From L: Mama girl is doing fine and seems back to normal as far as I can tell... her appetite is good!! Definitely does not show a preference for rice but am mashing in the liver to coat the rice so she eats it all. Attached 2 pixs of her relaxing.
The newcomer is a very young pup from a litter near Mama Girl's farm found with a large open wound on her back. Suspected to be started out by birds pecking on her, which later developed into a deep and open wound, and when L brought her to the vet, it was already infested with so many maggots eating into her flesh.
L named her Flippy cos she's got one little ear tip that's flipped and won't stretch out like a regular ear tip. Poor gal, she must be in pain from the maggots eating into her.
Report from L - Day 1:
Spotted Flippy's wound as she was running round with her siblings. About a 5cm diameter patch of skin eaten away and raw flesh exposed. Maggot and pus filled and swelling with infection and foreign material from her living area in the undergrowth. Rushed to Dr T to have her wound cleaned and disinfected. Dust flea powder on Flippy as she's crawling with happy critters. She was really quiet and depressed with her head hanging down. Remember they were still afraid of everything as they had just recently emerged from the undergrowth being mobile enough to scamper around. I think she's about 2 to 2.5months. All quiet in the pet carrier where she sleeps for the night.
A big wound on such a small pup.
Maggot and pus-filled.
Quiet and apprehensive from the changes
With similar sentiments to Mama Girl, once you pick up a pup or dog from off the streets to treat their illness/wound/accident, it is tough to put them back on the streets again for various reasons. Will share more later.
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