Have you seen ticks that are as huge as a dollar coin or 50 cent?
When I first saw these pictures, I felt extremely sad for Penelope. She's only 19kg~! Imagine she was an easy target for blood suckers, the ticks! She had thousand of ticks on her body and she was too weak to move or even give herself a good scratch.
These are ticks tat fell out of her body in the short 5mins she was on the vet's table
Toes covered with ticks.
After her tick bath. U can see little black ticks crawling out of her body
Message quoted before she passed on by Monica Eng.
"Penelope a German Shepherd was found emaciated, abandoned and left to die in the rain by the roadside of Pasir Ris Farm way puppy mills. She is malnourished, dehydrated and covered with thousands of ticks. Too weak to stand up or scratch herself.
Currently she's undergoing treatment at Allpets and aqualife veterinary. She is dangerously anaemic with a blood count of 11% with signs of infection in her body. She is only 3-4 years old and has been bred before. Weighing only 19kg right now. Good thing is that test results does not show signs of any organ failures or heart murmur at the moment. She's been given a deticking bath and on IV drip right now. She's also very lucky to have found a Fairy God mother to sponsor her medical."
All kinds of ticks breed. Round, black, fat... all kinds...
Even after tick bath...u can see there are still alot of ticks left on her body
Ticks are finding way out of her fur
p/s: credits to therehomers and Monica Eng.
