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Dogs back leg swollen. Possibly bitten??

  • 31-07-2013 9:47pm
    #1
    dodderangler
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    My dogs right rear leg is swollen and she isn't putting weight on it but she doesn't seem bothered by me checking it out. Feels like fluid.
    Other day I seen a good few ants out the back and I'm wondering did yet bite her or something bite her. She has a small mark near her ankle that looks like a bite as its round and about a 5 millimetre diameter. Crusty blood also.
    She was fine this morning when I fed her so just wondering is it a bite.


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  • #2
    dodderangler
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    No one?


  • #3
    maroon77
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    A visit to the Vet might help


  • #4
    Cedrus
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    The recent hot weather was very good for the creepy crawly bitey insects all right, but it would be some beast of a thing to leave a 5mm hole.
    Is she in a kept in a garden/ run or is she out loose? Could it be another dog/cat/rat/etc? Do you have a picture to post?

    I'd take her to the vet asap, but it's worthwhile trying to figure out what happened so you can prevent it happening again.


  • #5
    dodderangler
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    maroon77 wrote: »
    A visit to the Vet might help

    At 10 at night
    Great advice??


  • #6
    dodderangler
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    Cedrus wrote: »
    The recent hot weather was very good for the creepy crawly bitey insects all right, but it would be some beast of a thing to leave a 5mm hole.
    Is she in a kept in a garden/ run or is she out loose? Could it be another dog/cat/rat/etc? Do you have a picture to post?

    I'd take her to the vet asap, but it's worthwhile trying to figure out what happened so you can prevent it happening again.

    She's a hunting dog so I doubt it was a rat. Also I have my ferret there so a rat won't come anywhere near the garden. Ferret is always in hutch aswell. So ferret didn't do it and never has bitten her.
    Just wondering if it would've been a horsefly as I was bitten out my back garden on Saturday by one.


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  • #7
    anniehoo
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    dodderangler wrote: »
    t a 5 millimetre diameter. Crusty blood also.
    She was fine this morning when I fed her so just wondering is it a bite.

    Well yeah, possibly. You've been here awhile,you know the story.....there's not much else we can help you with.

    If you're concerned head to a vet, but apart from that I'm not sure what else we can do tbh.;)


  • #8
    anniehoo
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    dodderangler wrote: »
    At 10 at night
    Great advice??

    It's actually excellent advice, if you're very concerned about your pet. All vets should and do have a 24/7 Emergency "on call" service if you need emergency care.


  • #9
    mystika121
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    My dog had something similar last week and it turned out to be a thorn.

    Her leg was hot and swollen and she was getting into a state licking it. I stood her in cold water to take down the swelling and reduce the heat. When she was calmer I put Epsom salts into warm water and stood her leg in that. When I dried her leg there was a thorn sticking out. Once I got that out she was fine.


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