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Post by patricksparents on Aug 17, 2010 13:33:37 GMT
How did that work rubyshoes? just rubbing it in?
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Post by Rubyshoes on Aug 17, 2010 14:57:14 GMT
No, I simply used a dropper to drop it directly onto the corn and would then hold the foot up for a while, giving it time to seep in, or dry, and just did this a few times a day. It would be easier to do it whilst dog is resting, and it does sting a bit, so be prepared to make a big fuss of him as a divertion. It did take a few weeks if I remember rightly and I was gradually able to pick bits off it until it was gone. Its easier to do the latter, when foot has been soaked and skin is softer. Well it worked for us, so hope you are lucky. Hazel
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Post by yvonned on Aug 18, 2010 19:37:32 GMT
Do corns hurt all the time, only Cassies paw seems better yesterday and today than it has been for the previous week. I would have thought that it would have hurt more as time went on if it were a corn. I have been bathing it in salt water just incase there was something in it, tonight she stood on all 4 legs whilst eating her dinner but her pad does look the same as Frankies. Thanks to everybody that has offered ideas Yvonne
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Post by Rubyshoes on Aug 19, 2010 9:08:02 GMT
I'm not sure if they hurt all the time Yvonne, but would probably have thought so. Thankfully its a long time since any of mine have had one, fingers tightly crossed. Perhaps by the sounds of things Cassie maybe had another problem thats on the mend. Good luck with that, and let us know how she is, bless her.
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Post by yvonned on Sept 10, 2010 19:06:48 GMT
Well Cassie has been to Alphavets and had a corn pared out, but there is also a problem with her other back paw which needs further investigation, so she's having an xray on Monday. Her toe isn't sitting right ( I didn't notice it ) and when they manipulated it she wasn't at all happy. Back to the corn hole, there was no blood and she didn't flinch, but can I put a humans plaster over the hole, (I'm going to try mashed up banana skin) without it being painful to take off. I know I'm a nutter but I bought the corn home and put it in a bag with some water to soften it as it was so hard, I've since poked it a bit and using a jewelers eyeglass have found what looks like a tiny bit of dried grass but can also see a couple of black dots in it. I shall take the squashy corn back on Monday. Banana skins get rid of verrucas and as there is no known cure for corns I thought I'd give it a go and then try the tea tree remedy if it fails. I did look at corns on Greyhound data and people posting on there are singing the praise of a greyhound vet in Uxbridge who's having a lot of success with treating them if anyone is interested. Sorry this is so long Yvonne
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Post by SJ on Sept 10, 2010 20:36:50 GMT
For anyone whose dog suffers from corns have a read of the link below as it could be of interest to you. I had Hogan's corn surgically removed unfortunately prior to hearing about Daniel Doherty in Uxbridge. However if it does come back I will be making the journey to see him. Have heard nothing but good reports about him. www.greyhound-data.com/knowledge.php?b=3¬e=475512
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Post by patricksparents on Sept 10, 2010 21:55:06 GMT
I've heard about him too - seems to be something of a Corn God amongst greyhound owners. We are trying verucca gel at the moment and it does seem to be lifting a little. Early days tho.
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Post by yvonned on Sept 21, 2010 8:43:10 GMT
Patricks Parents how is the corn responding to the verruca gel?
Cass has had a 2nd infected corn removed under sedation and I don't want to put her (or me) through that again. Is there anything I can do to stop them re-occurring, should I be putting something on her pads to soften them but if they are caused by a virus I need to kill that. Finding bits in the first corn makes me think it must have been the foreign bodies and the pad trying to protest itself, I didn't see the corn removed under sedation but there was nasty stuff behind it and it's not healing that well. Thanks Yvonne
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Post by patricksparents on Sept 21, 2010 17:34:35 GMT
Well.....fingers crossed, he hasn't been limping over the last couple of weeks. There have been some odd flakes coming off and it's still evident but slowly and surely I think there is an improvement. Like you, there is no way we want to put Pat through operations so will just keep on it.
Good luck with Cass. We've bought a whole stock of things to try - verrucca gel, tea tree oil, sudocreme so hopefully something will do the trick! Will keep you posted.
Eve x
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Post by patricksparents on Nov 2, 2010 8:33:04 GMT
The further saga of Patrick's corn..............Having been told by a newly qualified vet at our vetinerary practice that Patrick's slight limp was as a result of a corn and that his coat was in very poor condition and he may have some sort of parasitic mite.
We were not convinced of this diagnosis nor were we keen on her advice that she put him under the knife to get the corn removed. We decided to try Sudocreme with a file at first, and subsequently Bazooka Gel. Having then discovered that his "poor coat" was in fact his kennel coat, we gave him a Dandruff shampoo and put him on a course of Vetzyme Coat Conditioning Tablets.
On Friday, Patrick went back to the vets and saw his usual man, a greyhound lover and specialist - who said as we entered "look at that gorgeous glossy coat, Patrick is in wonderful condition"...........he then said he'd noticed that we had seen another vet regarding his corn.....and that he would check it out. Surprise surprise - not a hint of a corn - it had completely vanished.
Peter asked him if it was usual for corns to just disappear, and he replied No. How pleased are we that we didn't let Patrick have the non-existent corn surgically removed.
We had some great advice from people on this forum, so a big thank you to all of you.
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Post by yvonned on Nov 3, 2010 20:22:57 GMT
I think Cass has got another corn in the same place as the first one was removed from. She is obviously uncomfortable at times, I am trying to control the speed that she belts down the garden by keeping her on a lead half way down the garden and then letting her off. Because of my walking problems I am not going to be able to do this when it gets frosty. Cass corn? doesn't appear to be raised and I would find it difficult to put a boot on her. I have tried tea tree cream but she licked it off and had a bum explosion when I was out. So, Patrick's Parents how often did you put the gel on the pad and did you cover it? So glad you have got your boy sorted, just have to hope the corn doesn't come back.
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Post by patricksparents on Nov 3, 2010 23:17:23 GMT
Hi Yvonne, at first we did it most days, he didn't really lick it off, we tried a boot but that kept falling off, and a few weeks, we got a bit lazy to be honest. I have to say it didn't seem to make much difference although we did file a little excess off but that was it. It was all a bit odd because when the vet lifted Patrick's foot, there was no evidence of anything....our thought is perhaps there never was a deep corn, maybe a splinter or something, Whatever, he is not limping even on pavement.
Did Cass have the corn removed by surgery?
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Post by yvonned on Nov 4, 2010 14:23:31 GMT
The first corn the vet cored it out without sedation. The 2nd corn had an infection behind it and possibly an old injury had been aggravated causing a touch of tendonitis, this was dealt with under sedation and took a long time to heal. Protecting it every time Cass went out I found very difficult, I didn't have to do that with the 1st corn. I've started putting her foot in salt water in case there is anything in it and will give Bazooka gel a go and perhaps the plasters. Thanks for coming back to me.
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Post by yvonned on Nov 8, 2010 14:21:51 GMT
I've been trawling round greyhound sites inc. greyhound data for posts re. corns. I couldn't drive to Uxbridge to see the super corn vet and as Cassies corn that I had pared in Sept appears to be coming back I need to do something. My chemist says most corn/ verruca cures contain acid and as Cass is a licker he wouldn't recommend the use of them. So it looks like I need to use a non chemical option. QUESTIONS? Storm n Apollos mum was it aloe vera gel you used to soften Apollos pad or cream. Duct tape to cover corn has also been mentioned on one site, but I don't want to damage the pad when it needs to be pulled off. Can you put a plaster over the pad to hold banana skin in place or would that be damaging when it's removed. I've bought a couple of boots which I'm not having much luck with. I have found a way to protect the pad when we go out using pieces of memory foam insole, plastic bag, tubular support bandage,and double sided carpet tape but need to do something different for indoors. Sorry this is so long but what with another cut pad I am trying to heal (been to vets) I think I am slowly losing it and poor Cass is uncomfortable.
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Post by patricksparents on Nov 8, 2010 20:30:17 GMT
We didn't either - Patrick had a little football boot type thing - which had vanished by the time we got to the end of the road. We saw a man out with his grey which had a lint type covering, an plastic bandage and then a plastic bag - he seemed to cope ok with that. Tee tree oil works for some people but again, it would need covering. Or soaking the foot in Epsom salts.
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