Puppy Got a Bee Sting, HELP

Give him ice cubes to chew and play with. If it IS a bee sting, and the stinger isn't lodged in his lip, then there's nothing the vet can do for him, other than a little benedryl or something similar. So I would just give him ice, and let it go. He'll be okay. Bee stings swell a whole bunch, I had a yellow jacket brush my lips once, and my lips swelled up WITHOUT getting stung. The good news is that the swelling should go down on its own in a day or so. If the stinger is in there, the swelling won't go down.

He could also have been bitten by a spider. Those bites swell up, too, and around his mouth, it'd swell even more.

Good luck. It's awful to feel helpless and want so much to ease his pain !!

Hi A.,
this really isnt anything to play around. Did you call your vet and tell them the issue and ask them what you should do now?

I jumped on line and googled "dog bee skin treatments" and there is a lot.

Here is one:
Do you know how you would react and what action you would take if your pet was stung by a bee? It's hard to say what you would do because if it has never happened to your pet, you would have no way of knowing exactly how they would react to the situation. But just like humans, many pets are allergic to bee stings and it's frightening to think about what could happen if you did not act quickly.

Let's go through a few options for treating that bee sting based on some different scenarios.

Your first priority should be to remove the stinger from your pet, as it will be left behind. Even though the bee has gone it is possible that the stinger is still seeping poison into your pet so you want to remove it as soon as possible. Use something with a bit of a sharper edge to scrape the stinger free from the skin.

Your next step is to ensure that your pet is breathing properly. The poison from a bee sting can cause a pet to go into anaphylactic shock and you will know the signs of it if your pet appears weak, is trembling, vomiting, has diarrhea, is breathing quickly, wheezing, has pale gums, fever or actually collapses. Hopefully this situation does not present itself, but if it does time will critical at this point and you will want to get your pet emergency help immediately. During this time make sure you keep your pet warm and help to keep him or her conscious by putting some Karo Syrup or Honey on their gums.

If the scenario we just discussed does not occur it is still likely that the sting will result in some swelling. If so, there are a number of things that you can do to help reduce the swelling and relieve your pet of its discomfort. You can use an over the counter antihistamine by administering 1 milligram for every pound of body weight, so a ten- pound animal would get about 3/4 of a teaspoon. You can also dab the antihistamine directly onto the site of the sting. You will probably need to repeat the dose every six to eight hours.

You can also sooth your pet's pain by administering a cold pack to the affected area for approximately ten to thirty minutes several times a day. Or another option is to make a Baking Soda Poultice. Mix 1 tablespoon of baking soda with enough water to create a thick paste and dab the mixture onto the swelled area. This could be a little bit messy if you are treating an area with thick or long hair so you may want to trim the area a bit beforehand.

Good luck but I honestly would start with your vet. They SHOULD be able to tell you what to do in the meantime. I hope all is okay!
K.

Hi A.,

Animals have a way of healing themselves. Don't worry, the puppy will survive.

Good luck. D.

Hi A.

Don't know if you got ahold of your vet yet. You can give Benadryl for the bee sting, but the age and size of your dog are a factor. My dogs is allergic to bees and she chases and catches them, she swells and NO SHE DOESN'T HEAL HERSELF. Call the vet and see what dosage of Benadryl she can have.

give her a benedryll.i would give her one capsule. hold her mouth open,get it down her throat and rub her throat so it goes down. if it does not get better she needs to go to the vet.

A.,

The first thing you need to do is to have someone hold her while you find out exactly where she got stung. Once you find the spot where she was actually stung, then check to make sure that the stinger is not still in her skin....if it is, it will keep pumping venom into her skin until you remove it. Look for a very small black thing,about as big around as the end of a needle,and the tip of it will be sticking out of the center of the swelling where she was stung. If you do find the stinger still in her skin, you can use a pair of tweezers to remove it, or, if you can't get hold of it with tweezers, you can use the back side of a butter knife to gently scrape it out of her skin. If you don't find the stinger, then that's a good thing, which means that the sting will get better much more quickly.

If you have any Benedryl capsules in the house, give her one of those to take down the swelling. If she is a very small puppy, you can break open the capsule, and only use about half of the contents. Put it into a small amount of some sort of food that she likes, and she will probably eat it willingly.

If the sting is on the outside of her mouth, one of the best things to draw out the poison, believe it or not, is to just mix a little water in a small cup with some dirt to make some fairly thick mud, and dab that on the center of the swollen part of her lip. As the mud dries, it will draw out the venom. If the sting is on the inside of her lip, you can use some moistened baking soda, or even a small amount of toothpaste on the center of it, which will both do the same job, although not as quickly.

Keep an eye on her for a while, to make sure that she doesn't have any sort of allergic reaction to the sting, such as the whole side of her face swelling, or swelling in her throat which seems to be making it difficult for her to breathe. If you see that happening, then get her to a vet as quickly as you can.

She'll probably be just fine in a day or two, although the area may pain her a bit for a while....hope this information helps!

D.