We have the worst luck with animals

[jsteinb95]

Tonight, I was in the house and Danny and the kids were outside flying airplanes. Danny comes in the house and says Buster (our boxer) needs stitches. I looked down at his front leg and there was an abrasion, he had torn all of his fur off, but it didn't actually break skin. I just looked at Danny and said, "come on, are you kidding me, he doesn't need stitches." He asked me what the f I was smoking. I looked at his back leg and his skin is just hanging. It was an L shape, about a 1"x 2 1/2" cut. It turns out that he had been running along the fence with another dog (that was outside of the fence).....there were 3" bolts sticking out from the fence for the hinges and he snagged his leg on two of them (I found skin and fur on the bolts) it just tore the skin and didn't cut the meat....so I call the after hours emergency pet hospital and they tell me that it's going to cost me between $900 and $1600, I was speechless and just hung up. We were going to try and stitch him up ourselves, but it would've taken too long and his skin was way too tough. This dog is a tough MF, he didn't yelp, whine or anything.....so we decided to super glue it.....it came out ok, except for when I put the glue on, Danny was pinching his skin together, which he was wearing rubber gloves, and the rubber gloves got glued to him, we cut most of it off, but he still has a bit of rubber still glued to him. I'm giving him anti biotics and he should be fine.
Whew....what a night! Maybe we weren't meant to have animals....so many problems. As for the gate, we just switched the bolts around so they stick out on the outside of the fence.

 

[bd43]

Wow, there's never a dull moment in your house. Hopefully Buster pulls through it.

Crazy about that Crazy Glue though. I heard you can do that but too chicken to try. I have bottles of that stuff in my workshop. In the R/C world it's called CA glue or cyanoacrylate glue. The thin stuff is something because it runs like water. Before you know it, half the plane is glued to your hands, you call for help and realize that the phone is now glued to your ear.

 

[wrightme43]

It was invented to work as stitches in the vietnam war, if the stories are correct

 

[jsteinb95]

Wow, there's never a dull moment in your house. Hopefully Buster pulls through it.

Crazy about that Crazy Glue though. I heard you can do that but too chicken to try. I have bottles of that stuff in my workshop. In the R/C world it's called CA glue or cyanoacrylate glue. The thin stuff is something because it runs like water. Before you know it, half the plane is glued to your hands, you call for help and realize that the phone is now glued to your ear.

That's right, NEVER a dull moment!!!!

We didn't use the CA glue, we just used regular super glue. I know doctors use Dermabond (I think that's what it's called........for cuts). My dad has used super clue for his cuts and Danny used super glue when he hit himself in the forehead with a crowbar < (sp).....didn't see why we couldn't use it on a dog. The bolts were galvanized steel, so don't have to worry about rust. I think he'll be fine. I will keep him on anti-biotics for 10 days just to be safe.

 

[bd43]

Dogs don't really run into things, do they? Maybe Buster needs glasses, but I'm just thinking out loud here.... A little bit of laser eye surgery should fix that up. LOL

 

[jsteinb95]

Dogs don't really run into things, do they? Maybe Buster needs glasses, but I'm just thinking out loud here.... A little bit of laser eye surgery should fix that up. LOL

LOL...he was just so caught up in the moment of the other dog, it didn't even phase him. The bolts DID stick out pretty far.....it could've been worse. The other bolts were up higher and the kids could've cut their arm open, they were pretty sharp too.

 

[CHEMIKER]

Glad to hear that you got your dog patched up. Hope he/she is okay.

Super Glue, Crazy Glue, Dermabond, Indermil are all cyanoacrylate glues. Dermabond and Indermil are approved by FDA for closing wounds but any of the above should work. Just be careful how much you use as it is metabolized into formaldehyde which can elicit an inflammatory response. But if you are using it externally you should have no problem.

About gluing everything in sight, the CAs polymerize on contact with moisture. Since you are made mostly of moisture, these glues love to glue your fingers to things...

 

[trailblazer87]

Glad to hear that you got your dog patched up. Hope he/she is okay.

Super Glue, Crazy Glue, Dermabond, Indermil are all cyanoacrylate glues. Dermabond and Indermil are approved by FDA for closing wounds but any of the above should work. Just be careful how much you use as it is metabolized into formaldehyde which can elicit an inflammatory response. But if you are using it externally you should have no problem.

About gluing everything in sight, the CAs polymerize on contact with moisture. Since you are made mostly of moisture, these glues love to glue your fingers to things...

+1

I have come across the same thing. We just ended up putting the skin back into place and securing it all with gauze. You just have to change the dressing a couple of times a day:thumbup:

 

[jsteinb95]

This morning he pulled the rest of the rubber off, which tore open the wound again, so I had to glue him back up.

Can a dog overdose on anti biotics?? I originally got the anti biotics for my cat and I was told to give my cat a 1/4 of the pill.....so is it safe to give my dog the whole pill?

 

[driver145]

I use liquid bandaid on myself and if it is a gaping wound then I superglue over it. I hate bandaids... not because they are uncool or anything, they just annoy me and if its not that bad then f* it. Anyhow, I had really bad oyster cuts on my feet and I was working outside at the time and would have to stand in my sweaty sock for 8 hours at a time and it kept getting infected. Finally, I treated with neosporin for a few days then when it was no longer infected put liquid bandaid on and the superglued over it. It was closed up in a few days after that.

About the dog, just make sure it doesn't get infected. They do not care about scars and they have fur to grow over it. Dogs are tough. (FYI, wolves and wolf-dogs can eat whole bones and digest them without any harm).

 

[HavBlue]

Tonight, I was in the house and Danny and the kids were outside flying airplanes. Danny comes in the house and says Buster (our boxer) needs stitches. I looked down at his front leg and there was an abrasion, he had torn all of his fur off, but it didn't actually break skin. I just looked at Danny and said, "come on, are you kidding me, he doesn't need stitches." He asked me what the f I was smoking. I looked at his back leg and his skin is just hanging. It was an L shape, about a 1"x 2 1/2" cut. It turns out that he had been running along the fence with another dog (that was outside of the fence).....there were 3" bolts sticking out from the fence for the hinges and he snagged his leg on two of them (I found skin and fur on the bolts) it just tore the skin and didn't cut the meat....so I call the after hours emergency pet hospital and they tell me that it's going to cost me between $900 and $1600, I was speechless and just hung up. We were going to try and stitch him up ourselves, but it would've taken too long and his skin was way too tough. This dog is a tough MF, he didn't yelp, whine or anything.....so we decided to super glue it.....it came out ok, except for when I put the glue on, Danny was pinching his skin together, which he was wearing rubber gloves, and the rubber gloves got glued to him, we cut most of it off, but he still has a bit of rubber still glued to him. I'm giving him anti biotics and he should be fine.
Whew....what a night! Maybe we weren't meant to have animals....so many problems. As for the gate, we just switched the bolts around so they stick out on the outside of the fence.

I'm proud of you folks.... Way proud..... Yes, we have used superglue or a form of it for years and it works quite well. On humans too. Glad to here the pups OK....

Charlie