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Post by ryanj on Sept 5, 2015 8:18:14 GMT
Hi guys,
One of our girls, Enya, has a bleeding paw. We got her out for a closer look and it looks like a claw is missing.
We have dabbed it with warm water using a cotton bud (when she's stayed still long enough!). The bleeding seems to have eased now and she's running around ok.
We might get her out in the run soon and soak it in salt water.
Any advice?
Thanks :-)
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Post by moletteuk on Sept 5, 2015 9:15:36 GMT
Any water you apply should be boiled and then cooled, including if you salt the water. Opinion differs on whether to bathe things like this, I'd be wary of introducing bacteria in a deep wound like that, but on the other hand, it's never going to stay clean when it's a foot. Anyway, remove the sand, and keep a very close eye out for infection. Did you find a vet yet?
Can you see what she snagged it on, in case there is a hazard somewhere?
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Post by yasmin on Sept 5, 2015 9:15:38 GMT
Keep an eye on it to make sure that it doesn't become infected. Goos heal up pretty quickly so what you've done should be all that is needed. Do you have any idea what happened?
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Post by ryanj on Sept 5, 2015 12:19:20 GMT
Thanks for replying guys :-)
We did boil the water and let it cool before applying.
She seems to be walking on it ok and it looks much healthier now. No blood.
We're not sure how it happened. We were having breakfast and my partner noticed some spots of blood on various levels of the cage. Then I noticed that Enya's back left paw was bleeding and on closer inspection a claw missing.
I think we'll keep an eye on her. She's the smallest of the four girls and tends to be at the centre of most play fighting.
Not sorted a vet yet...we did think about P@H but after reading some comments on here we're not sure.
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Post by cookiemeister on Sept 5, 2015 13:02:50 GMT
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Post by moletteuk on Sept 5, 2015 17:11:23 GMT
Don't even consider PAH vet, we have not had even one good report, but several bad ones!
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Post by deguconvert on Sept 5, 2015 21:26:48 GMT
Sometimes toenails can be caught in the cracks of wood, or if there is metal, between the wires, or it may have been removed as the result of a bite. When you were cleaning her toe, could you tell if it looked like the nail had been pulled out, or it the end of the toe had been bitten?
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Post by bouncy on Sept 6, 2015 13:32:31 GMT
If it starts bleeding again, dipnthe paw in cornflower. It'll help stem the bleeding.
Agree, keep away from PAH vets. Mum (against my advice) took one of my gerbils there whilst I was away. They were useless, and told her to take him to a specialist in exotic animals.
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Post by animalmadchloe on Sept 6, 2015 21:07:45 GMT
Mr grey lost a claw and it healed up on its own just fine I cleaned it once in a wile maybe once a week if that, his claw grows put of controll now I have to trim it down alot and its really thick
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Post by ryanj on Sept 7, 2015 11:12:30 GMT
Sometimes toenails can be caught in the cracks of wood, or if there is metal, between the wires, or it may have been removed as the result of a bite. When you were cleaning her toe, could you tell if it looked like the nail had been pulled out, or it the end of the toe had been bitten? It looked like the nail had been pulled right out, the toe itself looked fine. The girls love climbing and jumping in their cage so maybe Enya caught it on something. Can't tell where though. There is a chance she pulled it out herself I have seen them trimminbg their own nails...maybe she got a bit carried away? She seems completely fine now. No hobbling or bleeding. Will the nail grow back?
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Post by jamiee on Sept 7, 2015 18:48:57 GMT
As long as it is not from a fight, I would just let it heal on its own and maybe wash it, as you have been doing. I only recently discovered that Do go must have done the same thing a while back and I hadn't noticed it until now, because he had a stump of a nail on one toe. The nail may or may not grow back; it depends if the root of the nail is still there. Hope Enya is feeling fine!
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Post by ryanj on Sept 9, 2015 8:54:38 GMT
Thank you for the advice :-)
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