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Mystified - dog's fur turned green after op!

  • 02-08-2012 1:55pm
    #1
    strandroad
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    My dog had an operation this week (nothing wrong with that) and since yesterday is recovering at home. He is wearing a protective collar and just this morning we noticed that the fur on his neck under his chin has turned green! He is not getting anything put on his skin. He does get pills to swallow.
    The only thing I can think about is that the collar traps his saliva so it may be trickling down his neck; and the pills may possibly colour it? But why would they? And yesterday there was no green hue at all, although the fur was taking this brownish hue it does when the dog licks himself too much, apparently dog's saliva has this side effect.
    Should I be worried? He's seeing his vet on Saturday.


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  • #2
    meoklmrk91
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    I've never heard anything like that before, I would ring the vet just ask and make sure.


  • #3
    strandroad
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    I heard from our lovely vet and it's iodine - it must have reacted with something overnight to produce this greenish hue. Mystery solved!


  • #4
    Graces7
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    mhge wrote: »
    I heard from our lovely vet and it's iodine - it must have reacted with something overnight to produce this greenish hue. Mystery solved!
    #

    Only in Ireland,, forty shades of green ...


  • #5
    meoklmrk91
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    mhge wrote: »
    I heard from our lovely vet and it's iodine - it must have reacted with something overnight to produce this greenish hue. Mystery solved!

    Great to hear, delighted everything is okay. I am always worrying about mine, I must have at least one post a week regarding something that's wrong with one of them :). So after an op I am much worse. I always try to go by the rule when in doubt give the vet a ring, they are always happy to help out in my experience, it only takes a few minutes and it costs nothing.


  • #6
    mikom
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    Whatever you do..........don't make him angry......


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  • #7
    callmekenneth
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    no pic should result in a banning here


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