A San Antonio foster dog ended up with a face full of quills and hefty medical bills after trying to “make friends” with a porcupine.
Nugget the dog wound up with a face full of quills and hefty medical bills after a porcupine encounterin the backyard of the dog's foster home last week.
Nugget, a 1-year-old American Staffordshire mix, received hundreds of quills in his face and legs after deciding to"make friends" with a porcupine, according to San Antonio Pets Alive! Nugget was rushed to an overnight emergency clinic and then transferred to another veterinary clinic the next day to remove any additional quills, the animal shelter wrote on Wednesday.
"Nugget had x-rays, fluids, quill removal surgery, anesthesia, medications and more," the shelter wrote in a Facebook post. Nugget the dog wound up with a face full of quills and hefty medical bills after a porcupine encounterNugget was on the city shelter's euthanasia list earlier this month, but was rescued by SAPA! and placed with a foster family where he currently lives.
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