Yikes, that sounds painful! I pinched the skin off my pointer finger last week while opening a gate to let the goats out, and it has been hard to milk ever since. It's at exactly the spot where my finger has to grasp the teat. It's not a big injury, but it gets in the way of everything I do! And the zip tie thing. Ugh. Those are dull enough to make a nice hole in a thumb, and those little injuries sometimes take the longest to heal. I'm glad it wasn't something more serious, but that doesn't mean it won't be annoying!