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About 5 years ago I let my buddy outside to do his business. He then saw a squirrel and took off running around the house. I heard the screech of braking tires...and a sickening thud. I found my buddy laying a good 30 feet away from the now stopped car. That's how hard he was hit...and how far he was thrown...and he wasn't moving. I got sick to my stomach...and everything went black. I bent down to pick him up...and he whimpered a little...then licked me on the nose. I then realized he was still alive.
Suddenly the life came back into us both. I carried him home and called the vet emergency number. He had broken his leg completely through and they put it in a cast. They also told me he would need to be kept in a cage for a while so his leg could heal.
He had never been a cage...and obviously did not like the cast...because he kept chewing on it. I then bought some duct tape...which was suggested by the vet... to do a little fixin' up of his cast myself so he couldn't gnaw at it as much. I also bought him a sweet $30 red Christmas pillow to rest on in his cage.
Apparantly he did not like my duct tape job OR the sweet new pillow.
He literally chewed every piece of stuffing out....then gave me a look of "That'll learn ya' ta' stick me in a cage and duct tape my leg"
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About 5 years ago I let my buddy outside to do his business. He then saw a squirrel and took off running around the house. I heard the screech of braking tires...and a sickening thud. I found my buddy laying a good 30 feet away from the now stopped car. That's how hard he was hit...and how far he was thrown...and he wasn't moving. I got sick to my stomach...and everything went black. I bent down to pick him up...and he whimpered a little...then licked me on the nose. I then realized he was still alive.
Suddenly the life came back into us both. I carried him home and called the vet emergency number. He had broken his leg completely through and they put it in a cast. They also told me he would need to be kept in a cage for a while so his leg could heal.He had never been a cage...and obviously did not like the cast...because he kept chewing on it. I then bought some duct tape...which was suggested by the vet... to do a little fixin' up of his cast myself so he couldn't gnaw at it as much. I also bought him a sweet $30 red Christmas pillow to rest on in his cage.
Apparantly he did not like my duct tape job OR the sweet new pillow.
He literally chewed every piece of stuffing out....then gave me a look of "That'll learn ya' ta' stick me in a cage and duct tape my leg"[attachment 181711 herkycage2.jpg]
He'll also nab your pizza out of your hand if you're not looking