Declaw trimmed to short

[luvmygoats3]

Has anyone ever cut a dewclaw to short? I did this today on my doe and it has been bleeding. Any suggestions on what I should do? This has never happened before, I feel terrible about it.

[Minelson]

Yep I did! I did! And I felt horrible
Here is the thread from when I did it
I'm a bad mom
So you have any blood stop stuff on hand? That would help. Maybe someone else has another home remedy you could use. I don't know. I know you feel bad...I did too. But Frankie did forgive me

[Minelson]

I just found this...http://www.myhomeremedies.com/topic.cgi?topicid=28
It says sugar will help stop bleeding...or white vinegar.

[CookingPam777]

Flour is excellent stuff! I used it for Rose when she ripped off her horn.

[dunroven]

Flour is very good. Just pack it on thick. My dad used to be on coumadin. He stayed home to do the housework and mom worked because he was disabled. When he did the dishes, he had a box of flour sitting on the counter near the sink so if he cut his hand, he just stuck his hand in the flour and packed it on until the bleeding stopped, and he also held it in the air, away from the blood flow. You might try that too, IF you can pick her up to do that.

[Goat Servant]

Pack it with cobwebs, cornstach works too.

[reicheru]

I trimmed my nubian doeling's foot too short once. I tried packing it with blood stop powder and what not but it was REALLY stubborn. Everytime I got it to stop bleeding, it'd start bleeding again when she'd start walking off. Sooo... I filled a baby diaper with cornstarch and taped it on her foot. By the time I finished her other feet, it stopped bleeding completely.

[DairyGoatSlave]

iv done the same...i felt so bad, thought my baby was in pain, looked at her face and she was chewing her cud, im glad she trusted m e to fix it...

[farmmom]

Baby diapers make wonderful foot bandages. Haven't had to use one on a goat yet, but I used them on a filly with an abcessed hoof. Worked great.

[Oakshire_Farm]

Cornstarch wroks great, but the importain thing is to keep then from walking around to much. I cut a llamas to short once, I covered it in cornstarch the bleeding stopped and I turned her out and it was bleeding again I brought her back packed it in cornstarch again, by this time she hated me! I left her tied short in the barn for the rest of the afternoon in a pile of sawdust and she was fine.

I feel horible any time I have done it, dog, cats, goat, and the llama

[DQ]

I have an irrational fear of trimming dew claws because the first time I did it I made it bleed
unless it is really bad it will likely clot on its own even if you don't do anything, but bleeding can be subborn sometimes. if you have a disbudding iron you might be able to cauterize it.

[jBlaze]

spider-webs.
yep.