Ok, so this is getting a bit ridiculous. We are spending a boat load of money at the vet or on dog and cat supplies every month. Monkey’s little itchy bumps come and go (the vet has no clue, but we’ve ruled out Thyroid problems after an $80 test), cheech had his first check up at 3 weeks old (they stuck a little glass rod so far up his but I thought it was going to come out of his mouth), cheech got neutered, multiple visits to buy different tick repellents (Advantax, Frontline), neither of which worked and now, Monkey has a bloody nose.

I didn’t even know dogs got bloody noses? I came down stairs to the office yesterday and she had a slow trickle. I didn’t think anything of it, ran out to Mayaguez and when I got back her nose was still bleeding. Now though, it was clotty and coming out in big gross slicks on the floor. Summer and I got really worried around 4:00 when the blood started to flow more so we decided take her to the 24 hour care vet.

I called my buddy with a phone book and asked him to look up the 24/7 vet for us and I would call our vet to see if they had an emergency number. Our vet in Mayaguez (Dr. Morerro) didn’t have an emergency number and the closest 24/7 animal clinic to us was on the other side of the island past San Juan in a town called Chupacallos.

I hunted around on the Internet to see if I could find anything and only got more worried. According to the info I found her bloody nose is anything from a bur or stick stuck in her nose to a brain tumor. Summer and checked the side effects (her idea) of the Preventic tick collars and looked around to see if she got into any chemicals (highly unlikely that she ate anything because she is a picky eater…she’s not the type of dog that eats everything). Maybe she ate a rat that was poisoned or a lizard that is poisonous. We don’t know.

The vet opens at 8:00am and I am leaving with Monkey in 5 minutes.