Poor G'Kar was (we think) stung by a wasp last night just before 7pm. He was terrifed to go out into the dog run - absolutely stiff-bodied and whining, desperate to get back inside. We couldn't figure out what had happened at first because he looked totally normal other than being scared. We thought maybe the shovel had fallen on him.
As the night went on, one of his eyes swelled a bit. Then his nose rumpled up and he looked a bit like a shar pei! By bed time he had grown very uncomfortable and was scratching everywhere, rolling on the ground, and frantic. We had checked him for ticks, fleas, mosquito bites (at first we thought that was what had happened), but it got worse. We settled him down and he fells asleep, but when we put him in his kennel for the night, he was not a happy puppy.
Finally, at 1:30am, he had become almost frantic and we took him to the vet for an antihistamine (Benadryl). By the time we got home (almost 4am) he was sleepy and went into his kennel without a struggle, fell asleep, and didn't wake up until 7am.
The picture above is him this morning, still a bit swollen, but doing much better.
The poor guy has had to contend with cacti and wasps in less than two weeks!
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