About 2 days ago I was reaching into the hay bag and felt a sharp pain in my finger to find something was stuck in it. I'm assuming it was a piece of hay of course. And I can't get the darn thing out. Has this happened to anyone else?
Hay Splinter?
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Shooper
"Ellie Mae"
Not yet, but my day will probably come! I have however got a prickly splinter from crushing a rose hip in my fingers!!
Magyk
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I've had the same thing happen, the worst one being one that jammed itself under my fingernail and then broke off so I couldn't pull it out. I actually had to wait for my nails to grow longer and push it out that way.
When it's just in the skin, it's irritating for a few days but eventually it will work it's way out.
When it's just in the skin, it's irritating for a few days but eventually it will work it's way out.
LoveBug
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hahaha yup happens to me every time i get hay for the chinnies.
Cuddlebug
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The ones under the nails are the worst. I just hate it when that happens.
Mt. Zion Chins
Barb
hay can be nasty. I have had a cut from it which resembles a paper cut. I have also had a piece of hay stick in my finger.
mercynursie
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Here's a little trick I can pass on.Put some Elmer's glue over the whole area.Let the glue completely dry.Leave it on overnight.Then the next morninig quickly snatch the dried glue skin off(I have even used super glue)and hopefully the splinter will pull out with the glue.
ticklechin
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GAAAAAAA, under the nail splinters SUCK!
chin-nw
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Yes. Happens to me all the time. HaHa. I try to trick my husband into giving them the hay. 
Godofgods
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i dont recall ever getting on from the hay.. (i will later tho since i said that) But i often get it form the bags of compacted aspen litter. Always jams up and under my finger nail. ><
