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Posted by RBT on 08-04-2011 07:32 PM:

split toe nail

Had my two year at the vet a month or so ago for a swollen front big toe..she checked it out, said the toe nail had split. Gave me anit-inflammatory and antibiotic and said to leave him up for 10 days. I did all that, but today it's swollen again and his carries it around. Anyone else have this trouble? I have him in a gravel pen and he does dig some.
Any suggestions? Are there any old-timey cures for this?

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Posted by plentyofpossum on 08-04-2011 07:38 PM:

try brushing some hoof heal on the nail.

Posted by Majestic Tree H on 08-04-2011 07:39 PM:

Warm to Mildly Hot Salt Water Soaking .. 1/2 a Container of Salt per Gal..

It will Draw it down just after 1 or 2 Treatments .. Try to soak for 10 min.s Its a pain in the Butt holding a foot in their ..

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Posted by Dan Dogs on 08-04-2011 08:49 PM:

epoxy the split nail with super glue 2 or 3 times a week until it grows out. put the dog back on antibiotics. i had it happen before. but you have to keep up on the glue until the cracked part is growed out far enuff to clip it.

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Posted by micooner on 08-05-2011 01:48 AM:

Went thru this with my skuna river fred male 2 years ago lost month an a half of comp running, tried the epson salt and betadyne soak with hot water , used superglue, then gave in and had my ol country vet remove it problem solved, JMHO

Posted by RBT on 08-05-2011 07:01 PM:

I wondered about the toenail removel...this is the second time he has had injured it.
I'll try the vet's treatment one more time, then may have it removed.

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Posted by truly on 08-05-2011 08:00 PM:

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Originally posted by Dan Dogs
epoxy the split nail with super glue 2 or 3 times a week until it grows out. put the dog back on antibiotics. i had it happen before. but you have to keep up on the glue until the cracked part is growed out far enuff to clip it.

Yep, and keep the nail very short. The old Tucker dog split his nails regularly- he treed so hard and was always jacking around the tree so much that often at the end of the night he would have a split nail. When we were at a two night hunt and needed to hunt him again the next night, I would buy super glue and dental floss. Make a loose knot with floss, put a drop of super glue on nail [just a little bit- don't let any get in the opening], slip the knot over the nail up as high as possible. Tighten the knot up, and start wrapping the dental floss around and around the nail [and through the drop of glue]. Having the glue there will keep the floss from sliding up or down on the nail. Make twenty to thirty loops around- in a nice smooth pattern working your way out towards the tip and then back again. Put another drop of glue where the floss comes to an end. You have now made a mini cast for the nail. I have had these stay on for weeks- long enough for the nail to heal underneath.

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