Tinker, our black & tan miniature dachshund (pictured above with her lifelong companion, Dusty) got snake-bit again yesterday. I was cooking supper on the grill, and Tink was about 20 feet away in the flower bed when she made a noise – something between a squawk and a yelp – and ran under my feet.
I wasn’t sure what had happened at first; usually Tinker and Dusty hunt snakes, and will gang up on them. Even when they have been bitten, and that's happened several times in the past, they will continue to bark and fight the offender. By the time I could check her, saw the knot rising on her upper lip and get to the flower bed, the snake was long gone.
Honey gave her Benadryl – we keep a bottle of baby Benadryl liquid on hand for just such occasions – and we watched her carefully last night. She’s acting O-K this morning. She still has some residual swelling – so she got another dose of Benadryl.
I would post a picture, but don’t want to embarrass her. The poor baby looks like she has the mumps.
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