Normally nail trimming goes fine - never, ever caught the quick.
But I caught one, and flour hasn't stopped the bleeding!
I even dipped his whole foot in flour, and within a minute his foot was covered in blood.
I tried compressing it with a paper towel, but he wouldn't hold still for that.
For the moment, I put him in his cage.
 
Sam seems unphased, playing, etc.
I have a styptic pencil, but I've heard those sting like crazy.
 
He seems fine, but OMG, he bled & bled, and I swear I only knicked the quick.
I thought flour was the go to solution for a bleeding quick-
what did I do wrong? 
The bleeding has slowed, but not stopped.
Why isn't the flour working??

Ok the  bleeding hasn't slowed. He seems totally unaware.
I'm going to try the styptic... but if that doesn't work- will the bleeding eventually stop on it's own?
Edit: Styptic didn't work, kept bleeding- took him to Animal 911; on phone they said they'd need to cauterize.
 
En route, he eventually stopped bleeding.
Tech said he's fine, it's clotted and the flour probably helped, just keep his activity restricted so he doesn't get it going again. Thank God He's ok.
 
Has this happened to anyone here?
Can the blood loss from the quick be fatal??

Next time before you clip them you should buy some Kwik Stop, it's used in dog grooming to stop the bleeding if trim too far.

corn starch will stop the bleeding. It works everytime

Bobosoltan


corn starch will stop the bleeding. It works everytime

But aren't cornstarch and flour pretty much the same in a this type of scenario?
Why would cornstarch be more effective than flour?
 
Re: Kwik Stop, I've read it really hurts, no?
 
Is it normal that cutting the quick would cause SO much bleeding?
It was really out of control.
 
I'm just relieved he's ok.
 

Flour and cornstarch will both work in this situation but cornstrach should theoretically work better because it is a better thickener. But in a pinch both are great. Quik stop does work and so do the pencils. With the pencils you have to keep rolling it back and forth until it cauterizes it. The powder is used like cornstarch and I would assume stings a little but not as much as the pencils. Does that help?

 

thanks to xvelvetfuzzbuttx!

I don't know whether or not it hurts, I just know a lot of really good groomers use it. You wouldn't think it would hurt that much if groomers use it.... I don't know.

Being a boarderline bleeder, I use styptic powder a lot! Yes it does have a sting, it is no worse that using campho phenique. 

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I've had to use flour before and I've found that the trick is pressing it against the nail for about 30 seconds after applying it. On it's own, flour isn't all that effective of a clotting agent. Adding pressure allows the flour (or cornstarch) to bind with the blood faster which allows the clotting agent (in this case flour) to do it's job in a more timely fashion. It also helps to stop the bleeding since when pressure is applied, the blood doesn't have anywhere to go. It's essentially the same principle behind the common knowledge of applying pressure to a openly bleeding wound that's been newly dressed.

Everyone clips a quick on accident at least once. Use flour. Add pressure.

I work at a kennel with a groomer that used the pencils. If they don't work then she uses a match and cauterizes it herself. I wouldn't recommend that if you had no clue what you were doing though. Our vet up here sucks, but if your vet is fine then I'd take her there right away if the flour didn't work.