That must have been so painful.
I am glad he is doing ok. Nasty fire ants, I hope your able to get rid of them.
My sister's cat was just bitten by a rattle snake. The cat lived, thankfully. But the vet bill was giant.
I have to watch out for tranchula's, snakes, owls all kinds of threats out here. There is a field behind us, we have to be very careful.