Comrade Bailey fell and got her paw stuck in something a few days ago, and one of her nails ripped really bad. Since no money for vets, I’ve just been hydrogen peroxiding it every so often and monitoring. Nail finally fell all the way off this morning.
I assume just keeping it clean and disinfected is all I can do until it grows back over the next month or two?
Hydrogen peroxide is not a good antiseptic, besides not being very effective it tends to scar. I like povidone-iodine: It’s very effective, doesn’t sting, kills viruses and fungal spores, really cheap and easy to find anywhere in the world, and it’s very obvious from the colour if you’ve put enough or not. I rub it on wounds and then leave it there under a bandage.
Thanks, snagged some!