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...you have to close with them a little more than may be desireable, but it gums up their avionics and drops them right out of the air. Hose down the nest, and that's all she wrote.
Posted on 09/21/2008 1:08:50 PM PDT by fanfan
My dog was stung by 20 or more bees.
What do I do?
Show him what over reacting really is. ;) Glad you pup seems ok.
My Wheaten mix has severe allergies. He weighs 32 #. He has been to an animal dermatologist who has prescribed the following regimine: AM: 1-1/2 benedryl and one Omega-3 capsule in food. PM: 1-1/2 benedryl, one Omega-3 and a small splash of olive oil in food. He is also bathed weekly with Nu Sal-T shampoo. The combination does work.
It’s very important to bath pets with skin problems weekly.
Hope this info helps.
KJ
Thanks.
Always keep benedryl around (for people and dogs) and also meat tenderizer. The meat tenderizer will help to reduce the swelling when rubbed on the sting site, as the benedryl starts to work.
Nothing fpr pain except aspirin, or something else the vet has already prescribed.
The aboe two “remedies” should help his discomfort.
And you, Missy...get a bottle of medicinal whiskey. Drink the contents and rub the bottle on the dog.
;o])
I hope you both feel better soon!
*HUG*
Heh! I’ll be sure and ping you.
LOL!
If you insist.
What I usually do is head there and mark the location, writing details from a distance (size, number of nests, etc).
At about 11PM (they’re all usually at the nest, keeping the temps regulated for the night), head on back and just spray everything around the nest first within a ten foot radius. Have to do it quickly -using circular motions with the spray. Then hit the nest itself hard. Soak the crap out of it. They’re mostly disoriented from the first surrounding spray and won’t be able to swarm at you.
Use a good, reliable gallon sized spray that has it’s own variable pattern nozzle.
Return 12 hours later and see if there’s any left. If you soaked the nest, they shouldn’t be there anymore.
Some of the little buggers WILL escape. Wear heavy clothing.
There are a lot of, “Mights,” “Shoulds,” and, “Usuallys,” that you need to remember with this. Use common sense and prepare for anything.
I’ve had to do this many times, and it’s always worked to kill them and keep them gone.
...you have to close with them a little more than may be desireable, but it gums up their avionics and drops them right out of the air. Hose down the nest, and that's all she wrote.
LOL!
*HUGS* to Rush!
(And you!)
Aren’t the bee’s endangered, or something?
;-)
LOL!
If you used that craft clue, the bees wouldn’t be endangered. That particular nest would be extinct! LOL! (The visual of spraying them is almost mind boggling...)
LOL!
You know it’s true.
;-D
I’m glad he’s doing better. Please post a followup.
I will, tomorrow.
He seems fine for now.
Thanks, eh?
You’re very welcome.
You probably get this alot, so it won’t come as a shock GFY
What your dog got into was a nest of yellow jackets, ground hornets, Vespula species. Little yellow and black critters about half an inch long, with white or pale yellow around the face. They are not bees, and they generally don't leave a stinger behind (they're not designed to). I'm a beekeeper, and my poor bees get blamed for the depredations of hornets, yellow jackets and so forth.
The yellow jackets are very active this time of year and very aggressive if you blunder into their nest - usually in a hole in the ground or in a tree stump near ground level, although they will occasionally get into a house wall.
My dog got into a nest of them a couple of days ago, but since she is a VERY fast dog only 1 or 2 of them got her and she outran the rest. She was unhappy for a few minutes, licking the stung area, but I didn't bother with the Benadryl because she didn't display any other symptoms.
By the way, my Giffin and Carlson, Dog Owner's Home Veterinary Handbook (Howell Book House 2000) says that the dose of Benadryl for dogs is 2 mg per pound orally every 8 hours. Each capsule is 25 mg, so for my 50 pound dog that's 100 mg or 4 capsules. Dogs take a MUCH heftier dose than humans -- 4 capsules would put me in long term nap mode!
P.S. -- the most fun way to kill yellow jackets that I have found is ingenious, cheap, environmentally safe, and gives great satisfaction.
Locate the entrance to the nest, it's a hole in the ground with the soil and leaf litter disturbed around it, about an inch across. In daylight, you'll see the little nasties flying in and out. Mark the nest and wait until after dusk when they're all inside. Take a large clear glass bowl (I use my 2 quart Pyrex mixing bowl) and invert it quickly over the hole, digging the edges well into the ground.
Here's the brilliance of this method: when the entrance to a yellow jacket nest is stopped up, they quickly dig another one. But the entrance ISN'T stopped up -- they can still see daylight, and they can fly for a short distance. So they don't dig a new entrance and they all starve to death, including the queen. It's delightful!
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