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[Mimix5Grandies]

This afternoon I cut one of my greyhounds toenails to the quick (it was a black one and I couldn't see the vein but that's still no excuse) and I thought it would never stop bleeding. I bandaged it and kept him off it but it bled a good 30 minutes and when it finally stopped, as soon as he stepped on it, it started up again.

In desperation, I turned to the Internet and found some very useful information. It says you can stop this bleeding by using flour, baking soda, baby powder or even a dry bar of soap.

So I grabbed the flour because it was handy, put about a cupful in a baggie and plunged his foot into it. We sat on the couch for about a half an hour, me holding his foot in the flour and him snoring away. It stopped and hasn't started back up since.

Here's the link if anyone is interested...

http://www.earthclinic.com/Pets/nail_injury.html

(hope it's ok because Viewpoints wouldn't let me "preview" before posting)