A San Antonio puppy got stuck with hundreds of quill pens after failing to make friends with a porcupine

San Antonio – The playful puppy wanted to make friends with a porcupine last week, but it didn’t work.

San Antonio Pets Alive shared a photo of the American Staffordshire Terrier Mix, a one and a half year old nugget, on Facebook. After failing to play with the porcupine, her face was filled with quill.

The nugget was on the city’s euthanasia list in early July, but foster parents intervened to save his life, a San Antonio Pet Alive official said.

When he met the porcupine, he was playing in the foster parent’s backyard, but things went wrong and the nugget had “hundreds of quill pens on his face and feet.”

According to San Antonio Pet Alive staff, the nugget was rushed to an emergency veterinary clinic where he underwent x-rays, fluids, quill removal surgery, anesthesia, and medication.

“His surgery costs already $ 2,500 and he will follow up and remove stitches in the next few weeks. With Nugget’s latest x-rays, veterinarians will be removed if the x-rays are quill. I don’t know if it’s a quill air pocket or an abscess. “

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San Antonio Pet Alive Wants Donations To Helps cover the medical costs of the nugget. The money left over after covering the cost of the nugget invoice goes to other dogs and cats that the rescue saves each year.

According to San Antonio Pet Alive, “The nugget is now much better and weighs on all four legs. He was a pretty sociable boy while at the vet clinic.”

He Can be adopted I am trained in toilets and crates.

According to his profile, the nugget “loves squeaky tennis balls and stuffed animals, has fun fetching, running around the yard, returning toys to you and throwing them again.”

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Nuggets also love to kiss and enjoy keeping pets from their human friends.