Adders!

[Sparrow]

Last saturday I went up to see my mum with the kids. Her poor dog (german shepard/collie x) was limping about on three legs and kept falling over. She was in such a state we thought she had had a stroke :cry: Anyway mum took her to the vet - who shaved her poorly leg and took blood. She was also given antibiotis and anti - inflamatiories to take the swelling down from her foot and ease the pain she was in.Her poor little paw looked so swollen once the fur was shaved off - you could see it was a bit swollen but not as bad as it looked now minus fur :cry:
She has been back to the vets twice since and yesterday the blood test results came back - she has been bitten by an adder :bigeyes: The vet says she has had quite a few dogs in this month with adder bites - i knew they existed in Derbyshire but i thought they were more further up in the peaks (we are close to Derby).

She should recover ok from the bite but it could take a while (she is an old dog ) I have had a look in a few books and adders are said to hibernate at the beginning of october so I wonder if the warm weather we have had has confused them?

So watch out when you are walking your dog!

sparrow x

[troika]

awwww i hope she recovers soon :)

[Beth]

Awww, wishing your friend a speedy recovery :wub:

thanks for letting us know hopefully it might save another pooches paws :)

[coppernob]

Hope he makes a quick recovery, Sparrow :( poor thing. I bet it was a bit of a shock to find out it was caused by a snake :blink:

[Sparrow]

Thanks!

She seems ok today but the vet says mum needs to keep a close eye on her and take her back if she gets worse before her next appointment. The vet also wants her to have an x-ray to check theres no lasting damage. Poor thing - she tries to follow mum out of the room because she thinks its walk time and falls down :cry:

Shes mums little baby - she even gets on the sofa and puts her paw (before this) on my mums shoulder for a cuddle - mum has cried buckets this week she been so worried!

If anybody had said she had been bitten by a snake I would have laughed - you just dont think something like that would happen when you are out and about with your dog especially in a boring place like Derby - the only interesting wildlife we get round here is in town at chucking out time :lol: !

Thanks again for your replies :)

sparrow x

[tortoise]

Aw poor doggy! :(

Big hugs from all the Tortoises :friends:

We saw a few Adders down by the river near us in the Garden of England this summer.



Reminds me of a Carry On Up The Jungle sketch:

Lady Bagly:What should one do if they see a snake Professer?

Prof:Well it depends on the snake.

Lady Bagly:Well it was brown and moved from side to side

Prof:Ah that's the Vindscreen Viper - quite harmless!

[mazza]

:o ooo, nasty :( .

I had no idea that adders were that common - I have never seen one!

I hope the poor dog recovers soon....sounds so nasty :( .