In a message dated 06/04/2001 7:16:58 PM Eastern Daylight Time, mapleway@iolinc.net writes: << Of course we were out of styptic powder but ashes will usually do the job to. >> Chrissy, My vet suggested using flour as another alternative to the styptic powder. I used it once and it seemed to do a good job. Of course, it did make a bit of a mess! Elaine and Pico