[DONNA]

Just took Buddy for a walk had only been going 2 mins when he lay down whimpering and refused to walk,when he did stand he couldnt put any weight on his foot,i checked his pads to see if anything was in there which it wasnt.

As usual i panicked and zoomed off to the vets thinking the worst,only to be told thats £15 please and it was a wasp sting.

Vet said stings on the feet/leg can make them go lame for a short while which is what happen ,by the time i got to vets he was walking but limping.

Oh well lesson learnt.

 

[lady amanda]

poor baby! he is so young I would have panicked too....and isn't the 15 ( insert pound symbol that isn't on my canadian computer ) worht the piece of mind to know he is ok

 

[sarahjo]

Oh no!!! Poor Buddy!

 

[caradunne]

Poor Buddy, I bet he hates the horrid little beasts now.

 

[sharplesfamily]

I think it's worth the money as it could have been a tick or anything. At least you know he's not allergic to one now x

 

[wilfiboy]

Poor little Buddy, but it does hurt x

 

[Ali79]

Poor Buddy - I hate wasps - hope he is OK now X

 

[kendal]

i dont think you have much to worry about, if he was going to have a reaction it would have happend strait away.

with inca it was different as the hole hive atacked her and she went limp and into normal shock. the vet checked on her but didnt take her in their andd then as she wasnt an emergancy.


but glad he is ok.

 

[Mogdog]

Poor Buddy ... thank goodness it wasn't worse. Wasps are such a pain.

 

[Sarette]

Poor Buddy, I loathe wasps xxxxx

 

[ali-s.j.]

Ah Buddy boy, you poor wee pup Get better soon

 

[Cockapoodledoo]

Poor Buddy. There has been a real run of wasps stinging puppies recently. I declare war on all wasps!

Karen x

 

[pixie]

Go away WASPS!!!!!! We hate you Poor Buddy not again,big huggs and puppy kisses x

 

[DONNA]

Thanks everyone ,Buddy was right as rain chasing all the kids around the garden later ,i must learn not to panic so much!!!

 

[pauleady]

That's very interesting. The same thing happened to Bailey a few weeks ago too. My wife also panicked and took him straight to the vet. Our vet said his paw was swollen but she didn't think he had a broken toe although couldn't be sure and told us to watch him. She gave us anti-biotics and a bill for £58 !!!!

I said to my wife that it was probably a sting as he was only walking on the lead when he suddenly stopped and sat down wimpering (no way he could break a bone) and sure enough the next day he was running and jumping as normal !!!

I wanted to go back to the vet and have a moan and get a refund, but my wife wouldn't let me !!!!

On the advice of a friend who keeps many animals, I will now be adopting the 3 day rule. This is to wait 3 days and see how nature deals with the symptoms before rushing to the vets for unecessary treatment!

 

[DONNA]

Good advice Paul thanks

 

[tessybear]

Poor Buddy, Dexter snaps at wasps a lot. I'm always afraid he will get stung in the mouth. At least with summer being nearly over the wasps will go too.