broken toe

[speedie 329]

  On 21/12/2011 at 21:55, rooster cogburn said:

if your finding things a bit tight jigsaw.run it under a cold hose to take the heat out of it then. cut the nail back as close to the toe as you can.get your self some potassium permanganate. you can buy it from most chemists .put it on a peace of cotton wool and hold to the nail untill it stop bleeding wich dosnt take long.,get another a peace of cotton wool place it between the dogs toes , try to hold the dogs toes in place with a light bandage. then get some wideish tape A to protect it and B to hold the toe in place to allow support whilst it heals. try your best to keep it dry. and supported but not to tight.this is an old greyhound man.overweight been in the game 40 odd years an have mended a few broken toes in my time. .if your not sure of what your doing or the injury. a trip to the vet and an x ray would be an idea. best of luck rooster.

Good advice from rooster just to add go lite with the cotton wool and tape the two toes together put a muzzle on her for a forth night. Dont start her back working for about 4 weeks and them make sure yea build it up slowly on the road first for a couple of weeks before yea let her run in a field .If yea let her of in the field to soon yea could be back to square one or even worse like having to have it taking off.Good luck with her

[bendrover 556]

  On 21/12/2011 at 20:59, jigsaw said:

bendy,going on the advice of the greyhound/coarsing mans opinion,plus I dont have a lot of spare cash at this time and the fact im keeping a close eye on his movements and foot condition I am hopeing to avoid paying a vet to tell me exactly what the other chap did,but if it comes to it I will go to the vet if necessary.Thanks for the input,I expect the best part of the season will be missed wether or which anyway as we stop runing the dogs at the start of feburary which aint too far away as it is.

fair enough jig,imo a little cotton wool between all the toes and gently bandage the whole paw up past the knuckle,keep i dry.imo .do not cut the nail back at all .as you have stated there is no over swelling .if the toe had continued to swell then i would ,imo agreed to letting a little pressure out by cutting.its the blood that starts to congiel and form a calouse,which in most cases if let be (enough rest)will keep the toe from dislocating you didnt state which paw it was ,so pointing west could mean either way ,so taping the two middle toes could infact be a big mistake.with keeping a fair few hound bloodied lurchers over the years,i have had more than my fair share of this type of injury.but if the toe is broken 9 times out 10 it needs to be removed Edited December 21, 2011 by bendrover

[oddser 79]

dont put cotton wool between toes dont bandage its the ligaments that have streched by putting cotton wool between the toes you are putting more pressure on them .its blood that heals there is a not much blood flow in a toe as there is in a muscle so you want some bone radiol rub this on with tooth brush this will iritate the area of the toe which increses blood flow which will heal it quicker.the area will go red look very sore but this is normal 4 days rub 2 days off 3 weeks you should be ok if it comes out after that you will have to have toe off to first joint good luck