Raccoon attack injury!! - Wound keeps bleeding, how do we treat this? - Page 3

If it is a big whole don't stitch it, you have to pack it just like with a dog bite. By packing it you allow for infection to escape better.

You can wash it out with iodine [the 1% titratable iodine type] then pack it with pine tar if you cant find pine tar you can use Petroleum jelly then top the wound with lanolin.
After packing the wound start offering some foods rich in vitamin K like, kale, collards, spinach, and turnip greens. Vitamin K aids blood clotting.

Chris

From a nurse: Make sure that the feathers in that area are out completely, not cut or broken, because they have an artery that will just keep bleeding. If you think there are any puncture wounds, you would clean with hydrogen peroxide or betadine (full strength) a couple of times a day and then put your ointment on so it the wound edges stay soft and heal from the inside out, allowing any infection/drainage to escape. (I don't see the value in giving her a complete bath, myself.) I can't tell if you mean that the raccoon got a chunk of muscle as well as the skin???  If the wound is superficial, as in just the skin, styptic powder might help stop bleeding in a surface area by making the blood clot initially. Then later Blu-Kote would be a good idea...it dries, unlike ointment and may be less disturbing for your girl. Too bad she won't tolerate gauze or bandages!

As for the water, it depends what is in your vitamin water, but it will probably do her more good than plain water! I have some electrolyte powder for chicken emergencies, and it has a lot of vitamins.

Hope this helps. I'm sorry you have to go through this.

I read back and now I get the reason for the bath! Good point, you need to know if there are other injuries.

By the way, if what you need to do is bring together torn skin edges, and suturing is not an option, superglue is worth a try! You would put little lines across the edges you are trying to hold together. This is totally an off-label use, but medical and veterinary versions are used in surgery, I used it myself when I sliced my finger. (It's in my first aid kit)