Urgent! I Need Help!

[angelfaerie19]

I have a dog and his name is Jax. Right now my family is broke and we can't take him to the vet. He has cuts around his neck from his collar and they are infected, oozing, and it smells horrible. I need to know if there is anything over the counter that will make him better before it gets worse and does him more harm. Please, if you know anything at all let me know ASAP!

[Pawsitive Thinking]

Firstly bathe the wounds then hotfoot it to your nearest pet shop to see if they have an antiseptic to put on it. Then beg, borrow or steal to get that poor animal taken to the vet

[lv4dogs]

If it smells then theres a VERY VERY VERY good chance gangrene has already set in. He needs to be on VERY STRONG antibiotics. Unfortunatly once the smell starts not much can be done without antibiotics. Most likey he will need to have some of the skin trimmed as the tissue is dying.

I am sorry I couldn't be of more help but he needs to see a vet. Once it starts to smell it is a dire emergancy!

Do you or your family have a credit card?
Or if you are a reputable client your vet should let you charge it.

One of the stray cats I found had to put to sleep because the gangrene was so bad and it was only about a 1.5 inch cut.

[lv4dogs]

Oh yeah and obviously remove the collar & buy a new one.

Good luck & please get him to the vets. I know you have no money but this is an emergancy!!!

[lv4dogs]

I hope you're not scared away or just a troll or whatever. I'd really like some updates on him. I really am sorry I can't be of more help but he really does need to see a vet.

Maybe your vet can work out a payment plan? Sometimes people donate money to the vets and it is put into a fund and is used to help out people in need. Maybe your vet has something like that.
Or a local humane society may be able to help?
A credit card?
Something.
Anything.

[Jessika]

Get him to the vet immediately. Even if you can't afford it, most vets WILL NOT turn away a pet in need of medical care especially in an emergency situation such as yours and most will be MORE than willing to either work out a payment plan or take a post-dated check. If it smells that's a good indicator that infection has already set in. DO NOT let your dog suffer just because you don't have the funds for medical attention!

Thsi is the result of not properly adjusting the collar to compensate for a puppy's growth!!! It's such a shame!! Please tell me also that you DO NOT use a choke collar as an every day collar right??

[angelfaerie19]

First off I want to thank all of you for your help with this. When you are poor it makes things harder than ever. I finally got in touch with the vet and they told me some things I can do with home products until I get the money to take him. In reguards to the ******* who said my dog should be taken away, you know nothing of my family and my pets. We have had animals ever since I was a little girl. I am 19 now and no one in this family has ever abused animals. And, just to let you know, we have bought him MANY new collars since he was a puppy. So lets just keep those kinds of comments to yourself.