Grover's Fat Face..

[Esty]

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Grover went to bed last night without a care in the world and woke up looking like this!!

Have no idea what he's done - it doesn't seem to be painful, just itchy (he's occasionally rubbing it on the carpet). Am guessing at an allergy/ wasp sting but he hasn't come in crying or anything which I'm sure he would wth a sting. Have an appointment at the vets at 9.45 so I'll let you know how we get on.

I feel sorry for him but he does look funny, bless him.

 

[jinnyfizz]

Poor laddie! It looks like a sting to me ....... my GSD had exactly the same the other day but she didn't show any signs of pain unless I touched it.

It went down of it's own accord with 24 hours :thumbsup:

Good luck at the vets :luck:

 

[Suerose]

Poor little chap, he does look a bit sorry for himself Hope it is easily sorted. :luck:

 

[Esty]

He's fine, still eating and drinking. Vet said it was a sting even though he couldn't see where. Gave him a steroid jab to help it go down as it is very swollen and making him slobber a bit. Poor Grover! He has a whippet body and a labrador's head.

 

[k4tie-d]

i got the fright of my life the other week when i turned round and saw star with a huge swollen eye,

she was just lying beside me and had been there maybe half an hour, so no sign/noise allert to a sting,

i ask OH's sister what to do (she works in a vet) and she said to give her half a piriton tablet and if it wasnt any better or got worse to take her to the vet, so i did and about an hour later there was no sign of anything ever having been wrong.

good luck at the vet :luck:

hope Grover is feeling better soon xx

 

[peppermint lady]

poor boy, but glad its nothing too serious im sure the swelling will soon go down

 

[rls22]

A junior piriton tablet does the trick. When Holly had her pups she got a nasty sting and her face ballooned, we rang our vets who recommended the piriton - it's come in handy a few times since then .

 

[Janimal]

Hope hes ok soon.....Oscars face went like that one year...only lasted a couple of days...I think it was a bite or sting of some kind.

 

[TillynPip]

Poor Grover, he really doesn't suit this fat face . Have a feeling Gracie will be on the receiving end of a cross bee because she chases and snaps at them on the lawn, especially now the clover is in flower. Will remember the Piriton advice. Hope he's soon better. :thumbsup:

 

[Esty]

I'll definitely remember the Piriton advice - I'll get some in tomorrow. I'd have put money on Roscoe getting stung first because he scrumps apples off our apple trees! I keep meaning to film it but he stops when he knows I'm watching. It's his new favourite game - he eyes up an apple and leaps upwards to pick his prize off with his mouth - he always gets it!

 

[kalougri]

I'll remember this one too!, every summer we have lots of bees hovering round our lawn!

 

[TillynPip]

I'll definitely remember the Piriton advice - I'll get some in tomorrow. I'd have put money on Roscoe getting stung first because he scrumps apples off our apple trees! I keep meaning to film it but he stops when he knows I'm watching. It's his new favourite game - he eyes up an apple and leaps upwards to pick his prize off with his mouth - he always gets it!

Gracie does exactly the same. She eats the windfall apples and brings some in the house where I find them moulding under the sofa where they've rolled and she hasn't been able to get to them :wacko: - Lovely !!

 

[Noise]

how is that pretty face of his doing today?

 

[jazzi-girl]

i got the fright of my life the other week when i turned round and saw star with a huge swollen eye,she was just lying beside me and had been there maybe half an hour, so no sign/noise allert to a sting,

i ask OH's sister what to do (she works in a vet) and she said to give her half a piriton tablet and if it wasnt any better or got worse to take her to the vet, so i did and about an hour later there was no sign of anything ever having been wrong.

:luck:

Owned Jazz for four weeks when she came in with a big freaky swollen face like Roscoe and Kadie ran into the house last Thursday looking like she had gone ten rounds with Tyson. Took them to the vets on both occasions and it cost considerably more than a packet of Piriton. I'm off to the chemist tomorrow!

Hope his swelling goes down as fast as Jazz's did, she was eating apples too!

Donna

 

[Esty]

how is that pretty face of his doing today?

He's great, ta. Within 24 hours you wouldn't have known he'd done anything. It's amazing that it didn't seem at all painful, just slightly itchy - he didn't once object to me or the vet checking his mouth, no whimpering or anything. Don't know whether it was the steroid jab that made it go down so quickly or if it would have done that anyway on it's own.

He's back to his usual goofy self, bless him and his mad little head.

 

[Noise]

that's good to hear :thumbsup: