New Skin is a liquid bandage that contains 8-hydroxyquinoline 1% as an active ingredient and alcohol 6%, oil of cloves and pyroxylin solution.
The 1st ingredient is an antiseptic ; the pyroxylin is what causes the protective covering over the sore.
this is the stuff that you can put on a paper cut or a hang nail, smells like finger nail polish and works really good to prevent a scratch or cut from hurting
The subject of using it for sore hocks came up on Etherbun a few weeks ago with a few people saying "NO" and others knowing someone who had used it successfully.
I have been dealing with Beau's sore hocks daily struggling with neosporin, bag balm , betadine and little bandages made from glove fingers for weeks now.
Several weeks ago I bought some New Skin and then checked the Lucille Moore/Kathy Smith book to read what I thought I had read previously ..that indeed, Kathy Smith has used New Skin for sore hocks on her rabbits . She states to make sure that it dries for 10 min. after applying.
One day several weeks ago Beau had just flung off his new bandage and I took this stuff and decided to use it. Now I will be honest and say that if it had not been in the Kathy Smith/ Lucille Moore book that I would have not had the courage to use it.
First of all it hurts when you first apply it to an open area ; I experimented with a scratch on my arm and evaluated the level of pain . There was an intense momentary stinging and then all pain subsided.
I decide to go ahead with it and painted Beau's hocks with the stuff keeping him still for a full 10 min while it dried and then covering the area with his glove finger bandages so he couldn't eat it.
THEN I DECIDED TO SEE WHAT IT MIGHT BE LIKE IF HE ATE IT OFF HIS LEGSSO ITOOKONE SINGLELICK OFF THE SCRATCH ON MY OWNARM WHERE I HAD APPLIED IT
It totally burned my tongue and one lick created a burning sensation down my entire esophagus and into my stomach .. the burning did not stop for several hours
I then read everything on the bottle (Yeah I should have done that first )
On the bottle it stated to call Poison control if ingested.
I called a veterinary posion control and talked to a woman who thought I was totally crazy for putting it on a rabbit. She had no idea how to get it off...
I then called a human poison control center and had a nice woman tell me that these ingredients were severe irritants and may make me nauseated but would not harm me.
I kept the little finger bandages on Beau's hocks for 3 days straight and when I took them off his hocks looked better and the stuff had worn off. He never tasted it/
Moral of this story is do not believe everything that you read and check out everything yourself before you use it
The sad thing is that I really think this stuff would work but I feel that it is too dangerous to use.
I am interested if anyone else has used this stuff on their rabbit for sore hocks or am I the only one here. :nerves1
The 1st ingredient is an antiseptic ; the pyroxylin is what causes the protective covering over the sore.
this is the stuff that you can put on a paper cut or a hang nail, smells like finger nail polish and works really good to prevent a scratch or cut from hurting
The subject of using it for sore hocks came up on Etherbun a few weeks ago with a few people saying "NO" and others knowing someone who had used it successfully.
I have been dealing with Beau's sore hocks daily struggling with neosporin, bag balm , betadine and little bandages made from glove fingers for weeks now.
Several weeks ago I bought some New Skin and then checked the Lucille Moore/Kathy Smith book to read what I thought I had read previously ..that indeed, Kathy Smith has used New Skin for sore hocks on her rabbits . She states to make sure that it dries for 10 min. after applying.
One day several weeks ago Beau had just flung off his new bandage and I took this stuff and decided to use it. Now I will be honest and say that if it had not been in the Kathy Smith/ Lucille Moore book that I would have not had the courage to use it.
First of all it hurts when you first apply it to an open area ; I experimented with a scratch on my arm and evaluated the level of pain . There was an intense momentary stinging and then all pain subsided.
I decide to go ahead with it and painted Beau's hocks with the stuff keeping him still for a full 10 min while it dried and then covering the area with his glove finger bandages so he couldn't eat it.
THEN I DECIDED TO SEE WHAT IT MIGHT BE LIKE IF HE ATE IT OFF HIS LEGSSO ITOOKONE SINGLELICK OFF THE SCRATCH ON MY OWNARM WHERE I HAD APPLIED IT
It totally burned my tongue and one lick created a burning sensation down my entire esophagus and into my stomach .. the burning did not stop for several hours
I then read everything on the bottle (Yeah I should have done that first )
On the bottle it stated to call Poison control if ingested.
I called a veterinary posion control and talked to a woman who thought I was totally crazy for putting it on a rabbit. She had no idea how to get it off...
I then called a human poison control center and had a nice woman tell me that these ingredients were severe irritants and may make me nauseated but would not harm me.
I kept the little finger bandages on Beau's hocks for 3 days straight and when I took them off his hocks looked better and the stuff had worn off. He never tasted it/
Moral of this story is do not believe everything that you read and check out everything yourself before you use it
The sad thing is that I really think this stuff would work but I feel that it is too dangerous to use.
I am interested if anyone else has used this stuff on their rabbit for sore hocks or am I the only one here. :nerves1
