2026. Intense elephant foot abscess trim.

Elephant Care Unchained
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Aug 26, 2026
@elephantcareunchained
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Video Summary
AI GeneratedA professional demonstrates the process of treating an overgrown and damaged animal nail. The focus is on reducing pressure and removing dead tissue through gentle scraping rather than deep cutting to avoid pain and bleeding. The practitioner emphasizes a compassionate, patient approach, allowing the animal to take breaks to ensure comfort and cooperation throughout the procedure.
Alright, so the nail's too long, right?
We're going to reduce the pressure.
I'm just going to do all the nails. I don't want to just dive right in yet.
I just want to get her used to me for a second.
The pads are pretty thin.
I'm going to put my butt over this side here. Good girl, honey.
I like to do the nails first because if she walks away and we lose her,
at least we took the pressure off a little bit.
You okay? It's okay, good girl.
If she wants to take breaks, it's totally fine.
She might get tired up here too.
Good girl, honey.
Okay, I'm going to get into it in a second here.
I just want her to get comfortable.
Make some space over here.
It's okay, sweetheart.
So as soon as I get to the sensitive part, you know, she might get uncomfortable.
So I can do a little bit, come back.
Good, honey.
Start on the outside.
And this is going to be a pocket.
It's going to be encapsulated here.
I start on the outside and work my way in.
Because the moment you touch this stuff, it's going to get sensitive.
This is all dead in here anyway.
This is going to be sensitive. This is probably more dead.
Work my way into the center of it.
Yeah, she's not bothered by that.
Good, honey. A little bit of blood there.
But this is the black stuff you want to just kind of scrape away.
Okay?
Again, start on the outside.
There's usually a pocket.
Good, honey. Good girl.
My goodness gracious.
Good, honey. It's okay.
It's okay. Do some other things.
It's okay. Good girl.
It's okay. You want to take a break?
You're okay. Cuticles are usually always pretty sensitive.
Okay, honey. Good girl.
So now, I kind of expose the edges.
I don't see any pockets.
Down here.
I got to put my head down here. Sorry.
So it's encapsulating itself, right?
So it's growing into itself here.
So I'm just trying to open up all of that down here.
I'm just scraping away.
Kind of see what we got going on.
Good girl, honey. Okay.
I'm just scraping. I'm not cutting into it.
I'm just trying to expose the edges of it.
Smells.
Can you smell it? It stinks.
Good, honey. You're being so good, baby.
I like to say baby. I can say baby, and it's right.
Good girl.
Good girl, honey.
Good girl.
It's okay. Good girl.
You okay? Good, honey.
Good girl. It's okay.
Good, baby. Good girl.
This will all fill in tonight, most likely.
You okay?
Come over here and do this. You okay?
Good, honey.
Good. Good girl.
I'm just scraping away.
Trying to take off as much as I can.
And what we'll see, this will fill in.
Because it's kind of like growing into itself.
So this will all fill in tomorrow.
Or tonight, I guess.
Is what I suspect.
So if we can open, soak it.
We got to soak it, right? Somehow.
Let's draw this thing out.
Good, honey. It's okay. You're okay.
You're okay. Good, honey.
Good girl. It's okay. Good girl.
Questions?
This is the dead nail.
See? It's all dead.
It's okay, honey. You want to take a break?
Good girl.
It's okay, baby. Good girl.
You want to take a break? You can take a break if you want, baby.
See, if we had a stirrup, she could put her foot in it, right?
She'd be more comfortable. That's okay. She's being great.
You okay, baby?
Push my knife. Good, honey.
Good girl. It's okay. Good, baby.
Good girl. Good girl.
She's a mushroom. You see that?
It's like layers. There's a couple things going on here.
There's a hole right there.
It's just that bruise that goes up, right?
This is probably dead in here, I suspect.
I just cut away the flap of this, and this nail is dead.
The nails are really soft, too.
Maybe from that stuff you're putting on, so I wouldn't do that anymore.
You okay, honey? Good girl.
Good, honey. Let's make sure we get a picture of this
when we're done, and we'll see how much it moves
from today till tomorrow.
Good, honey. Good girl.
Good girl. You want to take a break?
Okay, take a break. Good girl.
I'm almost done for today with this one.
Does that make sense, kind of what I'm doing, guys? Can you see?
Just trying to do... It's okay, honey. Good girl.
Yeah, no, she's being great.
Well, sharp tools,
compassionate stuff, right?
I know kind of what to do and what not to do, so I'm just
doing my best not to hurt her, working with her.
She's being real good. Tomorrow might be a different trip with the other one,
but that's okay.
There you go. She's getting used to the process now, right?
If she wants to put her down, she can put her foot down.
We'll give her a break. She can take as many as she wants,
as long as she puts it back up, yeah?
We just work together. She's being an angel.
Huh? That's my good girl.
That's a good girl.
I'm not cutting into it. I'm scraping away all the
dead stuff, exposing it, soak it,
draw it out, do it again the next two days.
I'm not cutting into this. I just scraped
off the edges, because this will bleed, I think, if I cut into it.
So I'm just cleaning it up, okay?
It's okay, good girl. You tired?
Good girl. It's okay. She just takes a break, puts it back up.
That's my good girl. That's my good girl.
I'm pretty much done with that. I'm just going to do, clean up
a little bit, a couple more things.
Good, honey. Good girl.
Yeah, the nails are really, really soft,
so if you guys are putting that stuff on the nails,
if that makes it soft,
yeah, the nails are too soft.
And this is concrete. This is all concrete here.
Okay? So all you can really do is
just rasp that to take the pressure off a little bit
and get them off the concrete.
Do you guys have any questions? I'm kind of done.
Good girl, sweetheart. So this is what we talked about
with the shape of the nails, straight. She's kind of
goofy because she sways teardrop this way,
but it's kind of straight. This should be teardrop this way.
But again, it's because she does this, right?
Just making some space.
Sometimes you can't really make space because the cuticle runs
down here, but good girl, honey.
You're my angel.
You are a good girl.
Good, honey.
Let me just take a picture right now.
I think I'm done. Do you guys have any questions?
One more time, just take a picture of it.
Sorry.
