I went to see a couple of old buddies last night, and they proceeded to show me this sweet little boy kitty they found wandering in the middle of the country road they live on with NO front arm. I was horrified just hearing them tell me the story, and we went to look at this kitten. . .they said they brought him home to give him some peace and rest before he passed on. BUT, one of the guys is a chemist and he took lime and put it on the wound liberally, and left it alone. Within a day or so, the bone that was protruding out of the end of the wound had been sealed over by the skin and it is healing beautifully. This little guy has a whole new lease on life because of these two kind men. Chemist B. told me that he learned this from his grandfather when he was a little boy and a milk cow jumped the fence tearing her udder from one end to the other. Grandpa took a handful of lime and the blood that was gushing from the wound literally stopped as he ran it along the cut line. CB cut almost the whole tip of his finger off when he was a little older, packed the open wound with lime, put the piece of hanging skin back on it, and there isn't even a scar now. He said that there is heat cauterization, and lime is considered a chemical cauterization. I know Lime is used for many things, my mom and dad used it for various things back when I was a kid, but this is the first time I have heard of it being used for this. Thought it might help someone else out with a pet injury on the farm.
