Another dog story please do not read if not interested

Lilli



Joined: 21/07/2008
Posts: 13081

Message Posted:
24/10/2010 18:32

On the way back from Sunday lunch , I decided to take mine home with me. We stopped at the market opposite Mano la Hotel, the scraggiest dirtiest little mutt was raiding the bin.. I had a bowl in the car and shouted to guido to get food but i put in roasties Yorkshire and some beef, well he wanted it all and got it, What saddens me all the hair from his neck down was going, he was pitiful as they all are. What causes this, he has never had care but could eat. Is this a serious disease or malnutrition x

berilela


Joined: 17/07/2010
Posts: 590

Message Posted:
24/10/2010 18:38

probaly has mange lilli only a vet can inject for treatment canastan cream is ok for smll losses bless you for feeding it

daisy dukes


Joined: 06/09/2008
Posts: 3815

Message Posted:
24/10/2010 18:39

Worse case scenario, it maybe possibly mange...if he has mange, please do not touch him as it is extremely easy to pass it on to your own dogs....failing that, wash your hands thoroughly.



Otherwise, it could be sa erious flea infestation, and or extremely poor health.



DD

apc2010


Joined: 28/07/2010
Posts: 1689

Message Posted:
24/10/2010 20:38

the chances are he has been chained/tied up at some point as this can wer away the fur. if thats the caseit will probably grow back......

Lilli



Joined: 21/07/2008
Posts: 13081

Message Posted:
24/10/2010 20:50

thank you all i did disinfect my hands but i, so pleased he had my dinner He was in very poor health. what can we do xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx give me lottery numbers please amd i will make magic, afterall im irish xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxYou know i feed so many along that strip if i do not see them for a day or two , then i worry. but today my lovely little one found me again

boglefan



Joined: 07/06/2009
Posts: 511

Message Posted:
25/10/2010 02:07

Liz even winning the 113mill on the Euro mill lottery will not elevate the problem in TRnc. It breaks myheart but there are too many being abandoned or never cared for. It has been hard for me only visiting a few times a year but I really have had to realise that if I feed one I could never turn another away. Could never have enough land or money to aleviate the problem. Unfortunately blinkers must be used, it's not what I want and I do not sleep easily on it but I am trying hard to go with my brain and not my heart. Love what you and Guido done, but time to take a few steps back for the two of you and human family. Luv u. XX

blade


Joined: 19/06/2010
Posts: 1286

Message Posted:
25/10/2010 09:17

The worst thing could be leishmania. Don't touch anything that looks like this! You can catch it if you have a cut on your hands, then you will be seriously ill.

LeYLeY



Joined: 12/09/2010
Posts: 221

Message Posted:
25/10/2010 10:26

:( I hate seeing stary animals here!!!

yenibob


Joined: 13/10/2010
Posts: 1203

Message Posted:
25/10/2010 10:34

I dont like being stared at by animals either:o)