The American Beagler Forum

One of my pups came in with a huge cut on his leg last night. My farmer friend next door said to put agricultural lime on it. I haven't used lime for this purpose. I am wondering if anyone has?

Other than drying up poop and odor control. What else is live used for around the dogs? I bought a 50 pound bad so I have lots?

I have heard several times of people using pickling lime on wounds . I have also heard it said that you shouldn't do it because the animal can get lime poisoning .I don't know which is correct.If it was me I would use pink ointment but I put pink ointment on everything except for toast.

Cut & Heal, works on hot spots as well

Buck don't take a chance, get it cleaned out good and put a good antibiotic on it. I would give the dog a good antibiotic shot also every other day until you see it healing good. If it's bad enough for stitches get it sewed up.

heavy: I have seen your 8ball dog go quite a few times.He is one fine hound.


J Murphy

Buck, I use EMT gel on my dogs for cuts, abrasions, and hot spots. It works very well on them. I also use it on myself for cuts and abrasions. Don't have much problem with hot spots on myself though!

I know all the other remedies. No one has used lime? I'll try it and let you know how it works.

I finally sit down and did a google search. Of course, there is an amazing amount of info out there about hydrated lime. Many testimonials and here is one, "We use Hydrated lime on cuts, wounds etc, on dogs and horses. It will draw and close even the nastiest of wounds and heal them with VERY minimal, if any, scarring at all. Its amazing stuff for that".

I also found that it will dry up and kill fleas after about 2 days. Some people even put it directly on their dogs and use it in conjunction with other flea killers.

I can't afford to go to the vet for every little problem. I have found the old time farmer remedies can be very affective. I put it on my dog's wound about and hour ago. The dog did not lick it and the wound looks dry and better already.

Buck,Guys around here that work horses and mules swear by it.Also for rubbed spots and wet seaping wounds they make a paste with lime and kerosene and rub it on or pack it into wounds.They say this mixture also keeps flies away from the wound.I've never used it I always use sulfadene,but I will sometime.

Buck, I have never used it but my Grandad would use it on his dogs for cuts, and none of them ever died. He also would lime them for fleas, A couple of times a year all of the dogs would be white. He said that it wasn't toxic to the fleas , it just choked them out.

I use it for fleas as well, and I also spread it in the kennel floor. seems to make their pads nice and hard. Never have foot/pad problems. No matter how bad the snow or how much runnning we get in. Never tried it on an actual wound but will if it works for Buck

I do most of my vet work myself. I think I may have learned something new here. Can that be? It would mean that an old dog can learn new tricks.

bucks better beagles wrote:I do most of my vet work myself. I think I may have learned something new here. Can that be? It would mean that an old dog can learn new tricks.

It Happens!!!

I put the lime down around my dogs houses and under the pieces of plywood I have on two blocks for them to dog under and get out of the hot weather.
It doesn't kill live fleas, but when the fleas go to ground and lay eggs it destroys the eggs and then no more fleas. I only use hydrated lime.

Thanks John. I was quite nervous about this usage in the beginning but my dog's wound has almost totally healed in only a few days. Ran him everyday also and it didn't seem to bother the healing process. The fleas usage is just a plus.