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Yep. Similar to what people do for pet birds.
We kept styptic powder on hand for the (fortunately rare) occasions when we trimmed our guinea pigs' nails. (If you cut a little too far, it nicks the blood vessel inside the nail.)
To be sure, I shall break a vessel: there's no doubt of that; and a bottle of Eaton's styptic shall be sent for; but no doctor.
Lovelace to Belford, Clarissa by Samuel Richardson
I think styptic pencils are made of anhydrous aluminum sulfate, which causes blood vessel constriction where you apply it. The ones I remember looked like small pieces of chalk. :-)
I have read about these, but always wondered how they worked.
It sounds cool, I probably wouldn't ever be able to use it, but it has a nice ring to it.
I know, this word is cool - it's like a cross between cryptic and stygian.
lovely word which surfaces occassionally in my brain--when I was a child, my father used a styptic pencil when he cut himself shaving. Haven't heard much talk of styptic pencils lately. . .