Oh no! Eleanor's nail

I would say to have a vet look at it. Even if it is something minor at least you would have peace of mind.

Do mean like the nail somewhat came out of the folicle? Your pictures were no longer available in the photobucket link.

Ok, I put some quick stop on her to stop the bleeding (it looked like it had re-opened). She seemed fine - no wheeking, not seeming to be in pain or distress at all. I set her up in her own cage so she didn't have to worry about Lizzie chasing her around. Right now she is munching on veggies and was eating hay earlier. I will watch her all tonight and tomorrow, and if I notice any changes, we're off to the vet. Right now though, she seems perfectly fine. Thanks everyone.

Oh, I must have deleted them. Here they are again. No, the nail is still intact. It just looks like a cut near the cuticle. Maybe that's why it looks more exposed?
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The reason that I ask is if it is actually coming out of the folicle it may have to be removed so it does not snag. If it only looks a little different I would leave it, doctors can not do a whole lot to fix a nail. Only time will tell. Do not wrap it.

Ok. Thanks Weaver. I have just never seen my girls bleed before so it freaked me out. Luckily, I have a neighbor who is into guinea pigs too, and she had some quick stop. We put it on Eleanor and put her back into the cage. Lizzie chased her right away (which happens all the time), but Eleanor's nail started bleeding again. We put some more on and I set Eleanor up in her own cage so she doesn't have to worry about Lizzie for the time being. Like I said, she is doing quite well - eating, drinking, and moving around just fine. I will watch the nail to make sure it is ok and watch for any signs of infection as well. I just can't think of how this happened. But, more importantly, she seems fine, and will hopefully be all healed up in a day or two. Also, how ironic that I was just asking what I should have in a medicine cabinet, and this very night, I needed something! I will be stocking up their medicine cabinet this weekend. I would hate to think if something more serious happened and I didn't have anything on hand! Thanks all.

You can also use cornstarch or a bit of flour if you don't have Quick Stop around.

Quick stop is great, even to have on hand in case you may trim a nail to small or whatever. Looking at the pictures though (it is hard to see for sure), it appears that the nail "looks" long, almost like a hind foot. That is her front foot, correct? She may end up having to lose that toe nail. She is fine for right now, but if the redness does not somewhat go away by morning and it continues to bleed at times you are going to want to visit a vet.

Do you use fleece or some other kind of bedding? (sorry I know I am asking so many questions)

I just wen back and looked at the picture--of course it is a front foot look at all the toes (smack myself in the head)

It really looks like she may have gotten it snagged on something. Is there anything at all in her cage that may have done that, even the snap clip thing on a back of a cuddle bed could have done that. Please just look around their cage to be sure.

Ok, I will double check the cage. Right now, she is in a petstore cage with a food dish, water ball, sock friend, pigloo, and hay rack. As you can imagine, there is not a lot of space for anything else, so there doesn't seem to be anything in there she could snag a nail on. In both this cage and their regular cage they have fleece bedding. I'm trying to think what she could have snagged it on, but don't see anything. Most all day today she just hung out in her pigloo. I am a little worried that Lizzie might have had something to do with this. Could she have bitten her? Lizzie has always been bossy to Eleanor, but never has she drawn blood, and I don't remember Eleanor ever shrieking as if she had been bitten. I'm just trying to think what happened so I can prevent it in the future.

I honestly do not believe it to be a bite. Most bites would be on the ears, head and body.
That is good you are using fleece, you do not want the dust from shavings in that right now possibly causing further problems. It maybe just one of those things, you know this is a time that we wish our pets could talk "and not just for veggies" Keep us updated and hopefully it will look a lot better in the morning. That is when you will be able to tell for sure.

Ok, thanks everyone. I feel much better. I will let you know how she is doing tomorrow. Luckily, my boyfriend is done with class by 1, so if she needed to go in, we could get her in during the afternoon tomorrow. We will keep you updated.

Ok everyone. Just an update. Eleanor's nail has not bled since last night after applying the quick stop the second time. She spent the night and morning in her own cage and this afternoon moved back into her "house" with her sisters. So far everything looks good. But, when should I wash off the quick stop? Do I wash it off? It is hard for me to completely see her nail with that on there, but I don't want to wash it off and have it bleed again.

This has happened to my guinea pig only on the side of his nail. It looked like he snagged it when he was out on my porch. He didn't squeal or anything and he bled a little bit. Now it is scabbed over and I put neosporin on it two to three times a day. I make sure it isn't infected. Just keep an eye on it and your pig will be okay.

Ok, here's an update from the weekend. Everything here still seems fine. Eleanor is acting fine - even running mad laps this morning. The nail seems ok and seems to be healing. There is a little black thing on the side of the nail that looks like a scab. Hopefully withing the next couple days it will have fully healed over. Here are some pics from this morning. Let me know what you think.

https://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e65/big10steph/EleanorsNail3.jpg
https://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e65/big10steph/EleanorsNail4.jpg
https://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e65/big10steph/EleanorsNail5.jpg