Dumaguete Animal Sanctuary

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Stan

Stan gets bitten

Stan gets Bitten

We have a worrying situation with Stan.  We noticed that his leg was swollen and on further inspection we saw 2 puncture wounds that looked like fang bites.  We thought it might be a non venomous snake or a large centipede.
If it was a venomous snake he would be dead by now, but non venomous snakes can cause bacterial infections.

Stan bite injury

Without knowing exactly what bit him it's hard to know what treatment to give.
We took his blood to Animal Wellness and it was pretty much normal so he is on antibiotics, anti inflammatory meds and confined in a cage.
He is still very active and eating well so we are not too worried right now

Stan bite injury

Stan Update March 2021

Stan has had a pretty good month in terms of his health, though like a lot of the dogs here, he has developed a fungal condition on his skin, which makes it a little patchy. We have to bath him using Mycocide shampoo twice a week for around a month to get rid of it.
He also developed a cough in the last few days, nothing serious so we are just supplementing his food with Vitamin C.

The good news is that we leashed trained him this month! One of our volunteers Patti , has been working with him.  Leash training makes a dog so much more adoptable.