Sunny days & Starry nights ... Thursday, May 08, 2008
and i say PHEW! The strange whitish outgrowths on MoMo Darcy's neck and body turn out to be
WARTS! Fortunately it's not some sort of tumour or cancerous outgrowths.
* heaves a long long sigh of relief *
from the dog health guide:
Dog skin warts are benign (non-cancerous) tumors or bumps on a dog’s skin.They are often cauliflower-shaped. They may be skin-colored or whitish-yellow in color. Warts are caused by a virus called papillomavirus. Because they are caused by a virus, what starts as one wart will often spread and because several warts. They may appear in clusters, or may appear on different parts of the body.
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-no wonder i found several similar outgrowths. and papillomavirus? i've learned about retrovirus and bateriophage but not really papillomavirus during bio. Viruses are seriously bad bad obligate intracelluar parasites with capsid coat.I wonder if it undergoes lytic cycle or lysogenic cycle. whahaha...
Warts are not painful, but they may be irritating to your pet. Your dog may lick or bite at a wart. In this case, the wart may bleed or become infected. If this happens, he will need treatment for the wart.
Just to share, my dog really has got personality and human characteristics. He can understand human speak and i'm sure many can testify to that. One impressive fact is that he can recognise the names of the people is my family, like my name, my sis's, my mom's and my dad's. When he could still see, he was able to recognise places as he would bark when we approach the destination. Remarkable, isn't it? This morning in the car, he amused me again. Being a rather short tempered dog, he simply cannot stand people laying their hands on his furry back. So when i put mine on his , he SNAPPED at me and it got me really angry. And i started scolding him with a stern tone. My mom threatened him by saying"if you are going to be so naughty you cannot go home" ( in human-dog language) and INSTANTLY, he shuffled his butt and moved himself very close to where i was sitting! ah! He knew he was wrong and attempted to tao hao me! HAHAHHA... of cos i forgave him. Who wouldn't be amused and in awe of such a smart intelligent move? It was as if he was telling me he's sorry when he snuggled up to me. awwwwwwwwwww....and did i mention? He's got no fur now! they got trimmed off at the groomer's and i hope momo doesnt mind being this naked. >.<
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oh oh my mom told me that he rejected the tidbit ( this brown stick tidbit he loves) when the groomer tried feeding him in an attempt to win him over! HAH of cos! He's too smart to be BRIBED. very unlike normal blurblur dogs who only see immediate benefits and fall into allures easily! ( maltese, to name one)
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MOMO DARCY is the SMARTEST DOG ON EARTH!
( even the ppl at the vet think so)
PART II:I'm officially a Wildlife Buddy of the Singapore Zoological Gardens:)
& Lazy afternoons ...
3:38 AM :D
Today was good. Today was fun. Tomorrow is another one.