Rakka and I had a rough day yesterday
So apparently there ARE in fact porcupines in my area. In my backyard, no less. I didn't know this until Rakka went behind some trees and came back with a nose full of quills. There weren't too many, so the vet told me that if I could get them out myself with pliers to go ahead, but there were a couple in her mouth that I wasn't going to get without knocking her out first. Plus, she had a gash on her jaw. Not sure how the gash happened, but it definitely happened at the same time as the quills.
Anyway, so I tell the vet I'm coming in and take off in my car, but a few miles down the road, one of my tires blows out. My the time I get the spare on and get there, I'm way later than they were expecting me and they're closing soon. Luckily, it doesn't take too long; they sedated her, pulled the quills, cleaned her wound, and gave her some antibiotic (and as long as she was sedated, I had them clip her nails), then barely catch the folks at the tire place to get a new tire.
Luckily, we're all fine now and I think Rakka learned her lesson about porcupines. I showed her one of the quills that I managed to get out before going to the vet and she acted like it was concentrated evil.
Anyway, so I tell the vet I'm coming in and take off in my car, but a few miles down the road, one of my tires blows out. My the time I get the spare on and get there, I'm way later than they were expecting me and they're closing soon. Luckily, it doesn't take too long; they sedated her, pulled the quills, cleaned her wound, and gave her some antibiotic (and as long as she was sedated, I had them clip her nails), then barely catch the folks at the tire place to get a new tire.
Luckily, we're all fine now and I think Rakka learned her lesson about porcupines. I showed her one of the quills that I managed to get out before going to the vet and she acted like it was concentrated evil.
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Heidi I would of cried if I were you!
That was a stressful day, for sure.
Leave it to a Shika to get in that kind of mess. :oT
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There are two things you can count on to continually take your money when you don't want them too. Vet bills and car repairs. Having both on the same day is really shitty.
Snf
Sounds like a sucky day for sure.
Now this post would have been amazing.... with pictures!
Brandon - Soooo true about vet bills and car repairs! What's worse is Noah has been finishing the last of his degree and won't be done until December. He took out a loan and it hasn't come yet... you get the idea. The jogging stroller I had my eye on will have to wait, lol. But hey, that's pet ownership, right?
I didn't think to take pictures until I had already taken most of the quills out. I do have a picture of the wound on her jaw, though. I'll have to upload that (I have dial-up, though, so be patient).
Here is what a dog looks like when a porcupine really gives it hell:
And poor Rakka. I am glad she is doing better. That really stinks about the double wammy yesterday with the porcupine and the tire.
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I'll try to find the site I read it on.
Edit: I don't think it was here I found it, but they post a supposed picture of the dog before the porcupine incident.
The Bull Terrier part, to me, seems solid if you look at the ear. I can't be sure if it's the same dog on the before picture, but seems pretty consistent.
http://archive.dailypicture.net/a_pit_bull_terrier_gets_quilled_porcurpine_quills_stuck_head.htm
get a pet porcupine. Ha!"
That was uncalled for!
Mend well Rakka!
Don't mean to freak you out, and don't let your dog view this video. This was on the game cam at the farm when we got back from our Alaska trip last weekend -- obviously we are closely watching Josephine when we are up there so she does not have the same close encounter that Rakka had!