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A little background, Thorai had a tick embedded in his tail last year. I did not discover that there was anything wrong until he had made it really raw and sore from biting. I never saw him picking at it so was oblivious to the whole thing. I was brushing him one night and discovered the scab on his tail and went to investigate and he started growling.
We went to the vet the next morning to get it checked out. I explained that he growled when I tried to see what was going on. My vet and vet tech decided I should leave the room and let them see if they could check it out, they had a muzzle ready just in case. He was the perfect gentleman, they shaved the spot and took the tick out and cleaned it all up, he never batted an eyelid!!
He is still sensitive about his tail, when I'm brushing it he gives me the eye but has never growled. That's until this morning, I discovered a bit of matted hair on his tail as I was drying him after coming back from the beach. I got the brush to get it out and off he goes growling again the minute I started.
How do I deal with this????? He has never growled for any other reason.
We went to the vet the next morning to get it checked out. I explained that he growled when I tried to see what was going on. My vet and vet tech decided I should leave the room and let them see if they could check it out, they had a muzzle ready just in case. He was the perfect gentleman, they shaved the spot and took the tick out and cleaned it all up, he never batted an eyelid!!
He is still sensitive about his tail, when I'm brushing it he gives me the eye but has never growled. That's until this morning, I discovered a bit of matted hair on his tail as I was drying him after coming back from the beach. I got the brush to get it out and off he goes growling again the minute I started.
How do I deal with this????? He has never growled for any other reason.
