How To Treat Hotspots On Dogs

hi i'm dr. adrienne mulligan of camp verdeveterinary clinic in arizona and i'm here today to talk to you about insects bites andwhat you could do at home on behalf of expertvillage.com. insects bites and scorpions stings and spiderbites and fly bites and things like that all happens on a daily bases and your pet wouldnot necessarily have a problem with most of these. unless they have a allergy to themmany of these insects are not as toxic as

How To Treat Hotspots On Dogs, people think they are. black widow spidersprobably not as bad in a dog as most people fear although if they get enough of a bitein a small enough dog it could cause some neurologic problems so this are things thatmay need to see a vet as quickly as possible. the most common effect in a insect bite isgoing to be a swallowing, a swelling of a

paw, redness of a skin, or it could be theface or anywhere that the dog has got bitten by the insect. you might see hives all overthe body. hives just like in people they are little bumps on they would raise the hairso you would notice these little bumps all over your dog with hair raised. redness alongthe ears and the eyes and swelling of the face. these are things that usually happenfrom a bug bite or a bee sting something that a dog is allergic to. so there are some thingsthat you could do to help. number one is very safe to give a dog your basic benadryl. diphenhydramineis the generic name for it and you could get either one at your drug store. you usuallygive this at a milligram per pound. so if your dog ways 50 pounds he could have 50 milligrams.these come in 25 milligrams tablets. if you

have a little dog that ways 10 pounds youmight want to get the liquid for children the plain benadryl and follow the directionon how many milligrams as in a teaspoon so you won't overdose them. basically it is onemilligrams per pound orally. then you could apply ice or ice packs things that you keepin the freezer for muscle injures and you could wrap them with a towel. you could usebaking soda if you see the wound to draw out in venom like a bee sting. the most importantpart is to get that benadryl into to them. call your veterinarian. get to the veterinarianand get them treated with some other medications that they would be using. also if you cantry to find insect or identify what actually

bit the dog because it could help. lets sayit was brown recluse that is a much more series

spider bite and would require a differentcare. of course if it was a rattle snake that is a whole different story for a differentday and that needs immediate veterinarian attention.