two of my big dogs have porcupine quills around the face and...

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Answer by Bronx
Submitted on 7/19/2006
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Shayjaym, We have just recently ran into the same problem. Money is very tight (actually it is just not there!) Our pitbull and rottwieler got in a fight with a porcupine last night. We sucessfully pulled the quills from the rottie, but our pitbull is coated in them! Ron not to offend you or anything just giving you a heads up. Cutting the end of the quills is extremely dangerous, and only makes it harder to get the quills out. Porcupine quills are extremely serious. If the quill is left in the dog for an extended period of time the quill can penetrate into the skin and can even poke into an organ. If the quills are left in the dog for a few days they can cause absesses, and infection. I know its expensive, but I guess it has to be done. A vet is one of the only solutions! Hope you'll follow my advice.

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Question by shayjaym
Submitted on 9/12/2003
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two of my big dogs have porcupine quills around the face and I can't afford to take them to the vet and they wont let me pull them out. Is there an at home remedy that can put them to sleep for a while or relax them enough so I can pull them out?

Answer by Ron
Submitted on 11/19/2003
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Being a hunter, I have run into this problem on many occasions with our deer hounds. To remove porcupine quills, I cut the end from the quill with scissors then am able to extract the quill with little discomfort to the animal. Part of my hunting gear is a pair of sharp scissors. Quills are hollow and only when compressed do the barbs protrude causing much pain to the dog.

Answer by Haista Vittu Koirat
Submitted on 1/15/2004
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Koirat voi painua helvettiin täysi kirous mukanaan kieroon elämään jossa synnyt kaatopaikan äpärän pennuksi.

Answer by jenny
Submitted on 9/21/2005
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what do the porcupine use their quills for

Answer by Kakuna
Submitted on 8/23/2006
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There is a stray dog in the university where i work, and have a case of Quills in the face, there is a posibility that they fall on their own? or is necesary to take it to the vet? please, answer ASAP... (sorry for my lousy english, im from venezuela

Answer by Frank Thompson
Submitted on 9/4/2006
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can acid vinigar be used to desolve quills?

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