How to stop a bleeding tail

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Heres the problem:

My sisters RR somehow caught the end of his tail a while back and it started to bleed. Sis cleaned it and it scabbed over. However, everytime he gets excited he bashes his tail on the wall or whatever is close to him and reopens it
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Last night I went to see him and he got so excited he bashed his tail on the door frame and it opened the scab up and blood went everywhere - it looked like some kind of masacre!
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It doesnt appear to hurt him as its only a tiny cut but it bleeds so much!

Is there anything she can try to heal it up quickly?

Thanks
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I dont know if you can still get it but I Have successfully used 'Germoline New Skin' in the past, its a human thing & you can get it or another brand equivalent in the chemists. Its a bit like glue & puts a layer over the cut. Make sure it is pretty clean first & only do this if its a small cut. If all else fails a sock & vetrap. We did this with a greyhound once, she had a very long whippy tail & it was SO difficult to get the bandage to stay in place!! Good Luck
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get a length of insulating foam pipe lagging and bandage the tail during the day and put that around it! secure with tape and taaaadaaaaa! wagging pipe tail no injury! Take it off at night to let it breathe!
 
Thanks for the info guys, Ill pass details of that cream on to my sis
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Putting the pipe on his tail sounds like a good idea too - she can keep him and his brother (young staff) separate so he doesnt pull it off
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- I bet he will look very odd hehe!
 
when i was at the kennels we had a lab doing it all the time and like you said looked like something had been killed, nothing would stay on it though not even when the vet did it. in the end he gave us introcite gel to put on the end and then distract him while it dries. another one had to have a bit taken off as wouldnt heal at all.
 
Spoke to sis at lunch and she said she has tried bandaging it and he gets it off within seconds - little monkey
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She will get some of the skin gel though and give that a go, but where can you get the introcite gel just incase the other stuff doesnt work?
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Have never heard of it before.
 
You can get intrasite gel from a chemist. Can't really offer any advice about the tail, but would say be careful with bandages, they cn very quickly have a tourniquet effect on tails.
 
Ok thanks - dont worry I dont think she will try a bandage again - she would be more worried he would choke on it I think - daft dog!
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My bitch had to have a lump removed from her tail and that was bandaged. She didn't bother for the first 2 or 3 days then I came down one morning and not only was the bandage not on her tail, it was nowhere to be seen.
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I was convinced it would cause a blockage but the vet said she should be okay, just to monitor her. She was fine, but we had 2 days of blue vet wrapped poo
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mmmm nice
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- luckily the time she put the bandage on him he started chewing it within seconds so was able to retrieve it before he ate it! If only they understood they were trying to be helped!

Last night when he was bleeding I had it all over my trousers - I got home and my OH was horrified and thought it was from me!
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I think my sisters little man would eat a plaster in a mili-second
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Glad hes not the only one though - RR are so funny arent they!
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Hi, I'm a Vet Nurse and know how difficult it is to sort tails and keep dressings on. if you can get a syringe 10 or 20ml depending on the size of his tail. Pul out the plunger and cut off the tip of syringe so end is open. Wrap a little padding round the end of his tail, but so damage bit is still visible, slide the syringe over the padding so its a nug fit. Then use some wide elastoplast tape and stick it to the tail - u might need to go 6 inches or so up his tail with tape to get it to stay on. U can leave it on as long as it will stay there and it allows the air to get to it and u can see through the syringe hows its healing up. Just make sure theres plenty of padding between tail and sringe so it cant rub and tail wont move within so when he does wag his tail its nice and padded in there.
Sorry thats a bit long winded hope it helps.
 
Had this problem with our rescue lurcher, in the end we had to have the last 6" of her tail removed as it refused to heal over - tails are notoriously difficult to heal, apparently.
 
Thanks BT1609 - ill send this to my sister and see if shes willing to give it a go - she may need to keep her eye on him just incase he tries to eat it
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ask your vet to cauterise the end of the tail!!!
you could try vetrap for bandages use the minimal amount then if it get eaten it won't cause any problems use a bright colour then at least you'l see it when it passes through.
 
About 2 months - the kitchen was like a bloodbath every time she wagged her tail and it hit something. To be fair the tail was in a pretty bad state when we got her, she was a coursing lurcher that came in as a stray, damaged tail, legs cut to bits, VERY sensitive digestive system. The extent of the problem wasn't immediately obvious, it took a little while for her to settle in enough to actually wag her tail.

After a couple of repeat trips to the vets we went with their recommendation.
 
My lurcher used to do this and no matter how well it healed it was forever opening up again so I just stopped him going to the door when visitors came and when I came home I would lead him straight out into a more open space to say his hellos. I tried the pipe lagging tip but unless you're prepared to put it on every day for life it's not really practical.
 
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