Rescue Alliance of Hairless & Other Breeds, Inc

Meet some of our Special Care Animals

Every day, thousands of animals are so badly abused, that you can not even imagine them physically and emotionally healing (or getting over this). We would like to share with you how much and what it takes to rehabilitate these animals. What it takes to getting them back to into somewhat healthy state, so that they can be adopted out, and adjust to a new home and a life, they perhaps never knew. It takes time, money, determination, patience and often emotional attachment to bring some of them back.

Nanu is a 10 month old Xoloticuentle, she was brought to the Atascadero Emergency Vet on January 1st, 2010. X-rays showed that both front legs were badly broken. Her owner did not have the money to property fix her legs with surgery, so her legs were splinted and she was released. Unfortunantely for Nanu, her owners could not afford her followup care so, they did the re-wrapping of her splints themselves. Her right leg was wrapped too tightly and her blood flow was restricted. This led to some of her skin cells dying. Her owner noticed the foul smell and called the vet. Again, because of finances, they decided that they could not help her so they called us. We picked up Nanu on January 18, 2010 and rushed her to the vet. X-rays revealed that her left leg was healing even though it was no longer aligned properly, but her right leg is not healing well yet. Worse though, her skin is dying off on her right leg and paw and she could lose all of the skin from mid skin down.

Nanu, is receiving daily hyperbanic treatments and twice dailey re-wrapping of her leg using honey to try and save some of her skin.

Nanu's on going treatment will be quite costly, but we are doing everything we can to help her. If you would like to donate to help defray her medical costs please Click Here

If you are able to view graphic images, you can click on the link below to see updates of what her skin looks like under the bandages. Please, only click if you can handle some pretty disturbing images. Graphic Images of Nanu's leg.

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Meet some of our Special Care Animals

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