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So, we were doing really well and almost all of Tippie’s toes are clear to her nails. You can really see how the mineral oil/Vaseline mix penetrates and also even moisturizes while I massage it into her toes.
The dead crusty scales were coming off so well... and then on the really bad toe, last two pictures before the setback one, the dead scales which wrap all around the toe tip started to peel off!
I thought we were pretty much done, and then, the half peeled scales were still attached to live skin. She jerked her foot. I took her into better light, trimmed off the hanging but dead scales with some cuticle scissors, and we went back to the coop to blu-kote it up.
I applied a bit of pressure, it’s really not much bleeding, and I took the photo mostly so I could see where to spray her better. She’s doing fine, I’ve got some blu-kote on my face... that’s new, normally just my fingers and arms end up purple, but the angle I had to use to get the bottom of her foot while holding her myself was a bit awkward.
So that’s where we ended up today... all in all I’m happy with our progress, and a little angry at myself for hurting her some, even if it is to make things better in the long run. I should’ve waited until tomorrow and worked in better light, but we were making so much progress and it was all going so smoothly... Tippie is doing just fine though, and we should have this all done with in the next week or so, I’m guessing.
The dead crusty scales were coming off so well... and then on the really bad toe, last two pictures before the setback one, the dead scales which wrap all around the toe tip started to peel off!
I thought we were pretty much done, and then, the half peeled scales were still attached to live skin. She jerked her foot. I took her into better light, trimmed off the hanging but dead scales with some cuticle scissors, and we went back to the coop to blu-kote it up.
I applied a bit of pressure, it’s really not much bleeding, and I took the photo mostly so I could see where to spray her better. She’s doing fine, I’ve got some blu-kote on my face... that’s new, normally just my fingers and arms end up purple, but the angle I had to use to get the bottom of her foot while holding her myself was a bit awkward.
So that’s where we ended up today... all in all I’m happy with our progress, and a little angry at myself for hurting her some, even if it is to make things better in the long run. I should’ve waited until tomorrow and worked in better light, but we were making so much progress and it was all going so smoothly... Tippie is doing just fine though, and we should have this all done with in the next week or so, I’m guessing.
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but from personal experience I know that once the blood flow to an area is completely stopped, it makes appendages much easier to remove(less pain/no blood). I once-upon-a-time knew an old farmer who was considering using banding for his pup's tails-I was 10. I didn't ask; I didn't want to know! However this is the same guy that when told Bob the cat needed to go to the vet for a little snip-snip told Grandma to bring him a boot. He grabbed the boot, stuck poor Bob in headfirst, and, well, Bob never did go to the vet...never went near that pair of barn boots again either!
