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09/05/11, 10:13 AM
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Cattle panel warning
Just a reminder.... the ends of the large metal wires on a cattle panel are incredibly sharp, especially if you have cut them with bolt cutters.
Late yesterday, I slit my right forearm open on one. Should have gotten stitches, but it's 45 miles to health care. Put seven homemade butterfly strips on it, and it looks good this morning. BUT, it looked like the first cut when you skin a rabbit last night.
This morning, I wrapped the exposed tips of metal with several layers of duct tape.
Alice
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09/05/11, 10:16 AM
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Thanks for the warning Alice, we have never cut ours yet but I'll be extra careful because it seems like if I can hurt myself I find a way!
I sure hope your arm heals quickly, I bet it hurts like a bugger today!
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09/05/11, 10:17 AM
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Ew. Ouch. Hope you heal well and soon.
Good reminder. I've been making rabbit hutches for the past two weeks and look like i'm a cutter- my arms, hands, legs and feet are all torn up.
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09/05/11, 11:14 AM
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Wow! Ouch! I've scratched myself pretty good but never anything near that bad! Hope it heals well. I would have done the butterfly stitches too. Or superglue. LOL
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09/05/11, 11:39 AM
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I thought about Super Glue!
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09/05/11, 11:40 AM
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getting hurt, ai'nt fun. hope your arm gets better soon. by the way I stopped in Ganado thursday A M ,but only had time to get A coffee to go.And it was hot and humid there to boot.
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09/05/11, 11:40 AM
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The sharp ends can be smoothed with a file or a grinder. A cutting torch does a good job also. I use a file since I don't have a torch. I doesn't take much filing to make them safe.
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09/05/11, 11:47 AM
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I use a grinder because its handy. Super glue or skin glue works great on new wounds, not ideal for those that have been open for over 24 hours just as its not ideal to stitch it at this point.
plenty of salve and a snug bandage and it shouldnt scar that bad..
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09/05/11, 11:47 AM
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btw, the first thought in my head was geeze dont tell me goats have figured out how to hurt themselves on those too...
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09/05/11, 11:54 AM
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I use a Makita grinder on them, and then dull the edges. 
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09/05/11, 12:16 PM
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You are *all* right. I should have taken the time to file the ends with the right angle grinder that I use mostly for goat hooves now.
The good news is that with my friend's help, I got the sides of the wound aligned and snugly together. At age 55, I'm not worried about a scar, and I heal nicely anyway. 
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09/05/11, 12:38 PM
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Allow me to ask if your tetnus shot is up to date???
Good wishes for fast healing!
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09/05/11, 01:26 PM
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Yes, I thought of that pretty early in the process. It is.
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Ouch! I have one panel on my corral hubby is taking his torch to for me because I ripped my shirt & scraped my back from shoulder blade to shoulder blade.
So off topic I know, but I've been curious about the grinder for hooves....We own several, DH uses them for work. What kind of disk are you using for hooves? DH had these disk that look like metal brushes & I'm assuming you'd need something more like sand paper right? Do you do it by yourself or have a helper? I hate, hate rasping..... in fact my clip all hooves, my mom comes behind me with the rasp..... Wish I could see pictures/video on using a grinder.
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Ouch Alice! We had the same problem except our animals were injured, we have been much more careful about those ends now.
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Hope it heals soon!!!
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09/05/11, 03:07 PM
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It's a grinding wheel. I'll read on it and tell you exactly what it's called after a bit.
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09/05/11, 04:29 PM
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I'm sure that HURT, Alice! I second the angle grinder application. Those nasty sharp ends really don't need to stay around, do they?
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09/05/11, 05:47 PM
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After a couple ripped shirt sleeves along with a couple rips in my winter coat I take an old garden hose cut a slit along one side then put it over the ends of the cattle panel then I use those zip thingies to hold it tight ... no more ripped sleeves nor coat. Was lucky and never cut my arm.
Hope your arm heals fast Alice.
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09/05/11, 05:56 PM
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Ouch. I hope it heals well.
Am I the only one that was expecting pictures when I opened this post?? lol
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