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One of my 4 month old pups has a swollen face this morning. Is there anything I can give him to make it go down? He seems fine except for the left side of his face is all swelled up.
Fine last night, actually I just took pictures of them last night, so I don't get it. Would maybe a bee sting or spider bite have done this?
He ate his treats just fine, haven't seen him drink yet.

Help anyone?

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benadryl usually helps with swelling, we give it for snake bites to keep it down

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I take that back, he's still swelled up. I've got Benadryl tabelts, I'm going to try and give him one of those.

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benadryl usually helps with swelling, we give it for snake bites to keep it down

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Could also be puppy strangles.

Here is a pic of one Susie's hounds when she had one with it.

http://www.coondawgs.com/forum/view...=26&t=20430

Someone on here back this summer had a hound that the face looked like in the pictures in the above link and came out to be a spider bite.

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My boxer has a thing for bees he comes in all the time with his face
swelled.......Gotta keep benadrly on hand.....

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I had one like that earlyer this year.
Looks like a bee sting or spiderbite to me
I just gave mine benadryl and asprin my females was really fevered so I gave it like 4 times a day
If it was puppy strangles its lips would get real stiff and it would be all around his neck not just one side by my experiance.
mine cleared up in 4 days or so
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I had one like that earlyer this year.
Looks like a bee sting or spiderbite to me
I just gave mine benadryl and asprin my females was really fevered so I gave it like 4 times a day
If it was puppy strangles its lips would get real stiff and it would be all around his neck not just one side by my experiance.
mine cleared up in 4 days or so
GOOD LUCK

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Dont freek out yet as long as he still is drinking water and eating he may be ok He may have tryed to eat a bee and got stung on the lip stay on the benadryl and keep your eye on his neck

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yea dont freak out how long has it been cause my pup got stung on the neck by a bee a wasp and it lasted for like a bay and then it went down see around here the bees are still out hell i dont no y they havent disapeared yet but it might either or but just see if it goes down and if it dont then take it but i though the same thing bout my pup she was swolen bigg time and me and my boyfriend was freaking out then i said o yea she got stung and it was that night and the next night it went down it wasnt gone but it went down so just watch it

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I have had a couple with puppy strangles, it needs antibiotics for it and they will clear up, but it is very painful for the pup, they will eat the hole time and drink just swelled up head and face.

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check around where he has been and make sure there isnt anything he could have gotten into...my dogs whole face and head swolled up...she got into a wasps nest on our porch...benedryl will work if you give the right amount dont give them too much...i would check with a local vet and get recommended amt for the puppies weight...i really hope the puppy get well!!!!

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Laura can you take a pic of him? Was he in with any other dogs?

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i had one get bit by a small copperhead and it looked just like that. i gave him Bendril and vitamin C pill which i read off an Australian post . they just use Vit. C pill for bites

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Thankfully its gone way down!!
It was still swelled at 2:30, but by feeding time it was nearly back to normal looking. Just freaked me out having a little pup look like that. Still a little lump on his chest.
No pics of him, I don't think I should post them though if I had.
I had brought them both in last night and locked them in their cage for the night, perfectly fine, but then this morning all swelled. He was in with the little female, so I thought if it had been the food or a treat she would have been swelled too.
So I'm thinking he had to have been bitten or stung or ate a bee, I don't know. I sprayed the basement down and cleaned the cage so hopefully that'll keep anything away.

I'll keep checking on them more than I normally do and hopefully it won't come back.

Thanks for worrying with me!

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Only experience i've had with a pup getting a swelled face was one who had been bite by another dog, but the sounds of it I don't think it sounds like that.
Hope hes better soon!

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He was still sleeping this morning when I peeked in, but I hope he looks back to normal. It looked like last night that he had small bumps on all his legs, just seems like some kind of allergic reaction to something.
Unless you're right Autumn and the little girl just happened to bite him in the right spot. I just don't know.

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Wonderful.

We worry about them almost as if they are kids!

Take care, looks like your over the rough end of it!

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Wonderful.

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Take care, looks like your over the rough end of it!

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