Did they both happen outside? Is it too early for wasps to be coming out of the ground? I haven't seen bees here yet, only flies. Spider bite? She most likely was rummaging in the grass and happened upon something - but I agree, you need to know what that something is! If there was something she was allergic to, it wouldn't only happen the one time then not again. Did the swelling start out as small hives on her muzzle then "morph" into a giant, swollen muzzle? That leads me to believe it was an insect bite/sting. Poor baby - I know that look all too well from last years bee sting. If you figure it out, be sure to let us know. HUGS!!
What could she be allergic to?
Last year during the last week of March, Tessa's face swelled up. I was in the yard taking photos of my foster dog. When I zoomed in on Tessa across the yard I noticed she didn't look right. I ran over and her face was huge, with her eyes swollen shut.
![]()
We rushed off to the vet where they gave her a shot of steroids. The vet tech said she looked like a shar-pei mix. She was breathing fine but they wanted to keep her and make sure she didn't develop any breathing problems so I left for class and picked her up at closing. Because we were in the yard when it happened the vet thought it was probably an insect bite. But then I woke up this morning to find Tessa's eyes swollen shut again! Her lips were puffy but overall the swelling was only about half as bad as last year. So I gave her a prednisone and benedryl and just kept an eye on her. I felt every 15 minutes or so to make sure the swelling wasn't increasing. She wasn't in distress and was breathing fine, she's slept the whole day from the benedryl. The swelling is almost completely gone now, last year it took over 24 hrs for the swelling to go down. This didn't happen in 06, but I only just moved into this place in April 06. So theres something outside or inside that she's allergic to! Do I just expect this to happen next march/april? What would you guys do?
We rushed off to the vet where they gave her a shot of steroids. The vet tech said she looked like a shar-pei mix. She was breathing fine but they wanted to keep her and make sure she didn't develop any breathing problems so I left for class and picked her up at closing. Because we were in the yard when it happened the vet thought it was probably an insect bite. But then I woke up this morning to find Tessa's eyes swollen shut again! Her lips were puffy but overall the swelling was only about half as bad as last year. So I gave her a prednisone and benedryl and just kept an eye on her. I felt every 15 minutes or so to make sure the swelling wasn't increasing. She wasn't in distress and was breathing fine, she's slept the whole day from the benedryl. The swelling is almost completely gone now, last year it took over 24 hrs for the swelling to go down. This didn't happen in 06, but I only just moved into this place in April 06. So theres something outside or inside that she's allergic to! Do I just expect this to happen next march/april? What would you guys do?
1 - 7 of 7 Posts
1 - 7 of 7 Posts
