Bee Stings

[ZoeF]

Hi,

this is my first time post - so sorry if I'm in the wrong section!

I have a beautiful French Bulldog, who turns 1 next month. We are coming into Spring, and he seems to get hayfever - especially on the windy days!

I took him to the vet he was given an antihistamine injection. I have heard people give their dogs antihistamine liquid (Claratyne or Benadryl) or tablets.

Has anyone else done this and is it recommeneded? I have an appointment with the vet next week and will ask, however I wanted to check here as well.

Thanks

Zoe

[RiverStar-Aura]

My boy Zeus is highly allergic to bees; the last time he was stung his face swelled, he became unresponsive and eventually passed out. I rushed him to the vet for treatment and now, every summer he is given Polaramine tablets daily.

[minimax]

I give my pug phernergan for bee stings (he eats them, or stomps on them, it's a great game apparently!)

[Staffyluv]

Link

This is a link to all the dosages for all the human antihistamines in the health section of the forum.

[ZoeF]

Thank you all so much!

Our next door neighbours have a tree that heaps of bees go into in summer and they then fall in our garden, Napoleon thinks it's a game and tries to play with them!

Thanks again

Zoe

[ZoeF]

Link

This is a link to all the dosages for all the human antihistamines in the health section of the forum.

This is really helpful! Thanks

[Steph M]

Gus was a genius and ate a bee last week, it was an impressive swelling and I worried it might have been a wasp and he'd swallowed it etc etc. We raced off to the vet to be safe and it didn't worry him one bit. We only saw it because he jumped on the bed with his teddy to play tug. He can be a bit of a loser. Vet said it's amazingly common and suggested some honey on it next time too.

This was after a few hours, but you can see why it would be in an awkward spot. Haha.

Edited September 21, 2013 by Steph M

[Staffyluv]

My old stafford was allergic to bees. We nearly lost him on the vets table once after he was stung on the face by one. I think it was about 15 minutes from when we saw him stung to when he was unconscious at the vets. He was give adrenalin into a vein as well as cortisone.

It is very scary when they react like that to bees - I removed all plants with flowers from the backyard after that.

[luvmybulldog]

My old stafford was allergic to bees. We nearly lost him on the vets table once after he was stung on the face by one. I think it was about 15 minutes from when we saw him stung to when he was unconscious at the vets. He was give adrenalin into a vein as well as cortisone.

It is very scary when they react like that to bees - I removed all plants with flowers from the backyard after that.

My bulldog Crumpet got stung on the pad of her foot in May at the dog park just after we arrived - She had a shaky paw for about 5 mins and then she just kept walking - Lucky for me one of the regulars bent down to say hello and asked me if her eyes always looked like that or I probably wouldn't have noticed until I got her into the car or home. Of course it was late Sunday afternoon so it was a mad dash to the 24 hour Specialist Centre - Took about 30 - 40 mins and by the time I got there she was unrecognisable - The vet found the stinger and pulled it out and they gave her a couple of shots and a course of prednisolone - Her face went down after about 1 1/2 hours - I've never seen anything like it before - She had a face like a balloon her skin was stretched so tight.