I'm sorry that my first post in this forum has to be such a sad topic. My problem is this:
We are currently in China and have just witnessed what seemed to be a street dog fall in an incredibly dirty canal. People told us that he was in there for twenty minutes and towards the end was being fished out with a net. When confronted with the net he would twist away which greatly disorientated him and made it difficult for him to swim as well as made him swim in circles. Eventually when he could hardly move he was taken out with the net and was just about alive. Upon coming out he was shivering wildly, though the water and evening were very hot, had huge pupils, was breathing heavily and most obviously could not sit up straight and kept falling to one side. We took him and blow dried him and he stopped shivering. We now have him in our room and have no idea if there is anything we can do. Getting to a vet is very difficult as there is not such a demand in China and we are not even sure how to say vet among paying issues etc. Is there anything that we can do to help him or just anything that does not involve leaving him on the side of the road?
Any help is so greatly appreciated, anyone who knows the general attitude towards animals in China will understand that we could not just leave the poor thing alone
James
We are currently in China and have just witnessed what seemed to be a street dog fall in an incredibly dirty canal. People told us that he was in there for twenty minutes and towards the end was being fished out with a net. When confronted with the net he would twist away which greatly disorientated him and made it difficult for him to swim as well as made him swim in circles. Eventually when he could hardly move he was taken out with the net and was just about alive. Upon coming out he was shivering wildly, though the water and evening were very hot, had huge pupils, was breathing heavily and most obviously could not sit up straight and kept falling to one side. We took him and blow dried him and he stopped shivering. We now have him in our room and have no idea if there is anything we can do. Getting to a vet is very difficult as there is not such a demand in China and we are not even sure how to say vet among paying issues etc. Is there anything that we can do to help him or just anything that does not involve leaving him on the side of the road?
Any help is so greatly appreciated, anyone who knows the general attitude towards animals in China will understand that we could not just leave the poor thing alone
James