JackieMaya Posted July 22, 2005 Posted July 22, 2005 I saw this on another site. Yikes! Somewhere out there is a naked Porcupine. Inca apparently did not know when to quit when she encountered the porcupine on Victoria Day, May 23rd. These are the pictures the vet sent before the long (and expensive) procedure to remove the quills. She had thousands of quills, and her tongue was so covered, she could not close her mouth. It was pretty scary at first. She is doing okay now, but looks like a World War III survivor as they had to cut some out in places, stitched between her toes, and many quills bled on removal. There are still quills buried in her, but they should work their way out over time (I pulled four more today). She is on antibiotics and pain meds and thankfully is doing quite well. Maybe she was showing off for her new boyfriend, Rocky, I don't know; but he only got a few in him, which friends were able to remove. Ike, of course, had better sense. I sure hope that the Queen of Quills has learned her lesson. Quote
imported_Kat Posted July 22, 2005 Posted July 22, 2005 Oh my DOGNESS!!!! :eek2: That poor pupper! That porcupine must have shot out every quill it had! :o Quote
JackieMaya Posted July 22, 2005 Author Posted July 22, 2005 I'm also suprised the poor girl wasn't blinded, and that she apparently has recovered quite well. Can you imagine the pain she went through? Quote
behle Posted July 22, 2005 Posted July 22, 2005 Poor thing! I would be horrified it one of my dogs got themselves in that state.... I bet her treatment is expensive. In this case she was way too tenacious with that porcupine! She must have been suffering so.. :cry: Quote
__crazy_canine__ Posted July 22, 2005 Posted July 22, 2005 That is a BT isnt it? Its hard to tell through all those quills! :o Poor thing... how did she even manage to get THAT many on her??? I mean on one side is understandable but to have themm ALL over like that it looks like she was rolling around on a dead one. :o Thats a bullly for you :lol: :roll: Quote
abker17 Posted July 23, 2005 Posted July 23, 2005 Holy shit! That poor dog, geez it pains me just looking at it. :( Quote
Malamum Posted July 23, 2005 Posted July 23, 2005 :o :o oh my god, that poor dog. I've seen pictures on another forum of a Mallie that messed with a porcupine - he had a quite a few quills in his muzzle. I was expecting the picture to be something like that. That poor Bull Terrier is a million times worse. Quote
courtnek Posted July 23, 2005 Posted July 23, 2005 honestly? I'm thinking hoax...that dog, with all those quills in his head, would have been blinded..and WHO, in their right mind, would take a picture of that in a sit and THEN take the dog to a vet?... I think we've been scammed... :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: Quote
JackieMaya Posted July 23, 2005 Author Posted July 23, 2005 Supposedly the vet took those pictures. At least that's what I gathered. Who knows. Quote
ObedienceGrrl Posted July 23, 2005 Posted July 23, 2005 I just looked at Snopes.com and they don't have a determination as to whether it is a hoax or not yet...... Quote
JackieMaya Posted July 23, 2005 Author Posted July 23, 2005 If it IS a hoax, they did a pretty good job with the pictures! Quote
Canis erectus Posted July 23, 2005 Posted July 23, 2005 I've seen a number of 'quillings' first hand (nothing anywhere near this bad though) and that looks pretty authentic to me. I would bet that that the clinic staff took those pics, there would have been some'standing around' during anestesia prep when photos could have been taken. I had someone show me this picture earlier this week and although I don't remember the write up per se, I do remember that it was different than the one here. Something about the lighthearted commentary from the owner about a situation like this doesn't make me buy it. Quote
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