Pull them out with pliers if there are only a few. If there are a lot, a veterinarian can administer anesthesia and pull them out for you. Porcupine quills are tipped with microscopic barbs or hooks that drive them deeper into flesh.
You need to take your dog in to a Veterinarian who will lightly sedate your dog and remove the quills. The Vet will also mostly likely put the dog on some antibiotics to prevent further infection. The quills have a barb like hook at the ends so are very painful to try to remove without some sort of sedation not to mention very painful for the dog. Go to your Veterinarian.
All organic materials disolve. Porcupinne quills are made from a protienn called karatin and protiens usually disolve.
You remove porky pine quills by piking them one by one
See the related link for information regarding porcupine quills and dogs.
Barbed porcupine quills get stuck in the lion's skin and are very difficult to remove.
a porcupine has quills
The dog should be okay if you... A: Calm the dog down and take him/her to a vet. But if there is not a vet available.. B: ~muzzle dog ~have someone hold him or her ~pull quills out in quickly (be sure to pull them straight out, not an angle) ~search skin for quills that have been deeply engrafted by feeling the skin. If you find any, a vet has to remove them.
A porcupine has quills to defend themselves against harm's way (defend them from predators).
it has about 30,000 quills
the porcupine is born with its quills a@#$@#*.
Porcupine quills can range from 6 cm to over 20 cm in thickness.
Porcupine bristles are called 'quills'. The quills are large and hollow.
The quills area porcupine's best defense. If a porcupine did not have any quills, it may not be able to defend itself.
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