My Ah Fook is in bad shape. Sigh...
1st
His ear got swollen. It's as if a small balloon was inserted into his ear flap and got blown. Haih... took him to the vet. Vet says it's very common. The cause is actually ruptured blood vessels in his ear flap. Maybe caused by excessive scratching, excessive shaking of the head or bitten by other dogs. Vet said have to be operated to relieve the pressure building inside.
Cost: RM450 inclusive of boarding 2 nite + medicine
Moral of the story: Keep your dog's ears clean and infection free.
2nd
The operation was a success with the swelling subsiding and the wound healing(closing). A bit too good as a matter of fact. The operated slit was to allow any excess fluid to drain while the vessel heal. But it closed up too soon and too well, so the ear flap began ballooning up again. So it's back to the vet to be operated again. This is 2 weeks after the 1st operation.
Cost: RM300 inclusive of 1 nite boarding + medicine
Moral of the story: Ask the vet to explain the operation in detail and the rate of recovery else you make your dog suffer again like poor Ah Fook.
3rd
The second operation was also good. Now the ear is ok liao. But now comes another problem. Ah Fook is not castrated/spayed so he has his wet dreams once in a while. So you know la, after those happy thoughts about b****es, there'll be some stains/leftover evidence on his penis. Dogs being dogs will lick their own dicks. Which is fine except the fact that flies apparently also love the dog's love juice. And flies being flies will lay eggs on any source of food they deem fit, which in this case was Ah Fook's penis foreskin. Long story short...fly eggs turned into maggots which burrowed into the foreskin making holes. Got Ah Fook to the vet to be cleaned and maggots removed. Now he's back with a swollen penis. The poor guy is not his usual self nowadays. His appetite isn't good but his mood is worse. I clean his little brudder everyday with a cloth and antiseptic solution bath. The dried urine I wipe off makes the white liquid in the pail become yellowish. He's on his meds and has the clownish e-collar on. I hope he recovers soon.
Cost: RM300 inclusive of some extra meds.
Moral of the story: Always check your dogs from head to tail. I check on him every other 2 days and a thorough check during bath time once a week and still the flies caused problems.
Just paid RM500++ (installments) for my lab's vet. 200++ for swollen bruder+ spaying.. and 200++ for lodging (3 weeks), 100+ for take away meds
Now is a good time to let ppl adopt him. After neutered,he's quieter, don't pee everywhere.