Gypsy was brought to the vet by her owners with a horrific infection on her back that was infested with maggots. She had been bitten by some of the owners' other dogs in a fight some time earlier, and because the wounds were deep and never treated, infection set in and spread. They told the vet, "She musta gotten the maggots from eating that dead pigeon." I'm not sure what they thought the dead pigeon had to do with it. This was an elderly couple with 6 dogs and very little money; when they discovered how much it would cost to treat Gypsy, they told the vet to euthanize her. The vet asked them to sign her over to him instead, and called rescue to help him out. She was much too sweet and beautiful to let the maggots have her.
The pictures above are after three weeks at the vet hospital and two surgical procedures to clean and close the wounds. The pink skin is all new skin that has grown back where the maggots had eaten it away. The open wounds are much smaller than when I first saw her a week earlier; then, they were oozing pus and surrounded by dead tissue, which is why she needed a second round under anesthesia.
In a few more days she will go to a foster home where the gentleman has 3 other Aussies, all of whom are his pride and joy. He doesn't go on vacation unless they can go with him. As long as she gets along with his other dogs, he will adopt her once she is spayed. Hopefully she will never suffer from neglect and poverty again.
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