Nicky Snow
Well-Known Member
So last might Sully was having a romp round theapartment, and Rue and Kweli were in their cages. and i noticed Sul wasin his cage, strange cause they all avoid the cages when out. then isaw the blood.
i freaked, he was licking his paw, so i watched to see him clean up. ithought i'd let him do his thing. it stopped bleeding. Phew! Then a fewminutes later he was licking it again, and pulling it and it wasbleeding again.
i got him wrapped up. very stressful for us both. (he's a rescue, and ihaven't handled him alot) i got some bottled water and papertowel andtried blotting the area to see what was actually injured, and he wasfully missing a nail. there was alot of blood and it kept bleeding.
Sully was really pissed about being wrapped up and squirmed awayseveral times. i thought i was causing him more stress by trying to gethim back in the burrito, so i let him back in his cage and rang my mum.
my mum and dad said to leave him alone fora few minutes, ifit was a broken nail, he would be okay. i was crying alot. i felt sohelpless.
while talking to my mum Sully was cleaning his paw again, a few momentslater he layed down. his paw had stopped bleeding and he seemed okay. ichecked him a dozen more times last night and he was okay, no blood. nolimping at all. Today he is fine.
Is there anything i should have done? should he still be checked out by a vet? Will his nail grow back?
ps- i couldn't find the broken nail, and i don't know how it happened.i think he maybe leaned against Rue or Kweli's cage, and they had a goat him. but i didn't hear anything either.
Nicole
i freaked, he was licking his paw, so i watched to see him clean up. ithought i'd let him do his thing. it stopped bleeding. Phew! Then a fewminutes later he was licking it again, and pulling it and it wasbleeding again.
i got him wrapped up. very stressful for us both. (he's a rescue, and ihaven't handled him alot) i got some bottled water and papertowel andtried blotting the area to see what was actually injured, and he wasfully missing a nail. there was alot of blood and it kept bleeding.
Sully was really pissed about being wrapped up and squirmed awayseveral times. i thought i was causing him more stress by trying to gethim back in the burrito, so i let him back in his cage and rang my mum.
my mum and dad said to leave him alone fora few minutes, ifit was a broken nail, he would be okay. i was crying alot. i felt sohelpless.
while talking to my mum Sully was cleaning his paw again, a few momentslater he layed down. his paw had stopped bleeding and he seemed okay. ichecked him a dozen more times last night and he was okay, no blood. nolimping at all. Today he is fine.
Is there anything i should have done? should he still be checked out by a vet? Will his nail grow back?
ps- i couldn't find the broken nail, and i don't know how it happened.i think he maybe leaned against Rue or Kweli's cage, and they had a goat him. but i didn't hear anything either.
Nicole