Cabell managed to tear out most of the staples on the top of his head last night, probably just by scratching with his paw. The night before just one was missing, but this morning nearly all of them were gone. Clay took him to the vet early this morning and left him for the day.
They drugged him up and sewed him up, and sent him home with a cone on his head to keep him from tearing out the stitches. He hates it. He's been hanging his head as if it's a 20 pound weight instead of a light plastic collar. And he has the saddest little whimper, not from pain, I think, but just because he's unhappy with the situation.I had to hold his food and water bowls this evening to show him it was still possible to eat and drink, but he will figure it out soon enough. He's hunkered down in the Cabell Cave this evening and we all are glad he's home again.
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Awww, poor Cabell!
My first purebred, Skipper, had an undescended testicle, so his neuter scar was quite large. He kept pulling the stitches and staples out. Well, the vet had run out of e-collars, so he went out and bought a rubbermaid bucket, cut a hole in the bottom and strung it with gauze to hold it on. It was the funniest thing, a big, lanky shepherd puppy with a bright teal bucket on his head. When he'd go to eat, the whole thing fit over his bowl. He maneuvered it quite well, but would often accidently take us out by hitting the back of our knees with the bucket.
Then, when Jeter got his ear torn, they immediately gave him an e-collar. He couldn't figure out how to walk around in it. He'd take a couple steps, stop, take a couple steps, stop. He was so pathetic.
The poor guy! At least, he can't mess with the cut now and it will have a chance to mend.
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