Anyone have any experience with brown recluse spider bites?
Friday morning, just after midnight I saw Leopold in the bathroom...I could tell he had *something* cornered but I wasn't sure what. I turned the light on and saw the spider. I am PETRIFIED of spiders, but as quick as I could I got some toilet paper and turned around to get the spider. I was too late. It was hanging from Leopold's mouth. It fell to the floor and Leopold ran from the room, shaking his head and opening his mouth over and over.
I had DH collect the dead spider in a ziploc bag. I stayed up half the night watching Leopold. By morning the swelling in his lip, chin and jaw was getting worse. The vet gave him a steroid shot and sent him home with some antibiotics. The bite is inside of his mouth. He was having some intermittant drooling fits yesterday...as best as I can tell, there's a blister that popped in his mouth. It must taste very bad...he begs for food when it happens. It must help get the taste out. It hasn't happened since last night.
We looked at some pictures and confirmed that it is indeed a brown recluse. I've been reading horror stories online for 2 days now. The vet seems to think that he'll have a smooth recovery since he was treated so quickly after the bite.
So far, his face looks much better now. The boy is nearly impossible to pill, though...so now I have the honor of giving him antibiotic shots instead. We'll see how that goes.
This whole deal has me ready to pack up and move north, where these things aren't so common.
We could use some smooth recovery vibes.
Friday morning, just after midnight I saw Leopold in the bathroom...I could tell he had *something* cornered but I wasn't sure what. I turned the light on and saw the spider. I am PETRIFIED of spiders, but as quick as I could I got some toilet paper and turned around to get the spider. I was too late. It was hanging from Leopold's mouth. It fell to the floor and Leopold ran from the room, shaking his head and opening his mouth over and over.
I had DH collect the dead spider in a ziploc bag. I stayed up half the night watching Leopold. By morning the swelling in his lip, chin and jaw was getting worse. The vet gave him a steroid shot and sent him home with some antibiotics. The bite is inside of his mouth. He was having some intermittant drooling fits yesterday...as best as I can tell, there's a blister that popped in his mouth. It must taste very bad...he begs for food when it happens. It must help get the taste out. It hasn't happened since last night.
We looked at some pictures and confirmed that it is indeed a brown recluse. I've been reading horror stories online for 2 days now. The vet seems to think that he'll have a smooth recovery since he was treated so quickly after the bite.
So far, his face looks much better now. The boy is nearly impossible to pill, though...so now I have the honor of giving him antibiotic shots instead. We'll see how that goes.
This whole deal has me ready to pack up and move north, where these things aren't so common.
We could use some smooth recovery vibes.