my nail experience

Posted by Tmom on July 16, 2002 at 20:59:40:

In Reply to: Ripped Claw Out posted by PE on July 16, 2002 at 20:38:44:

Tarzan lost one of his nails when he was a youngin'.

I freaked, because i was pretty new to the whole iguana thing, at the time.

I grabbed a styptic pencil and all it did was, well... nothing.

so I quickly ran a warm bath and poured some betadine in it so it was at a weak tea consistency. I threw him in there figuring that its the most effective way to keep his bleeding toe under an antibiotic solution. This worked. When I took him out it was still bleeding just a little bit so i took a q-tip and dabbed some betadine onto the nail (or where it used to be). All of the quick was still there (the meaty stuff inside the nail that has the blood vessels in it), so his nail grew back and now i can't even remember which toe it was lost on.

How much of the quick is left?

It will probably grow back. Just keep it clean.

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: Tarzan lost one of his nails when he was a youngin'. : I freaked, because i was pretty new to the whole iguana thing, at the time. : I grabbed a styptic pencil and all it did was, well... nothing. : so I quickly ran a warm bath and poured some betadine in it so it was at a weak tea consistency. I threw him in there figuring that its the most effective way to keep his bleeding toe under an antibiotic solution. This worked. When I took him out it was still bleeding just a little bit so i took a q-tip and dabbed some betadine onto the nail (or where it used to be). All of the quick was still there (the meaty stuff inside the nail that has the blood vessels in it), so his nail grew back and now i can't even remember which toe it was lost on. : How much of the quick is left? : It will probably grow back. Just keep it clean.

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