Susie has puffed up like a balloon

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Help please!!

Susie seems to have had some kind of reaction to something, not sure what but it looks like she is covered in wasp stings :eek: Her face has swollen up so much she now looks like a staffy not a JRT and there are lumps all over her body. Her skin is a real angry red too and obviously very itchy :( but, bless her, she doesn't look the slightest bit sorry for herself and ate breakfast as normal :rolleyes:

I did check in her mouth and her tongue isn't swelling up, or her throat, but I've taken her collar off just incase she swells up any more. She doesn't seem to have any symptoms other than itchy, red lumps and swelling that came up very quickly but seems to have reached a peak now and is possibly subsiding a bit.

Is there anything I can do to make her more comfortable until I can get her to the vet later?
 
Get her to the vet asap!

My friend pup was attacked my wild bees out on a walk. We were 45 mins from home, we called the vet and they said to get him to them asap. At that point he's had no reaction as such. We ended up calling a friend to meet us at the nearest road to drive him there. He was given some jabs and was then fine.

I do think you should get him to the vet now especially if his face has swollen! This would be counted as an emergency.
 
I am happy to report that she is nearly back to normal with the aid of some Piriton :D She had me worried there for a bit but God only knows what caused it, the vet thought it looked more like an allergic reaction than wasp stings so now I have to search the farm for anything dodgy she may have eaten - that could take months :( so I hope I find out what it was before she does it again.

I'm off now to pray for a vet-free November :rolleyes:
 
Ditto others, to the vets! ASAP
My lab had the same thing when he was bitten by an adder.
We didn't find any bite marks until the swelling went down.
They can go downhill so quick

Hope she gets better soon!

Elle
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