Rescues get sickly animals all of the time, but we rarely get ones with extra hole in their faces. We recently received a black throat monitor from a nearby shelter with a fistula, or a hole, in its face. Fortunately for us, it has already healed, but left a permanent reminder about how a simple infection can destroy your animal's face.
The white spot on his face is where the hole is. Sorry for the poor quality photo, it was taken with a cell phone. It looks like he has a nostril in the middle of his face, but it is actually a lot bigger and wider than his real nostril.
This animal came to us emaciated and vomiting. In just a couple weeks of keeping him warm and feeding him the appropriate sized food items and he's good to go. He still needs to put on a lot of weight, but he has an adopter coming to check him out tomorrow. Hopefully she will fall in love with this slightly damaged animal.
