I am 74 and also had a very hard time taking care of immobile 30 lb pet, expelling urine, and carrying him up and down steps. Mine was 1 1/2 years old and still had a very hard time. Walking like a drunk sailor now, but 3 weeks after event learning to walk again. Has 25 staples from surgery to remove necrotic tissues. $8000 later, 1 week in vet specialist hospital, and now 1 week home on 5 medications, sheltie is beginning to walk again. Multiple 4 inch areas already necrotic black by the time the specialists identified bites. Was treating for spinal stroke, however hair was covering bites.
First sign was total paralysis of back half of body including legs, screaming in pain, extreme panting, constant body shaking. I think a venomous snake would do more damage and I’ve never seen any near my house.ĭid you keep the wound open to air out or with a gauze or bandage?īe careful! My sheltie was bitten by a brown recluse spider(s). The fact that there were 2 scabs makes me think a snake, but no clue what did it yet. May take her in tonight, but I described the symptoms to my friend who works at a vet and she thinks the scab growing larger was a symptom of a bite. I still have no clue what caused it, but know the scab kept growing in size around her nose over a couple of weeks. The swelling did go down, but she absolutely hated the topical ointment and wanted to bite anyone applying it. I may bring her in again just for review, but going to a different vet. There is still an outer edge of the scab around her nose.
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She never got lethargic, but scratched at the nose to try and peel off the scab which the majority of it has peeled off with pink skin below at this point. I’m in Texas also and she is a 50 lb pit mix. The scab growing was the concern and increased over 2 weeks. I was out of town for a while after that withmy friend watching the dog, but the 2 scabs merged and kept growing on her nose until it was over 2” wide and 1” long. The vet just looked at it and prescribed a topical antibiotic. I thought it was a puncture wound from rusty nails and took her to the vet.
My dog had 2 small scabs on her nose and it started swelling. Also wolf spiders eat brown recluse, my shack in the woods is infested. Leave glue traps all the stuck ants are bait for the spiders. The doc may be right, but it would be helpful to see a specimen of the spiders infesting your house to be sure? Brown recluse are more aggressive and will bite more readily. I have even tried provoking a wolf spider, but unless you trap them, like try to squish them, they are hesitant to bite. It looks rather severe for just a wolf spider bite, which is pretty rare as they usually flee.