Insect stings.
Today I decided to stay home from hunting and do much needed yard work and give all the dogs a good bath (80 degrees today). After I get all dogs washed and cleaned I take a quick siesta with a brewski. I look out side and see that Koyuki's left upper lip is so swollen that I can see her teeth!
I jump up and check it out. There was an area where it seemed that she was stung by some thing. I check her ou to see i there is any thing wrong with her and she checked out fine. I take her BP's to see if she's having any major reactions bt completely normal and she wants to play hard. So I take some Benedryl and wrap it in cheese and see if it helps. The swelling came down a good amount an when she fell asleep I checked her mouth to see if I can find a stinger but notta.
Soooooo after making fun of her a bit for looking like a Kishu duck, she seems t be doing fine.
Any one else had to deal with insect stings? Whats your guy's remedies?
I jump up and check it out. There was an area where it seemed that she was stung by some thing. I check her ou to see i there is any thing wrong with her and she checked out fine. I take her BP's to see if she's having any major reactions bt completely normal and she wants to play hard. So I take some Benedryl and wrap it in cheese and see if it helps. The swelling came down a good amount an when she fell asleep I checked her mouth to see if I can find a stinger but notta.
Soooooo after making fun of her a bit for looking like a Kishu duck, she seems t be doing fine.
Any one else had to deal with insect stings? Whats your guy's remedies?
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80 degrees? I am jealous... but 90 sounds better in my opinion XP
Secondly, usually just benedryl here. If the swelling is really bad, I will use a cold pack, but normally the pups will not sit still long enough for that to be effective. But then again, Nola is the only one that has ever gotten stung and she is a wiggle worm.
Glad Koyuki is doing fine, though! That will teach her to try and eat the bees! (or not... Nola gets stung a couple of times a year because she thinks bees are just so tasty looking!)
I have a good stash of benedryl and I use the 1mg per pound calculation. I have never been able to use a cold pack on a dog, they just dont want to sit still long enough for it to work. This is actually my first time having to deal with a bee sting flare up on any of my dogs. As of this morning she is fine and back to her usual self.
It's nice and sunny here and the highs are 15...I would kill to have some heat
Rina it isn't warm where you live? It's so nice here.
Glad Yuki is doing fine today. Bee stings suck.....