SultryHellhound
Citizen of Zooville
Hey everyone,
I'm in a bit of a pickle. I found a super pregnant Chihuahua mix with no collar on a highway in Mississippi on July 1st, and she was extremely dehydrated. I first tried knocking on *every* door in the neighborhood to see if anyone knew whose dog she was. Nobody did. So then I icontacted both shelters in my county, who told me they weren't accepting any new animals for the next few months because they were overfilled. They told me to post her to their Facebook group for lost and found pets.
I then took her to the vet, who told me she was about to have her babies within the next couple of weeks, and that they could schedule a spay/termination for that Friday. She also informed me that she was riddled with hookworms, whipworms, and roundworms. So in total I paid around $250 for treatment that day. The vet also scanned her and said that she had no microchip, and also made a comment on how she must've not been taken care of very well, as she has multiple scars on her. The vet also estimated her to be around 18 months to 2 years old. I kept checking back on my post to the group, and nobody said anything on it, just a couple of likes.
The dog ended up giving birth that Wednesday , before they could do the spay. So for the past month, I've also been paying for neonatal care for the puppies. After around 3 weeks of no contact, I decided that she seemed happy enough with me, so I decided that she would stay with me. I never did remove the post.
Yesterday, I received a message on Facebook messenger about how this was her dog and that she could offer proof, which amounted to 3 or 4 photos of a dog who looked similar, but had some varying differences, like the color of the dog's nose was pinkish in one of the photos, but not the others. The dog in my possession has a fully black nose. She also claimed the dog was only 11 months old, which differed from what the vet says. The person claimed the dog went missing the day before I found her, which she could have made up based on the date of the post. That would also have meant that she wasn't responsible and let her dog get pregnant as well as not giving her proper veterinary care. She also mentioned that the dog would have had a cut on her leg, which she did not at the time that I found her.
I'm torn. One half of me thinks that she could be her dog, and the other half of me thinks that she's just trying to be a scammer. She even had one of her relatives contact my stepfather, who used to work together.
If she is in fact her dog, I'd feel really terrible about giving her back knowing that she wasn't taken care of properly, but at the same time I don't want to be a dog thief.
What on earth do I do?
I'm in a bit of a pickle. I found a super pregnant Chihuahua mix with no collar on a highway in Mississippi on July 1st, and she was extremely dehydrated. I first tried knocking on *every* door in the neighborhood to see if anyone knew whose dog she was. Nobody did. So then I icontacted both shelters in my county, who told me they weren't accepting any new animals for the next few months because they were overfilled. They told me to post her to their Facebook group for lost and found pets.
I then took her to the vet, who told me she was about to have her babies within the next couple of weeks, and that they could schedule a spay/termination for that Friday. She also informed me that she was riddled with hookworms, whipworms, and roundworms. So in total I paid around $250 for treatment that day. The vet also scanned her and said that she had no microchip, and also made a comment on how she must've not been taken care of very well, as she has multiple scars on her. The vet also estimated her to be around 18 months to 2 years old. I kept checking back on my post to the group, and nobody said anything on it, just a couple of likes.
The dog ended up giving birth that Wednesday , before they could do the spay. So for the past month, I've also been paying for neonatal care for the puppies. After around 3 weeks of no contact, I decided that she seemed happy enough with me, so I decided that she would stay with me. I never did remove the post.
Yesterday, I received a message on Facebook messenger about how this was her dog and that she could offer proof, which amounted to 3 or 4 photos of a dog who looked similar, but had some varying differences, like the color of the dog's nose was pinkish in one of the photos, but not the others. The dog in my possession has a fully black nose. She also claimed the dog was only 11 months old, which differed from what the vet says. The person claimed the dog went missing the day before I found her, which she could have made up based on the date of the post. That would also have meant that she wasn't responsible and let her dog get pregnant as well as not giving her proper veterinary care. She also mentioned that the dog would have had a cut on her leg, which she did not at the time that I found her.
I'm torn. One half of me thinks that she could be her dog, and the other half of me thinks that she's just trying to be a scammer. She even had one of her relatives contact my stepfather, who used to work together.
If she is in fact her dog, I'd feel really terrible about giving her back knowing that she wasn't taken care of properly, but at the same time I don't want to be a dog thief.
What on earth do I do?
