Thorn Ouch!

Yesterday am I was petting Laci when I felt a bump. A rather large one on her back. My first thought was the big C..... I went to work and after called her over to me so I could get a closer look. She had been chewing it during the day so there was a open sore in the middle of the bump. There was also a black speck, sticking our of the sore. I took the tweezers and pulled on the speck and surprise! out came a 1 inch thorn!!!!. I washed the sore, cut alittle hair from around it and left it. This am the sore had a scab and tonight the bump was gone. Thank goodness. I can only guess she got too close to a palm leaf that was hanging down near the ground. :D Shes feeling much better tonight.
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Owie!!!Poor baby!
Ouch!! 8O
Ouch is right!!! Poor Laci but glad her mom was on the ball and able to spot something was wrong. :clappurple:

Marianne
Oh bless, sheepies dont make a fuss do they? If that had been my yorkie the whole world would have known about it...
poor laci loo....so much for the saying "thorn in your side" 8O
I was just wondering if you might want to call the vet to see if they might recommend a course of antibiotics? I would be afraid of an abcess due to the depth of the wound and I understand that palm thorns can be very dirty and cause some serious infections. Just as a precaution, I would hate to see it fester up again and then have to take her in for a more serious infection.... just a thought.

I'm amazed at the length of that darn thorn, that would scare me to see that come out, and I would be glad that it was that, rather than what you thought it might have been (C word).

Good luck!
L
How lucky you found it before it got infected. Best wishes for speedy healing.
Poor baby. Can't imagine how much that hurt! Good mama for being on the ball. Keep a close eye on it and call the Vet if anything changes.
Oh bless....our last oes Katy was licking her back paw, I bathed it but she didnt like you touching her foot. When she was really ill, the vet shaved her foot and said she must have got a thorn in there, and removed it herself!
Aww poor Lacey, Glad she is on the mend :D
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