Guinea surgery tomorrow!

[jcatblum]

Glad for the guinea! Skye terriers are so pretty!!! Used to want one; when we lived in town. Now to be a dog living @ our farm they must be able to take down a coyote.... If not they wouldn't last.

 

[solanaskyes]

I'll post some of the non-gory pics here, the entire album with pics and video of most of the surgery can be found here: Stumpy's surgery.

In the induction box:

Yep, he's out:

Masking him before intubation:

Intubated:

We quickly realized we had to tape his nostrils shut to keep him under anesthesia:

.....if you want to see the most of the surgery, go to the link to the album at the top of this post and watch the videos in numeric sequence....WARNING: Graphic photos and video

Bandaging the foot:

Stumpy awake after surgery, probably thinking to himself "I am so going to peck somebody's eye out over this!":

 

[solanaskyes]

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Haha, don't be fooled, a coyote would not want to take on an adult Skye. They are not small, delicate dogs. Coyotes look for an easy meal, not a fight and Skyes are big and strong enough to give them a good fight. We also have Anatolian Shepherds anyway, so coyotes stay well clear of our place.

 

[PeepsCA]

Awesome pics, Thanks for sharing... gonna go check out the video and graphic stuff now

Glad Stumpy got thru the surgery! He's a lucky bird!

 

[jcatblum]

I was just thinking I wish I could get some of that calming gas for my birds at times! Sure makes that look like a peaceful guinea. Very neat to see how they worked with the bird.

 

[critters]

Am so glad all turned out well....

and great pics! Thanks for sharing!

 

[Missi]

This is SUCH a neat experience! Thank you for sharing it with us! Best wishes for Sir Stumpy!

 

[PeepsCA]

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I was thinking I could use some of that gas too... for myself when dealing with the Guineas, LOL

 

[terrilhb]

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I was thinking I could use some of that gas too... for myself when dealing with the Guineas, LOL

 

[PeepsCA]

This is my favorite pic out of the whole ordeal... so peacefully going nightnight while his booboo gets fixed

The videos were great too... and I saw that even in an anesthesia fog he was still in true Guinea form when he woke up and instantly made a break for it! (LOL funny but not funny!).

I can't imagine the actual cost of a procedure like that, had it not been done by a friend tho!

Again, thanks for sharing. Post some pics/videos on how well he gets around with the missing digit if you can!