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You can see by the picture how much
Chancy has improved. He is all well now.
Read his story below and
see more pictures by clicking the button link near the bottom of the page.
Chancy
came to us the first part of January 2008. He is part of what has been taking up so much
of my time of late. I named him Chancy because he was given a second chance at
life.
When
he was brought to me he was dying from starvation and other problems. He had
an embedded collar around his neck, two kinds of mange, staph infection, a
multitude of fleas, he was full of worms and he was anemic.
The
collar was so tight on his neck that he could not swallow water or food. After
I removed the collar I saw his neck had been cut from ear to ear by
the collar I cried so hard I sobbed and snorted. I called my vet immediately
and he scheduled him for surgery early the next morning.
I
then got water and food for him and he drank water and ate food like there was
no tomorrow then he laid down on the blanket I put down for him and he slept
for hours.
The
doctor had to cut a lot of flesh from his neck because it was just hanging. He
did a wonderful job though and Chancy's neck looks very good now that it is
all healed up.
He
weighed 6 lbs. the day he went in for surgery, when I took him back for his
checkup and to have the stitches removed he weighed 9 lbs. He had gained 3
lbs. in 2 weeks. He ate and ate the first 3 weeks we had him but he has
slacked off some now and doesn't eat as often or as much. The last visit to
the doctor he weighed 16 lbs.
He
has now had all his shots and his next trip in a few weeks will be to
have him neutered. I have him
spoiled rotten and when we take him to the vet he tries to crawl up under my
chin and hide. He nudges and digs and just keeps trying to get hidden but he
finally lays his head under my chin and goes to sleep when he sees he cannot
get any closer to me or get hidden any better.
He
loves to ride in the car. The other day I backed the car from under the
carport so we could move some things more easily and Chancy had to get in the
car and ride with me. When I put the car back under the carport he ran and got
in the car with me too.
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