Miss Bumpy Head - UPDATE #34 - Going to the vets!

[chocolatepuppy]

Oh no Nala! I'm glad the bumps went away. Could be an allergic reaction. About a month ago, when it was in the 60's in the middle of winter , the side of Laylas nose swelled up. At first I thought the puppy clipped her. Then the other side started swelling up. I gave her Benadryl and stayed up late to watch her. It went down some and by morning it was gone. I figure she got bit or stung by something outside with the weather being warm that day.
I gave Layla one 25mg. tablet and she is about 70 lbs. If she wouldn't have responded, I wouldn't have hesitated to give her one more.

[beeniesmom]

Glad the bumpies are looking like they are going away.
They actually looked like Hives to me.
Frankie gets those after his bath every month. I use a hypoalergenic special no soap shampoo and he still gets them. They usually go down in 8 hours with a benedrly (spelling hahah). I think you can give Nala 2 regular benedryls. Frankie gets 1 and he's 30 lbs. Hope this helped.

[Pam]

Let's hope she hasn't suddenly become allergic to kissed on the head.

haha! Now wouldn't that be a horrible thing! Nala I am so glad you are better. It was hard seeing you with *bumpies.*

[Karen]

I thought maybe she had decided to grow antlers, but I guess not!

I am glad, to be serious for a sec, that they were not itchy. The times I have had an allergic reaction involving hives, they itch like mad!

[K9karen]

Maybe her brains are getting too big for her head! Sorry, sweet pumpkin..I'm glad the bumps are getting better. Nala reminds me so much of Cody. Look at her face! Those big eyes with the ears back. Awwww.

Jealous! Jealous! Jealous! Your pups go crazy at the camera in a good way. My poor goober goes nuts in the worse way.

[Hellow]

Sometimes in humans in very stressful situations you can see a persons veins/arteries rise up. Mabye that is what happened here?

[wolf_Q]

Hope Miss Bumpy head's bumps are gone now! She's cute even with them though.

[caseysmom]

Growing up our shepherd got those all over, we were pretty sure he disturbed a bee hive.

[Kfamr]

Poor girl has hives again today. I'm pretty sure it's got to do with the high pollen count. This time it's on her sides too.

She didn't have them until they were outside (in the screened in pool area) for about a hour and a half while I was grooming Mufasa out there.

Guess we're just going to have to give her Benadryl frequently. I'm going to call the vets Monday (closed already today and closed tomorrow) and see what he thinks.

[chocolatepuppy]

Poor Nala. I hope the Benadryl helps.

[Giselle]

Oh poor thing! I've never actually seen that before!

Eek, if there's one thing that creeps me out, it's hives I can stand creepy crawlies, but little bumps always give me the shivers!

[Kfamr]

Either the Benadryl is working or it's because they haven't been outside for about a hour. Her bumps are gone at the moment.

Will someone tell her drowsiness is a side effect of Benadryl, cause she won't stop running around.

[anna_66]

I was just wondering how miss bumpy head was doing I'm glad to hear they're gone!

And I'll tell her about the benadryl if you want, but I don't think it will matter...lol!

[Karen]

That drowsiness is a side effect of Benadryl only works on some people - never did with me, then again, it gave me a massive headache, and didn;t alleviate my allergy symptoms enough, so I wouldn't have been able to be drowsy anyway, still snuffling and blowing my nose.

Poor Nala has that thin Dane-like coat, so the pollen has easy access to her skin. Hmm, can you hose her off when she's outside? That might help. Hopefully it is just whatever specific pollen is happening right now, and that it will go away soon.

I know, send her North! It's still too cold up here for pollen - how does she feel about bunnies?

[Kfamr]

Karen, Nala is giving you an evil glare for suggesting I hose her off.
She says she puts up with being wet once a week (their weekly baths) and that's enough!

As for bunnies... she's never had a personal encounter. She likes cats, doesn't chase them... just cuddles. I don't think Miss Hoppy would be getting close enough for cuddles anyhow.