Today I will be blogging about What happens when your dog chases porcupine- lets just say it is not good. Dogs love to chase things, and once they have that thing in sight they wont back down. They also love to hunt, so when they see that porcupine they will want to eat it, and when they take a bite of the porcupine the quills go everywhere.

Quills

Porcupine quills have very tiny one-way barbs along the shaft of the quill. This makes it easier for the quills to move inside the body. Quills can puncture through skin and muscle to enter body cavities, puncturing organs. Quills inside the body can cause infection and  abscesses. Quill removal can be very painful.

If Your Dog Gets in a Fight with a Porcupine!

here is some tips and tricks to use if see porcupine quills on your dog.

1. Less movement. the more the dog moves the further the quills can dig in.
2. Call your veterinarian.  Usually its best for a veterinarian to remove the quills since they have a lot of experience.
3. Pulling out quills is risky. Pulling out quills may cause other quills to dig in deeper.  

Today I will be blogging about a disorder mainly cows get close to calving. It is a disease caused by a low blood calcium level. Loads of cows are affected by this disease each year.

Signs:

If cows do have milk fever, some signs are. They will go down into a sitting position and then lie flat on there side before circulatory collapse, coma, and death. Some signs after going to lie down are, starting eyes, cold legs and ears, constipation, and drowsiness. The heart beat becomes weaker and faster. The body temperature will also fall below normal. Sometimes there are additional signs.

Causes:

This happens because milk and colostrum production drain calcium from the blood and some cows are not able to replace the calcium fast enough. Age is important old cows get it more because they produce more milk and are less able to replace blood calcium quickly enough.

Treatment:

Treatment should be given as soon as possible. Use a solution of calcium borogluconate. Or preferably, a combined mineral solution. Injection by farmers should be under the skin, on the neck, or behind the shoulders, Unless the cow is in a coma or there is a different problem. Injection into a vein should be left to a veterinarian.

 

I hope you learned more about Milk Fever, I’m also sorry if this blog may have grossed you out.