Engel
Adult Guinea Pig
Hi all,
I was trimming piggy nails last night and I caught Blossoms pad when doing the last nail on her front paw. It was a couple mm deep, took a while to start bleeding and took about 10 mins to stop with pressure and cornflour (I did have some swabs with a styptic solution in it with some lidocaine but it appears after opening 3 that they had dried up and the pack was useless).
It's formed a scab and doesn't seem red or hot to the touch, no oozing and she's walking/running/popcorning fine and eating/drinking normally too. As it's on her foot and the floor is a very dirty place no matter how much you clean, should I be soaking it daily or asking the vet for antibiotics because of its location or should she be fine and I just keep an eye on it?
Best photo I could get. It's the black line.
I was trimming piggy nails last night and I caught Blossoms pad when doing the last nail on her front paw. It was a couple mm deep, took a while to start bleeding and took about 10 mins to stop with pressure and cornflour (I did have some swabs with a styptic solution in it with some lidocaine but it appears after opening 3 that they had dried up and the pack was useless).
It's formed a scab and doesn't seem red or hot to the touch, no oozing and she's walking/running/popcorning fine and eating/drinking normally too. As it's on her foot and the floor is a very dirty place no matter how much you clean, should I be soaking it daily or asking the vet for antibiotics because of its location or should she be fine and I just keep an eye on it?
Best photo I could get. It's the black line.