5/2/2024 0 Comments My dog got bit by a spider![]() “That’s a spider bite, and I’m betting its infected based on this abscess,” she said. And, how a drooping pocket of fluid draped down below the main area Photo from Monday evening after we got home from the veterinary hospital, after Lilly’s doctor drained off 12-15 ccs of fluid from the spider bite abscess.How the whole mass centered around a more solid core.How the discoloration streaked downward. ![]() How the red area and bruising centered toward the top.Once again, our veterinarian groped the mass. She didn’t fuss, as our veterinarian shaved away the black-and-white of Lilly’s ruff.Įven as a “smooth coat border collie,” Lilly’s neck area is her fluffiest part, so a good amount of coat came off. (I’m sorry I do not have pictures before treatment began because I spaced out bringing my camera to the appointment.)Ĭredit the cocktail of xanax and benadryl, but Lilly took the hum of the coat clippers and us holding her face up and away in stride. The first step? Shave Lilly’s neck so that we could get a better look at the big, squishy lump that took up the better part of Lilly’s neck and lower cheek on the left side. It is a bad spider bite.įair warning … if you are squeamish at all. Today, let’s move on with the diagnosis of the sudden onset (possible) veterinary emergency. ![]() Yesterday, we continued the story of this mysterious mass I found on Lilly’s neck while awaiting a routine veterinary exam.
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