piggl
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Just wondering what is normal vs abnormal in a badly ripped nail situation. My boy Reggie fell off his hide and ripped his nail off around 2 months ago.
It began to heal fine but then he hurt it again somehow around a month into his healing, which left him with zero nail.
I then admittedly forgot about it for a while once I knew it wasn’t an open wound anymore, just remembering today when i was cutting his nails (once a month).
There is no pain or sensitivity to touch so technically there is no issue, I just want to make sure there isn’t anything concerning about it. He is basically left with a tiny nub of a nail, and a lot more skin than seems normal. I have highlighted these areas, green being the nail and orange all being skin, I am worried his nail is unusually covered in skin.
As you can see in the nail to the left, the highlighted orange area is meant to be quick in a normal nail, whereas on his damaged nail it’s all skin. I am not sure if this is making any sense, basically the nail bed is way futhur down than usual leaving no quick on show. Will this cause issue in the future?
Thanks in advance
It began to heal fine but then he hurt it again somehow around a month into his healing, which left him with zero nail.
I then admittedly forgot about it for a while once I knew it wasn’t an open wound anymore, just remembering today when i was cutting his nails (once a month).
There is no pain or sensitivity to touch so technically there is no issue, I just want to make sure there isn’t anything concerning about it. He is basically left with a tiny nub of a nail, and a lot more skin than seems normal. I have highlighted these areas, green being the nail and orange all being skin, I am worried his nail is unusually covered in skin.
As you can see in the nail to the left, the highlighted orange area is meant to be quick in a normal nail, whereas on his damaged nail it’s all skin. I am not sure if this is making any sense, basically the nail bed is way futhur down than usual leaving no quick on show. Will this cause issue in the future?
Thanks in advance