EAST TEXAS HOG DOGGERS FORUM

Came home tonight to find my lead bay/strike dog not looking good.  His neck head and ears are swelled tremendously n the inside of his ears have some kind of clear fluid coming out.  I thought maybe another dog got off chain and fought him but I got fenced in yard, all my dogs are still on chains n no battle scars on them. So im guessing snake bite, if so it was prob either water moccasin or copperhead but what do I do to treat him?


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Take that collar off ASAP

Take the collar off now give that dog 2 cc's of dex and a cc of Benadryl And it will make it!

Don't know what dex is I gave him some penicillin last night

Snake bite life saver i think everyone should have this around If you are a hog hunter it's cheap and the best stuff out there for anything that has serious swelling!

What is the full name of dex??

Dextrose, iv solution from your vet usually

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This is not what you want.

DEXTROSE is sugar,  What everyone is referring to as DEX is called DEXAMETHASONE.  DEXAMETHASONE is a great mild steroid that will take swelling and soreness out and is great for snake bites. 

YES SIR. Lol what I was reffering to was iv fluids FROM THE VET. They have them with dextrose in them. May not have been what was being refered to but it wouldn't have hurt administering it.

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Dexamethazone

dexamethasone

Alright update on tiger been giving him penicillin 3cc a day for last two days swelling is all gone except for small knot on neck where he was bit but he has clear yellowish fluid draining from his ears though, what is this fluid and can I get it stopped been doing this ever since I came home n found him snake bit. The fluid stinks too smells like something rotten its his left ear mostly he was bit on right side of neck.

my dogs have been bit by copperheads several times and have swollen up huge , the first time the vet gave us this stuff called DMSO  , weve found it at the feed store over the counter since but anyway you rub this over all the swelling 2 times a day , it will make the sweling go down and the dog has always came threw without a vet bill

benadryll works also.

Glad your dog is improving

ahh good ol dmso it's what i use on the dogs AND myself when ol author is nessing with my bones  lol

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Half Breed I use to use that stuff,it will eat your liver up, it is to clean parts with,but it really does help my poor knees. just don't get carried away with it. My neighbor use to get up of morning and could not hardly move his hands and fingers so he sprayed they with WD40 and they would work,he told his doc they checked his liver and it had already started to get spotty,and I know  the biggest thing WD 40 is fish oil.