UNA
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Up front: took him to the emergency vet, he doing OK now.
Yesterday around 11am noticed that our dog (17 lb mix breed) had a few hives on the lower part of his body, he seemed very itchy. Gave him about 13 mg of Benadryl. Gave him a bath. By around 3 he had a new hive on his muzzle but the hives on his body were shrinking. Gave him another 13 mg around that time and took him to his grandparents house to play with the pups there. Went out and got back around 11pm and his face was much more swelled. The hives had become reddish and he had redness between his legs as if he'd been scratching. The swelling was noticeably better by the time we got home from the vet and is even better this morning. He never seemed to be bothered by it other than the itching, was running around playing. Airways seemed clear but took him to the emergent vet in Waldorf. They gave him a shot of steroids, IV fluids an told us to keep him on about 19 mg of Benadryl every 8 hours for 48 hours. We are to take him back to the vet if the swelling isn't down by tomorrow.
So. Trying to figure what he had a reaction to. Food hasn't changed. We have 2 cats, they're fine, no changes in the their food. None of the other dogs he played with were new or had any reactions themselves. Vet couldn't find any bites. Hives never seemed painful to him, just itchy. On Wednesday, I wan into a spiney orb spider in the back year (it's the time of year they lay eggs) so we're going to spray the yard with pet safe insecticide and break up the small woodpile.
Anyone have any ideas what it could have been?? I know it's a long shot but want to be able to clear away whatever it was the best we can.
Tl;dr
Dog had an allergic reaction, trying to figure out what it was. He's OK now.
Thanks in advance!
Yesterday around 11am noticed that our dog (17 lb mix breed) had a few hives on the lower part of his body, he seemed very itchy. Gave him about 13 mg of Benadryl. Gave him a bath. By around 3 he had a new hive on his muzzle but the hives on his body were shrinking. Gave him another 13 mg around that time and took him to his grandparents house to play with the pups there. Went out and got back around 11pm and his face was much more swelled. The hives had become reddish and he had redness between his legs as if he'd been scratching. The swelling was noticeably better by the time we got home from the vet and is even better this morning. He never seemed to be bothered by it other than the itching, was running around playing. Airways seemed clear but took him to the emergent vet in Waldorf. They gave him a shot of steroids, IV fluids an told us to keep him on about 19 mg of Benadryl every 8 hours for 48 hours. We are to take him back to the vet if the swelling isn't down by tomorrow.
So. Trying to figure what he had a reaction to. Food hasn't changed. We have 2 cats, they're fine, no changes in the their food. None of the other dogs he played with were new or had any reactions themselves. Vet couldn't find any bites. Hives never seemed painful to him, just itchy. On Wednesday, I wan into a spiney orb spider in the back year (it's the time of year they lay eggs) so we're going to spray the yard with pet safe insecticide and break up the small woodpile.
Anyone have any ideas what it could have been?? I know it's a long shot but want to be able to clear away whatever it was the best we can.
Tl;dr
Dog had an allergic reaction, trying to figure out what it was. He's OK now.
Thanks in advance!
