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Red Rascal	May 7 2009, 05:23 PM
Chatterbox Posts: 864 Group: Full Members Member #646 Joined: April 15, 2008	:err: Thanks very much for your advice Wild Whippies, I will definitely suggest the salicylic acid to the vet. All the vets advice was mainly to keep the pads as mosturized as possible and file/buff/cut the pads when they grow so thick and hard that the cream is no longer able to reach through all the layers , we have tried loads of different creams (oils, wax) human and animal, I even tracked down some ones in America that we don't have here while in New York last year, but we have found the two things that work the best are, the treatment (come up by the vet of another owner with an IT and HK) of getting him to stand in a tray of 50% Propylene glycol and 50% water, which he does now every night bless him :wub: , and Neem Oil if they look at all sore as its a great natural antiseptic and really a miracle oil, great for human conditions too. I'm not sure if we've tried Shaw's paw wax so will definitely get some and try it. I think from reading your post the dremmel is not going to work on his pads, the heat will be too much, enven using a normal file I often stop as I can feel it getting warm. It very interesting that you say "frictional rubbing can exascerbate the condition" as the large pads on his paws are the ones I have to totally file and not cut and they are the ones that crack the worst, but if left for any length (like I did for 6 weeks, just soaking) grow big anyway and things like grass seeds can (and did :err: ) get in and cause problems. Its like the vet at the hospital said, there's no cure and he needs Palliative care to try and keep the HK at bay. I was just being a bit silly hoping the dremmel might be a miracle cure, as those little paws have to last at least another 13 years. :crossedfingers: But thanks very much for the salicylic acid suggestion as none of the vets thought of this! I will definitely get a drimmel for his nails though, and introduce it slowly to him as he is rather :x: at anything at his feet with all his treatment, can't say I blame the poor lad though.


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