Ruby got stung by a bee....

edited July 2009 in General
We have called the vet and given her some Benedryl but she is such a puffy little baby.
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Oh my little puffy faced girl...
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  • edited November -1
    Oh man poor baby :(
  • edited July 2009
    Owie! Owie! Owie!
    Poor Ruby girl!! No more biting at bees, my little red friend!

    Sage sends his sympathy, he knows how it feels:

    stung



    He could hardly open his eyes, yet remained charming to all the ladies at the vets office...
  • edited November -1
    Awww poor Ruby Roo! Feel better soon!
  • edited November -1
    Ouch! Hope the benedryl kicks in ASAP! Poor pup!
  • edited November -1
    would she chew a frozen cloth to get some cold on that lip?
  • edited November -1
    Poor girl, I hope it goes down fast.
  • edited November -1
    Booo bee! Hope she feels better soon. :)
  • edited November -1
    She and Miko chewed on ice cubes. The Benedryl is working beautifully. She is out cold. Swelling has gone down considerably.
  • edited November -1
    poor ruby. Bees are so freaking stupid!
  • edited November -1
    Honestly I LOVE bees. One of my favorite animals. I would love to have a hive and collect my own honey. The bee was in my house on the ground. It was Ruby's fault. Bee is dead (Jay squished him, I'm sad about that). Poor little guy working for his lady (the queen).
  • edited November -1
    I have respect for their work. But I'm not a fan.
  • edited November -1
    Jessica if you ever have a hive I'm so coming over lol. I'd love to collect my own honey as well. I'm a fan :P
  • edited November -1
    A friend of mine was a beekeeper for a while and he let me help him in the hives one day. It was sooo cool!

    Little Ruby is so cute, even with a puffy face.
  • edited November -1
    I just do not like any kind of bugs. I've learned to deal with them because of my job, but insects just creep me out now. I would have freaked out if I was aroud a bunch of hives.
  • edited November -1
    Joe is this the time I should tell you that Jason and I also have two pet Tasmanian Millipedes (Kang and Kodos)?
  • edited November -1
    Poor Ruby. Poor Bee. Wasn't a good day for either of them.
  • edited November -1
    Poor Ruby, I hate bee stings. Be sure to give her plenty of kisses


    Oh Joe/Dawn, don't step in my mom's house. She raises Madagascar Hissing Cockroaches and a 20yr old Tarantula (mother's day gift 2yrs ago). She loves to show them off and has a collection of old roach 'skins' that she likes to put on people's shoulders and scare them with. My mom is incredibly weird and somewhat crazy.
  • edited November -1
    I think I love your mom.
    Consider Ruby smooched.
  • edited November -1
    I didn't know you had Millipedes. I have a giant african millipede and hope to get more (very helpful at cleaning gecko food dishes) but for some reason no one carries them any more.
  • edited November -1
    Poor Ruby. I'm glad the meds are working well.
  • edited November -1
    Poor Ruby! I hope she feels better soon!
  • edited November -1
    I'm glad that swelling has gone down.

    I hope she'll be her happy self again when she awakes!
  • edited November -1
    We have a couple great reptile stores that also sell bugs. They have some cool rainbow Vietnamese ones. If I had more room I would have more.
  • edited November -1
    *shivering* aye yai yai, Joe/ Dawn I'm with you on that one I HATE bugs (except for bees (mmm honey) and spiders (bug killers), Anything creepy crawly makes me want to run around and go eww die!! Thank god Shao New is the bug chewing queen (and would probably get herself in trouble like Ruby).

    Calia, no offense, I hope to never get the chance to go inside your mom's house while she's raising "bugs" as I call them ;-)

    Good to hear Ruby is doing better though!
  • edited November -1
    There is only 1 reptile store near me, and the constant change of ownership is taking it's toll on the place. I've more been purchasing my wants (more big millipedes) and needs (crickets and enclosure stuff) at reptile expos/conventions. So much cheaper, more choices and you have the opportunity to haggle. Yeah, and those rainbow Vietnamese ones are pretty.
  • edited November -1
    I knew a dog that seemed to be able to eat bees without being visibly harmed, I am not sure how that worked but she would snag them out of the air.

    Is Puff Baby feeling better yet?
  • edited November -1
    She is almost completely back to normal. We gave her 2 doses of Benedryl last night (five hours apart). Her lip is slightly droopy but not at all swollen. She didn't even slow down a bit though. Little trooper.
  • edited November -1
    Sorry to hear she got stung, but glad she's feeling better.

    I'm not big on bugs, spiders, reptiles, etc. but can deal if they are in containers. They have a place in nature and serve a purpose, but you won't find me searching them out.

    In the house I grew up in, we were swarmed by honey bees - it took forever to get a beekeeper to come and get them - sections of the house had to be removed to get out all of the honey.
  • edited November -1
    Mmmm. Honey. :)


    Glad to hear that Ruby is doing better! Bee stings definitely do not seem to be any fun.
  • edited November -1
    The first time I was stung by a bee it was at a party in my back yard. I was about 6 years old. A bee flew up my shorts and stung the tendon between my thigh and my groin. I don't think I have ever screamed so loud.
    Ruby took it way better than I did.
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