How could a perfectly good dog get a nosebleed? On the afternoon of the 11th, Taipei City Enya Animal Hospital received a case of a dachshund sneezing and having a nosebleed. After asking the owner if he had let the dog drink stream water recently, the doctor made an immediate decision and asked the dog to drink water. The owner took the dog outside for two laps. After the owner and the dog returned to the hospital out of breath, the veterinarian used a dropper to drip water into the dog's nose. At this time, a slender, brown thing suddenly poked out from the left side of the dog's nose. Come out, and this soft leech is the culprit of causing nosebleeds in dachshunds.

If your dog has cold-like symptoms but does not improve after taking medicine and injections, it may be a leech invasion. Dr. Cai Yijin from Enya Animal Hospital said in an interview with a reporter from "ETtoday Dongsen News Cloud". Dr. Cai said that this dachshund was not the first case to be invaded by leeches. The hospital had already established a set of SOPs and even had a jar specially designed to collect leeches captured from the nasal cavities of various animals.

Leeches like low temperature and humid environments, and a wet dog nose is the most suitable place for them to live. Dr. Cai said that after determining that the nosebleed is caused by leeches, the doctor usually asks the owner to take the dog for a run to increase the dog's internal temperature. At this time, the ideal home for leeches will become as hot as an oven, and they will It will start to drill outward.

After reaching the first stage, the next step is to drip water on the dog's nose, or put a basin of ice water in front of the dog's nose. When the leech feels that it is dark and cold outside, it cannot resist the temptation and pokes its head out a little. , the doctor will use tweezers to quickly pinch the dog, and the dog will be successfully freed from the leech, and the nosebleed will be relieved.

Although many animal hospitals are accustomed to dealing with leech invasion, Dr. Cai reminds that when taking fur babies to play in the countryside, you should try to avoid drinking stream or mountain spring water, "otherwise, the dog's nose may be occupied by new tenants."