Meet Maisie

The Snake Charmer

This little cutie first came to the clinic in September last year when she was only 9 weeks old, after Lakmini found her with a suspected snake bite (and an incredibly adorable swollen face). The bite was sorted out with lots of love and veterinary care, but the injury sustained left her with a sort of ‘Joker’ face on her right side mouth. This meant we struggled to adopt her out. She was once the only dog to not find a home at one of our adoption days and it broke our hearts. Her luck changed back in January when Maisie finally found a home at one of our adoption days, after she catching the attention of a local family who wanted a buddy for their son to play with.

We always do welfare home visits after adoption and two check backs showed that Maisie was doing really well, looking great and loving her new life. Then, disaster struck. All rehomed WECare dogs get free health care for life, but with the coronavirus lockdown, Maisie’s owners couldn’t get her to us when she suffered a bout of skin disease. They took her to a local vet but the problem worsened. Finally, when curfew was briefly lifted they got Maisie to us and we were shocked by what we saw.

Despite only being 8 weeks since we last saw her, Maisie was suffering with one of the worst cases of skin disease we’ve ever seen. Covered with mange, maggot wounds, open scabs and lesions, Maisie had lost her hair all over her body, and her face and feet were bleeding from where she had been scratching her itchy, sore skin. It was a pretty distressing sight for those of us who remembered her as a healthy little puppy.

We set to work getting Maisie better, showering her with love and treating her skin. Within days she was looking better! The power of medicine! It wasn’t her family’s fault that she was in this condition as they tried to get her help, so after some discussion we agreed to let them have her back – but they decided they didn’t want her, thinking her diseased. Dr Nayomi called them and tried to explain the situation but they’d made their decision. We’re going to really struggle rehoming Maisie again as to be honest, she looks a bit like a zombie dog and that’s not what people want. So, with a heavy heart, we’re adding her to our list of sponsor dogs.

MAISIE, YOU LOOK A BIT LIKE A GOAT AND WE’RE INTO IT.

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$✨TRANSFORMATION TUESDAY: THE FOXY EDITION✨ This foxy lady was found down at our local bakery (they do the best fresh bread and coconut buns, we tell ya!) by some WECarers when they were out for lunch back in January. She was COVERED in ticks and fleas (standard) and we suspected she had a broken leg, so scooped her up and carried her back up the road in the blazing heat 🔥🔥🔥 Sweaty times. Her X-ray showed a fracture, but the splints were all too large for her so we bandaged the little pooch instead, then we discovered she had ringworm. Can't this girl catch a break?! 😑 Unfortunately, this meant little Foxy had to put in isolation to avoid spreading ringworm around. Five weeks later, after many bandage changes, Foxy's leg was free but she was still under strict cage rest 🥴 Torture for a young pup, but oh so necessary. At the end of March, it was time to go home, so we dropped her back outside the bakery (the prime spot for street dogs in Gandara + all the snacks! 🙏). However, Foxy found her way back to the hospital, where she'd hide outside and jump out at us whenever we appeared, demanding cuddles. It was obvious she was refusing to be a street dog (too much of a brat 😏) so we took her in, in the hope of finding her a home. With still no takers by June (the pandemic put a stop to people coming to the clinic to adopt), we took Foxy to our adoption day in Dikwella in June where she was left on the shelf - potentially because SHE IS SO BOUNCY ⚡⚡⚡ This girl has no end of energy, we're very jealous, tbh. When in a kennel, she was jumping up on the partition wall to have a nosey, and when out of a kennel, she's jumping up to slobber on our faces and make a lunge for our earrings. Oh, and flying OVER THE BABY GATE and through the garden door so she can tear around the clinic, causing havoc 😂 She's a pest but we wouldn't have it any other way 💕 We'll now look after her until we can find her a forever home. If you'd like to sponsor this little firecracker while she's with us (and receive monthly pics and updates), please head to 👉bit.ly/sponsorfoxy👈$

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$Meet Bertie. We spotted him a few weeks ago in local village Gandara and he stuck out because a) well, look at him and b) we didn't recognise him (you get to know the dogs in the area like the back of your hand). Bertie's super friendly so - seeing that he's appeared out of nowhere - we think he may be a pet that's been dumped. This often happens because people can't afford (or don't want) to pay for the pet's veterinary care or they think the pet is diseased and will pass it on. 😠 Unfortunately, there's a pandemic (had you noticed?) and we are running on skeleton staff so Bertie had to join a waiting list 🤯 We finally had time (and room) to take on Bertie last week, so scooped him up and brought him in. We thought we were just dealing with skin disease and a gammy leg (turns out it was a carpal fracture) but Bertie surprised us with a TVT, babesiosis, multiple tumours and a wound on the scrotum. Nice! Bertie will be with us a while and - unsurprisingly - with that list of ailments, it's going to cost quite a lot to get him back on track, so if you have any spare cash, feel free to sling it our way at the link in our bio. DM us for Sri Lankan or UK bank deets 💰if that's more your vibe. And THANK YOU to everyone who has donated already this week, you really cheered up a veeeeeeery tired team 😴😁 P.S. Sorry about the state of the kennels and the buster collar - the dogs chew up the collars like you wouldn't believe and painting the kennels got pushed way down the priority list around the same time we had to start wearing face masks 🤔 ~ ~ ~ ~ #animalrescue #animalwelfare #lankalivin #BecauseWECare #streetdogs #travelsrilanka #lankalife #bethechange #volunteer #puppiesinparadise #vet #vetmed #veterinary #vetlyfe #surfsrilanka #wecare #srilanka #streetvet #srilankanstreetdogs #vetschool #charity #vetnurse #charitysrilanka$

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Alternatively, if you want to sponsor a dog for yourself, head to our website where there's an even bigger range of dogs! 👉bit.ly/sponsor-our-dogs👈
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