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Originally Posted by Doodlebug  Ann thanks for posting the pictures. I didn't even know what a brown recluse looks like. From what I hear they will pretty much leave you alone unless you startle them. My vet said she lost a dog to a brown recluse spider bite and someone on a Bichon forum I belong to just lost a dog to a brown recluse bite. The key is recognizing that it is a spider bite and getting thrm to the vet quickly. Fortunately, it seems like the vet got all the venom out before it could spread. After they squeezed out the nasty stuff they thoroughly cleaned the wound. Daisy and Teddy Bear didn't seem to have any neurological problems. We were very blessed. |
I'm so glad you got Teddy Bear to the vet right away. How scary to think that people have lost dogs from these spider bites. As I told you, my Teddy's bite didn't have a skin opening, and definitely was not a brown recluse, but the hump that it created on his back was very scary. Spiders are really hard to control even with pesticides.
Only a few years ago people were saying the brown recluse and the pictures of bites on humans were an internet hoax. I wish that had been the case.