I have two dogs that have porcupine needles on their face what is the safest way to remove them without taking them in? Please Help!
2007-05-13 06:29:54 · 15 answers · asked by mandy 2 in Pets ➔ Dogs
For God's sake take them IN to the VET!
The secondary infection will KILL your dogs. Plus it hurts like hell.
2007-05-13 06:48:21 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
The Vet is the best place for a dog to go to have quills removed! My dog got quilled 2 times so far in 3 years. I tried to remove them the fist time thinking my dog would let me...they are very hard to remove from the mouth, some go thru the lip into the gum. I didn't succeed so the vet put her under and removed them.
Just 2 days ago I heard her whining real bad and saw her face was totally covered with quills, worse than the first time. She was bleeding really bad and this time there were what seemed like hundreds all over her face and inside her mouth. The vet had to sedate her and my girlfriend and I and the Vet all worked on her to remove them. Took about 15 mins with all 3 of us using hemostats. Alot of them broke off in her lips and she is having a hard time with it now. I am giving her the antibiotic prescribed and hoping the rest of the quills work themselves out! A bad experience for me, but worse for my dog.
2007-05-16 09:13:04 · answer #2 · answered by jazcomania 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You really should get the vet to do this for you.. Not only because you won't be the one hurting the dog, but because sometimes you need to give them an antibiotic after they have been hit by a porcupine.. Those quills are dirty and they can cause them a whole lot of trouble.. The vet can take them out and clean the dog up and then you won't need to worry that it wasn't done right.
2007-05-13 13:35:27 · answer #3 · answered by DP 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Pliers are the only way to hold the quils, and a Vet will tell you on the phone how to do it yourself. Medication is also a home application he can tell you what to use.
To get them out a twist and pull gently at the same time would be my way. I AM sorry for the dog.
I realize not everyone has close help available, and the dog needs help now!
Done at home, take it to Vet asap. No pliers? Use leather gloves.
2007-05-13 13:45:12 · answer #4 · answered by Wisdom 6 · 3⤊ 1⤋
the only way to get porcupine needles out is to pull them out. i would recommend going to the vet. they have probably had experience & that would make it less painful for u & the dogs
2007-05-13 13:35:56 · answer #5 · answered by haley 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Don't mean to ignore the question...but you really need to take them in. This happend to my friends dog and she took her in no questiond ask they remove them in a special way so it won't make the dogs internally bleed or get an infection!
2007-05-13 13:33:47 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Vinegar will soften them enough to remove without hurting the dogs mightily, but I wouldn't chance that they haven't done damage to the soft tissue, working at the quills. I would cut the quills down so that it doesn't brush against other things and take the dogs to the vet.
2007-05-13 13:38:58 · answer #7 · answered by Jess 7 · 2⤊ 2⤋
At the vets office where he can get on some antibiotics incase of infection. Good Luck
2007-05-13 13:42:21 · answer #8 · answered by Alicia G 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
sorry fork up the money the dog is worth it and you don't want an infection .....this is very painful to a dog....go to the vet
2007-05-17 03:26:00 · answer #9 · answered by sunshine13 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Twears and some neosprone right after u pull them out wit the twears put the neosprone in or u could just take themn in if ur that worried about it.
2007-05-13 13:49:57 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋