbobby Posted:

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try baking soda, baking powdeer and if that doeasnt work go to a pet store and buy the stop bleeing powder it works immediaitly we did this already once!! it probubly wont stop!!

bumbleb Posted:

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Thanks megannbobby, I knew there was some household product I could use. It didn't stop the bleeding though and of course since it's Easter every pet store was closed. I went to the 24 hr vet place in plainview. They told me to use Liquid bandage for humans. Worked perfectly.
meganNbobby Posted:

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oh thats great to know if we ever run out of the powder stuff!! great!!

glad kanga will be okay :)
ssdbk Posted:

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I did that once. Since then I cut so little, if I even do it myself. Thanks for the tipe about liquid bandage. I hope I won't do it again, though!!!

gNi1125 Posted:

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This happened to us once also. After getting her nails cut she was running around on the pavement and I guess it filed her nails down a little more. I felt so bad. We tried the powder and it helped a little. Thanks for the liquid bandage info. I hope I never have to use it but it's good to know!

AnniesSS Posted:

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I did that once to my Charlie and I freaked out and paniked and made my mom drive us to the vet on the spot. They just giggled at us, cleaned him up, put stuff on his nail and we went home.

bluegrl24ny Posted:

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also in a pinch - white bread works! Our breeder told us to always have Styptic powder or pads on hand whenever we are cutting Golem's nails (we do) in case we ever cut the quick (we have!) We have the pads which work really well, stops the bleeding in a few seconds! I cut very little tips off Golem's nails when we cut them. His nails are black and it's very hard to see the quick, so I only chop off a tiny bit at a time too. Glad Kanga is OK!

bumbleb Posted:

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Posted by bluegrl24ny

also in a pinch - white bread works! Our breeder told us to always have Styptic powder or pads on hand whenever we are cutting Golem's nails (we do) in case we ever cut the quick (we have!) We have the pads which work really well, stops the bleeding in a few seconds! I cut very little tips off Golem's nails when we cut them. His nails are black and it's very hard to see the quick, so I only chop off a tiny bit at a time too. Glad Kanga is OK!



Good stuff to know. Thanks. It didn't even seem to bother her at all, it was just very traumatizing, FOR ME! God help us when we have children

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