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RandE
Posts: 40
Join date: 2010-03-07
Location: WI
 | Subject: Ripped nail  Sun Nov 14, 2010 1:31 pm | |
| I have a girl that ripped her nail off to the nail bed. We rinsed it in saline solution. I want to put some neosporin on it too but I'm not sure which to use. I've heard to use it with pain management and without. Which would you prefer? Also, any other comments for helping me get her through this would be really awesome.
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RandE
Posts: 40
Join date: 2010-03-07
Location: WI
| | Subject: Re: Ripped nail Sun Nov 14, 2010 1:38 pm | |
| I was also wondering if 'Triple Antibiotic Ointment' or 'Bacitracin Zinc Ointment' would be useable for this type of wound? |
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Usha77
MENTOR
Posts: 1525
Join date: 2009-12-13
Age: 35
Location: Greeley, CO
| | Subject: Re: Ripped nail Sun Nov 14, 2010 6:08 pm | |
| If the pain management is a numbing agent, I wouldn't use that in case she licks it. Hope she heals up fast, Allie!  |
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Something_To_Believe_In
Associate
Posts: 4256
Join date: 2009-12-10
Age: 39
Location: Texas
| | Subject: Re: Ripped nail Sun Nov 14, 2010 6:57 pm | |
| If it is not bleeding, and you cleaned it, you don't really need to put anything on it. She will keep it clean herself. Keep an eye on it, but as long as it looks to be healing, she doesn't need anything on it. -----------♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥----------- ~*~ Val ~*~ Passionate = one step down from crazyWe can only be said to be alive in those moments when our hearts are conscious of our treasures - Thornton Wilder
We are what we are, no matter what we might wish to be, or pretend to be. - Dean Koontz in The Face
My favorite color is orange - I'm the normal one. |
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RandE
Posts: 40
Join date: 2010-03-07
Location: WI
| | Subject: Re: Ripped nail Sun Nov 14, 2010 8:39 pm | |
| Aww thanks Brenda! I'm so worried about her. It was bleeding pretty heavily. We rinsed it with saline solution and the nail fell off sometime ago. She licked it and cleaned it and now it seems to have scabbed over. Should I still neosporin it?
Also, for future reference will either of the ointments I listed be alright for use on a sugar glider? Or is neosporin the only one that's ok to use? |
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Something_To_Believe_In
Associate
Posts: 4256
Join date: 2009-12-10
Age: 39
Location: Texas
| | Subject: Re: Ripped nail Sun Nov 14, 2010 9:27 pm | |
| | Something_To_Believe_In wrote: | | If it is not bleeding, and you cleaned it, you don't really need to put anything on it. She will keep it clean herself. Keep an eye on it, but as long as it looks to be healing, she doesn't need anything on it. |
As I said above - you should not put anything on it.
Any triple antibiotic is fine to use on gliders. But, remember that these things are NOT necessary most of the time. A wound (no matter how small) will not heal as quickly if covered with an ointment. Wounds have to be clean and dry to heal. Don't cover it with anything unless you HAVE TO. In the case of nails, you do not need to put anything on it.-----------♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥----------- ~*~ Val ~*~ Passionate = one step down from crazyWe can only be said to be alive in those moments when our hearts are conscious of our treasures - Thornton Wilder
We are what we are, no matter what we might wish to be, or pretend to be. - Dean Koontz in The Face
My favorite color is orange - I'm the normal one. |
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RandE
Posts: 40
Join date: 2010-03-07
Location: WI
| | Subject: Re: Ripped nail Sun Nov 14, 2010 9:32 pm | |
| Thank you Val!!!  |
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chattrbabe
Posts: 18
Join date: 2010-11-02
Age: 27
Location: Phoenix AZ
| | Subject: Re: Ripped nail Thu Dec 30, 2010 12:41 am | |
| Also, as an FYI - Zinc will burn. In the tattoo world, I always tell customers to avoid any lotions or ointments with Zinc in them. I swear, it feels like battery acid. |
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