Some people often wonder if they are allergic to their gliders or not. Why? Well, after a little handling and letting a glider climb up and down your arm, you may later experience their claws gripping onto your skin. Later on the reaction from their claws would cause bumpy red skin that feels itchy. And when you sweat or wash it with water, you will feel a stinging sensation. Is that normal?
Yups, totally normal. Just look at my arm!
This is why we should cut our glider’s nails once every 2 weeks if possible. I was late with the nail cutting, and after just a few minutes of handling, I suffered very itchy arms.
The claws have bacteria and germs under them, just like our nails and that is why we should not bite our nails because it is loaded with bacteria. Anyway, when the claws pierce our skin, a little bacteria goes into our broken skin, and our skin reacts by going red and itchy, telling your body that you are hurt and irritated. So how to treat this?
I normally suggest using anti-bacterial soap to wash the scratched areas. After washing, I use an alcohol-base hand sanitizer. This method came from my friend YueYi and it really helps alot. Apply the hand sanitizer, it would give you a buzzing sting but after a few moments, the itchiness will go away, the swelling will subside and your arm will feel better. So far I have never suffered any infection from this, just a few scars and scabs here and there. If you are afraid of the stinging sensation the hand sanitizer may give, then I suggest applying a thin coating of manuka honey to speed up healing.
So if you suffer a similar case, do not panic. Just go and wash your arms and apply a hand sanitizer or some yummy manuka honey.
Oh wow Hun, that looks painful! I always wear a long sleeve jacket when I play with my SGs if their nails aren’t trimmed. Unless they get under my shirt, the jacket helps me minimize the scratches a lot
Yah, looks painful but just itchy. I sweat alot if I wear long sleeves, so that’s what I suffer. LOL, that’s why I need to regularly trim their nails. Once I forget or delay, which is what happened in the picture, then I suffer a bit.
Hun!~ good job! btw, sorry 2 say, i spot some mistake in ur post ^^ “The claws have bacteria under them, just like our nails and that is why we should “”not”" bite our nails because it is loaded with bacteria. ur “”not”" is missing. haha! update more! i’m waiting for it.
LOL, thanks.
u are most welcome! i’m a fan of crazymouseyyh! lol
glad the hand sanitizer works for u too.coz the hand sanitizer kill 99% of the bacteria. ^_^
the bumps are not painful just very itchy..dont scratch it or it will turn worse guys..haha..