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<blockquote data-quote="Lannie" data-source="post: 1769349" data-attributes="member: 8202"><p>Yes, Faith. 30 miles outside Faith, actually, but being literally in the middle of nowhere, Faith is our post office.</p><p></p><p>I have acepromazine, and I did use a dose of that on the other dog when she got quilled, although I don't think it did much more than make her a little loopy. She still felt the quills coming out, but she never offered to bite me. She just threw her head back and forth, so we had to remove hers in stages, with naps in between for her to settle back down.</p><p></p><p>The boy, different story. Man, he was so scared, he was screaming at one point. But, we finally got him to a vet. It's a long story, so I'll shorten it to say, a friend of a friend of a friend knows one of the vets in Sturgis, and I was able to contact him at home and he said he could meet us at his clinic in the afternoon, so we loaded up the dog and headed out. By some weird coincidence, the vet turned out to be my old horse vet that I used when I had my TB mare. But he likes dogs, and knows his way around them, so he did just fine. He used dexdomitor IM for 80 pounds (Conan weighed 71 on the scale), but he just would NOT GO DOWN. We waited 20 or 25 minutes, until he was drowsy enough to get out of the truck without flipping out too badly, then the vet gave him another 30 pounds worth IV and that finally did the trick. It took less than one minute to pull the remaining quills out. That's what was so frustrating. There were probably only 15 or 20 left (I got the rest out earlier in the day), but I couldn't get those last few. GAH!</p><p></p><p>It started snowing on our way home, and it was after 7:00pm when we finally got back, so I'm hoping the inclement weather kept the porcupines huddled up somewhere. For sure the dogs were huddled up in one of the barns - I never heard a peep out of them all night. My husband says he's going to have to go out with a flashlight and a varmint gun tonight or tomorrow night and try to find that (those?) porcupine and eliminate him. Just the one vet visit was $350 (but that included the "emergency" fee). Still, can't be doing that every day.</p><p></p><p>I'm sorry that Conan was so traumatized by yesterday's events, but I can only hope he's learned something by it. Like, trying to bite spiky rodents is maybe a bad idea? I dunno, he's a teenage boy. Maybe he learned nothing. All I can do is try to survive with my wits intact until he grows up.</p><p></p><p>Oh, and by the way, when I said I was going to "demand," I didn't mean I was going to be a you-know-what-about it. I'm always nice. In fact, I was so nice, the vet did give me another dose of everything in case Conan didn't learn his lesson yesterday. But that stuff is spendy! $37.50 per CC he said. That's why the bill was so high. That's alright, though. It's nothing when compared to his value, and it will save us the money for a second vet trip. (You KNOW he's gonna get quilled again.)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lannie, post: 1769349, member: 8202"] Yes, Faith. 30 miles outside Faith, actually, but being literally in the middle of nowhere, Faith is our post office. I have acepromazine, and I did use a dose of that on the other dog when she got quilled, although I don't think it did much more than make her a little loopy. She still felt the quills coming out, but she never offered to bite me. She just threw her head back and forth, so we had to remove hers in stages, with naps in between for her to settle back down. The boy, different story. Man, he was so scared, he was screaming at one point. But, we finally got him to a vet. It's a long story, so I'll shorten it to say, a friend of a friend of a friend knows one of the vets in Sturgis, and I was able to contact him at home and he said he could meet us at his clinic in the afternoon, so we loaded up the dog and headed out. By some weird coincidence, the vet turned out to be my old horse vet that I used when I had my TB mare. But he likes dogs, and knows his way around them, so he did just fine. He used dexdomitor IM for 80 pounds (Conan weighed 71 on the scale), but he just would NOT GO DOWN. We waited 20 or 25 minutes, until he was drowsy enough to get out of the truck without flipping out too badly, then the vet gave him another 30 pounds worth IV and that finally did the trick. It took less than one minute to pull the remaining quills out. That's what was so frustrating. There were probably only 15 or 20 left (I got the rest out earlier in the day), but I couldn't get those last few. GAH! It started snowing on our way home, and it was after 7:00pm when we finally got back, so I'm hoping the inclement weather kept the porcupines huddled up somewhere. For sure the dogs were huddled up in one of the barns - I never heard a peep out of them all night. My husband says he's going to have to go out with a flashlight and a varmint gun tonight or tomorrow night and try to find that (those?) porcupine and eliminate him. Just the one vet visit was $350 (but that included the "emergency" fee). Still, can't be doing that every day. I'm sorry that Conan was so traumatized by yesterday's events, but I can only hope he's learned something by it. Like, trying to bite spiky rodents is maybe a bad idea? I dunno, he's a teenage boy. Maybe he learned nothing. All I can do is try to survive with my wits intact until he grows up. Oh, and by the way, when I said I was going to "demand," I didn't mean I was going to be a you-know-what-about it. I'm always nice. In fact, I was so nice, the vet did give me another dose of everything in case Conan didn't learn his lesson yesterday. But that stuff is spendy! $37.50 per CC he said. That's why the bill was so high. That's alright, though. It's nothing when compared to his value, and it will save us the money for a second vet trip. (You KNOW he's gonna get quilled again.) [/QUOTE]
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