Re: [AlpacaTalk] Help, not alpacas...but our dog!
We use homeopathic Arnica Montana when we have bleeding that needs to stop. It works very well. Just a few pellets on the tongue (make sure they don't get spit out) and the blood should clot soon.
Good luck.
Stephanie
--- On Sun, 8/24/08, Allison Moss-Fritch <aemoss17@comcast.
> From: Allison Moss-Fritch <aemoss17@comcast.
> Subject: [AlpacaTalk] Help, not alpacas...but our dog!
> To: Alpacasite@yahoogro
> Date: Sunday, August 24, 2008, 9:57 PM
> HI lists,
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> I'm posting because I'm out of ideas, and it is
> fairly late.
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> Our 5 year old sheltie.55 lbs, not fat, with an
> extraordinarily heavy
> coat.which I keep stripping out as much as I can..is having
> a nosebleed. It
> has been slowly dripping despite my wiles.all afternoon. He
> is a pale gray
> ----called "bi-blue" and it is a fairly rare form
> of merle.and they
> sometimes have unique problems associated with the
> coloring.
>
>
>
> I have tried :
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> Cold cloth as a compress between upper lip and nose.
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> Ice packs on tummy and chest;
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>
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> wetting whole dog to skin (a one hour task in itself.)
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>
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> stripping out as much more fur as I could with a
> rake.(special stripping
> comb)..
>
>
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> Rewetting dog. I did feed him lightly once the night was
> cooler. Keeping
> ears iced down and cold. Re-compressing the area between
> upper lip and
> nose.
>
>
>
> It just keeps dripping.about 6 drips per minute..but
> he's not a huge dog and
> this has been going on for hours.
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>
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> I'm about out of ideas.
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> I get it stopped and he sneezes the clot out. Not that we
> care, but he's
> coated the kitchen, all the water dishes and the rug.all
> can be cleaned. We
> don't want to lose him and feel that there must be a
> quick answer .
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> The vets here are expensive and they are not here on a
> Sunday night.
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