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Cocker Specific Discussion => Health => Topic started by: jann on January 06, 2010, 08:25:27 PM
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I just found a large piece of dog toe nail on the kitchen floor :-\ Barnaby was in his bed licking his back foot so had a look and it has cracked clean off leaving a pointed bit of quick sticking out :o
Any advice on how to treat it please :huh: I was just going to bandage it and put a baby sock on for now, is this ok, and should he see the vet ?
Thanks Jann :-\
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Poor Barnaby! :luv: If it's not bleeding and isn't hurting him then I'd be inclined to cover it up as you were going to do and just let it grow back. I wouldn't go to the vet unless it was painful or it was an open wound and there was a risk of it getting infected. Can he walk on it ok?
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Poor Barnaby! :luv: If it's not bleeding and isn't hurting him then I'd be inclined to cover it up as you were going to do and just let it grow back. I wouldn't go to the vet unless it was painful or it was an open wound and there was a risk of it getting infected. Can he walk on it ok?
agree with Nic - hope he's ok :luv:
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;) Thanks Nicola, yes he's walking on it ok, I imagine it will be a bit sore but it's not bleeding at all. so I didn't really think I needed to see
the vet I'll bandage it up now and try and keep it clean, hopefully it won't get infected but I will keep an eye on it :shades:
Thank you very much
Jann :-*
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Poor Barnaby! :luv: If it's not bleeding and isn't hurting him then I'd be inclined to cover it up as you were going to do and just let it grow back. I wouldn't go to the vet unless it was painful or it was an open wound and there was a risk of it getting infected. Can he walk on it ok?
agree with Nic - hope he's ok :luv:
Thanks too Helen, we must have posted at the same :lol2: :-*
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Ouch ph34r
One of mine smashed one of his hind claws last year, he wasnt terribly lame just a little tender there as I discovered when I trimmed it down to tidy it up, the complete claw had completely split in half right up and into his toe :'( :'(
I was concerned about dirt getting up into his toe, i bathed it for approx a week with salted water however I noticed his toe was starting to become a little inflamed so took him to the vet whom tried to pull part of the claw out of his toe :'( :'( and then prescribed a very small dose of antibiotic, the infection cleared but took a while for the split to grow out of his toe but I kept clipping it down regularly to prevent getting hooked up and causing more problem, grew normally eventually ! its all good now
hope that helps