Tried to Cut my Thumb Off--Added a Pic--Almost Healed

[kolanuraven]

I found that ground black pepper is good to stop the bleeding

:shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: .......and what would you use to stop the ensuing cussin-hissy fit that the pepper causes???


Holy Smokes that'd hurt!!!!!



But, I remember GPa would use the salt from the smoke house if any of us kids were found to be bleeding.

It sure stopped the habit of wanting 'attention' when one got hurt!!! You just bled and kept moving.... :lol: :lol: :lol:

 

[High Plains]

I found that ground black pepper is good to stop the bleeding

:shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: .......and what would you use to stop the ensuing cussin-hissy fit that the pepper causes???


Holy Smokes that'd hurt!!!!!



But, I remember GPa would use the salt from the smoke house if any of us kids were found to be bleeding.

It sure stopped the habit of wanting 'attention' when one got hurt!!! You just bled and kept moving.... :lol: :lol: :lol:

Ha! Now that's just funny :!:

 

[Kato]

We band our own calves at birth with the little green elastics. That's the easiest way.

The riff raff we buy to feed get's knifed. That way we know they're done, and we've found a lot of previous incorrect jobs when we do it too. :shock: :shock: The worst is the belly nut, when someone used an elastic and couldn't count to 2. It is fixable though.

We use a proper scalpel, and change the blade often. We leave it in a cold sterilization solution in a bucket beside the chute, and since we've been doing that, haven't had an infection. We also use emasculators, which cuts the bleeding down a lot. You need someone who's good at a tail jack to help you though, so the calf stands still. Our son came home a couple of weeks ago and we put 180 through the chute out of which 60 needed doing, and it only took a few hours.

I've heard the thing about Crazy Glue being used for sutures too. When I worked at the vet clinic we used it more than a few times on dogs and cats who wouldn't leave normal stitches alone. Leave it on until it comes off on it's own. That might take a while, but you don't want to weaken it.

Have you considered getting a tetanus shot?

 

[Sandhusker]

OK, I'm going to give banding a shot.

I am vaccinating with Vision 7 at the same time.

Should I give them anything else to prevent infection? Tetanus?

yes, give them a tetanus shot!

Maybe give yourself one, too! :lol:

 

[ecofarmer]

I found that ground black pepper is good to stop the bleeding

:shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: .......and what would you use to stop the ensuing cussin-hissy fit that the pepper causes???

Black pepper is fine as long as you don't get it in you're lungs. It will dry up the blood as fast as it can come out of most cuts. It dose not sting, burn, or hurt like people think it dose.


We tag as they hit the ground. We work our cows every 30 to 45 days and will band them the first time we work them.

 

[cowman52]

The sheep people have a plier that has a SHARP knife to cut the scrotum, and a gripper to pull with. Fingers stay away from things, at my age that is a good thing

 

[Ben H]

Ever see one of those safety ear tag removers? That works pretty slick for removing the bottom of the scrotum.

I tried cutting for a year, I'm back to using a tri-bander. Supposed to be good up to 400 lbs I think. I've had some where I have to put one through at a time then tug on the scrotum.

 

[Silver]

The sheep people have a plier that has a SHARP knife to cut the scrotum, and a gripper to pull with. Fingers stay away from things, at my age that is a good thing

The sheep people I know didn't use a gripper.... they used their teeth. Of course they were from Montana, so that sais alot by itself :lol: :lol:

 

[the_jersey_lilly_2000]

Oh come on now..we want pictures!!!! Soapweed posted pictures when he cut the end of his finger off.....and all it's grusomness(sp) lol

I'm kiddin, hope ya heal up quick without complications.

 

[the_jersey_lilly_2000]

I found that ground black pepper is good to stop the bleeding

:shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: .......and what would you use to stop the ensuing cussin-hissy fit that the pepper causes???


Holy Smokes that'd hurt!!!!!



But, I remember GPa would use the salt from the smoke house if any of us kids were found to be bleeding.

It sure stopped the habit of wanting 'attention' when one got hurt!!! You just bled and kept moving.... :lol: :lol: :lol:

I think my mama and grandma invented the saying, "Pourin salt in a open wound" I swear that was their cure all. And as for the hissy fit....if ya thru one in the process of bein dr'd on....it was a sure bet that you would get a butt bustin shortly there after. Like ya said....You just bled and kept movin!!!

 

[movin' on]

A Callicrate bander will work on any size bull, provided he's big enough. (300 lbs. and up) It is essential to give a shot of Covexin 8 or Cavalry 9 or any product that has a tetanus toxoid in it. I've banded thousands that way and have only had two that had to be ran back through and "helped".

 

[jkvikefan]

OK, I'm going to give banding a shot.

I am vaccinating with Vision 7 at the same time.

Should I give them anything else to prevent infection? Tetanus?

yes, give them a tetanus shot!

I never thought it was required to vaccinate for tetanus until a couple weeks ago. I lost a nice 350 lb steer. Needless to say I'll never skip that vacine.

 

[Doug Thorson]

I spent the morning sorting a load of steers to sell tomorrow. I found out I have 2 one nutters on my bought calves. I am going to look up that brand and next year there will be at least 2 less buyers for that bunch of calves. Knife or bander, make damn sure you can count to 2!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[skeeter]

Years ago I was cutting calves for an old guy in the fall. I accidently cut my finger pretty deep. The old guy went to his pickup and took out a jar of kerosene he kept behind the seat. He told me to put my finger in there and I wouldn't have any infection. I never tried it though. 2 years ago I was at a branding and my brother and another guy were cutting. The other guy cut himself, so my brother took the can of katron and sprayed his cut. lol, The guy sure did a good job of hiding his pain from the spray. We still laugh about that one

 

[Anonymous]

Several years ago we were gelding some 2 year old studs- and had done about 10 and had 2 left- when I got in a hurry- and instead of keeping one arm on each side of the leg (as Grandpa and Dad had told me 100 times) and made the cut from the front- the horse twitched enough that it ran the scalpel thru my hand-right in the web between the thumb and trigger finger....
Didn't think it was too bad until I went to bend my finger and it wouldn't bend...Ended up having to let it heal up- then go to Billings for another surgery to reattach the tendons....Came back pretty well- altho I don't have as much strength in that finger as I did- and the nerves did grow back and reattatch so that finger gets cold much faster than the others...
At least it moves and I can bend it....When they did the surgery they advised that if they couldn't reattatch the tendons so the finger would bend- that I would probably want to cut it off- as it would just be in the way- and would probably get caught in everything I tried to do...

 

[Hoop]

We band at weaning. This is my daughters favorite thing to do,count to two and crank that band tight. She's now 13 and I gave her a band to carry with her so she can explain to the boys what its for.. So far no problem with boys.

 

[George]

I super glued the end of my finger back on about 10 years ago - - - it is a little crocked but works fine and you have to look hard to see it is crocked.

I just had some 800# bulls cut and the vet had a trick I had never seen. Cut the bottom of the bag off then pulled to expose the cord. Has a pair of vice grips with L shaped jaws. Clamped the cord in the jaws and pulled the trigger on his cordless drill ( hooked to the end of the vice grips.) Spun the nut about 50 times till the cord snapped and the nut flew. Repeat in the other one. Said he never has bleeding problems! The new steers seem to be doing great! Vet is castrating this way for any bull over 400#

 

[kolanuraven]

I found that ground black pepper is good to stop the bleeding

:shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: .......and what would you use to stop the ensuing cussin-hissy fit that the pepper causes???


Holy Smokes that'd hurt!!!!!



But, I remember GPa would use the salt from the smoke house if any of us kids were found to be bleeding.

It sure stopped the habit of wanting 'attention' when one got hurt!!! You just bled and kept moving.... :lol: :lol: :lol:

I think my mama and grandma invented the saying, "Pourin salt in a open wound" I swear that was their cure all. And as for the hissy fit....if ya thru one in the process of bein dr'd on....it was a sure bet that you would get a butt bustin shortly there after. Like ya said....You just bled and kept movin!!!

I swear, I'm thinking we must be related somehow!!! :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

 

[the_jersey_lilly_2000]

BUT.....I will say this....if Mama actually seen the accident (or whatever caused blood flow) it wasn't wise to try to outrun her. Then a butt bustin was called for after the dr'n took place whether you throwed a hissy fit or not. LOL

I was in the barn one time, daddy was feedin alfafa cubes. He'd had them unloaded in a huge pile in the barn, and put up some 2x6s across an opening so that the cows couldn't get in to them. So there I was, standin on the lower 2x6, when it come undone/broke...whatever. And I fell into the top 2x6 hittin my mouth. My front tooth went thru my top lip and was stuck like that....course there was lots of blood. I think I realized perdy soon into the deal that it was fairly serious, probably shoulda had stitches.....but I took off for the house. Mama was on the outside of the barn messin with a milk cow or somethin. She seen me high tailin it...and was in hot persuit. By the time I got in the door, she was right behind me...spun me around by my arm so she could see...grabbed me up and headed for the kitchen sink. Turned on the faucet and doused me up under it...(I swear I thought she was tryin to drown me) then......she reached to the right.....over by the stove...for the box of salt!!!! :shock: This was after she'd pulled my lip down and unthreaded my tooth from said lip. So by then I was really bleedin. It was like takin a dip of snuff in reverse. She raised up my top lip, with my head leaned back, and filllllllllled it fulllllllll of salt. Then said , "Leave that in there" :shock:

 

[Big Muddy rancher]

BUT.....I will say this....if Mama actually seen the accident (or whatever caused blood flow) it wasn't wise to try to outrun her. Then a butt bustin was called for after the dr'n took place whether you throwed a hissy fit or not. LOL

I was in the barn one time, daddy was feedin alfafa cubes. He'd had them unloaded in a huge pile in the barn, and put up some 2x6s across an opening so that the cows couldn't get in to them. So there I was, standin on the lower 2x6, when it come undone/broke...whatever. And I fell into the top 2x6 hittin my mouth. My front tooth went thru my top lip and was stuck like that....course there was lots of blood. I think I realized perdy soon into the deal that it was fairly serious, probably shoulda had stitches.....but I took off for the house. Mama was on the outside of the barn messin with a milk cow or somethin. She seen me high tailin it...and was in hot persuit. By the time I got in the door, she was right behind me...spun me around by my arm so she could see...grabbed me up and headed for the kitchen sink. Turned on the faucet and doused me up under it...(I swear I thought she was tryin to drown me) then......she reached to the right.....over by the stove...for the box of salt!!!! :shock: This was after she'd pulled my lip down and unthreaded my tooth from said lip. So by then I was really bleedin. It was like takin a dip of snuff in reverse. She raised up my top lip, with my head leaned back, and filllllllllled it fulllllllll of salt. Then said , "Leave that in there" :shock:

Does it make it hard to kiss Mr Lilly with salt in there? :wink: