kitkatswing Posted February 23, 2012 Share Posted February 23, 2012 Oh Cosmo I have everything crossed for a speedy recovery for your boy... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melzawelza Posted February 23, 2012 Share Posted February 23, 2012 Oh, NO!!! Poor little Gilbert... I hope everything is ok Cos, we need many more years of Gilbert changing people's negative opinions of Jack Russells!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
griff Posted February 23, 2012 Share Posted February 23, 2012 Poor Gilbert ,healing thoughts being sent ((( hugzz ))) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staffyluv Posted February 23, 2012 Share Posted February 23, 2012 Yes the vet says every reaction is worse which is very scary- it was an absolute maximum of 10 minutes from actual bite to collapse today, maybe even less. Ollie had anaphylaxis with bee stings - he actually seemed to build tolerance over the years as the last few bites were nowhere near as bad as it was in the early days. We nearly lost the sill bugger a few times when he was young and obviously did not learn that catching bees was bad for his health... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cosmolo Posted February 23, 2012 Author Share Posted February 23, 2012 Gilbert had an allergic reaction a few weeks ago, this one was alot worse and alot faster. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staffyluv Posted February 23, 2012 Share Posted February 23, 2012 Gilbert had an allergic reaction a few weeks ago, this one was alot worse and alot faster. I hope he is as lucky as Ollie and they do become less severe. Ollie's first few were so frightening. Watching your dog collapse with white gums, stop breathing and a vet working on them, injecting them etc is scary... We were lucky his became less severe - I hope Gilbert's do to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cosmolo Posted February 23, 2012 Author Share Posted February 23, 2012 Given that the last one was nowhere near as bad i think its fair to assume his will get worse each time. Just got the call from the vet- he is ok and coming home this afternoon. Thanks for all the well wishes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tassie Posted February 23, 2012 Share Posted February 23, 2012 yay for that news - what a relief. RS - the junior epipen sounds like a really good thing to have. Little Gilbert wouild probably only need a baby one - don't know if they have them - but well worth pursuing I'd think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
persephone Posted February 23, 2012 Share Posted February 23, 2012 :D great news!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staffyluv Posted February 23, 2012 Share Posted February 23, 2012 Great news - now you might need an epi pen at home for those just in case times Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cosmolo Posted February 23, 2012 Author Share Posted February 23, 2012 Yes i will talk to my vet about getting one. There are plenty of times when we are not that close to a vet as we were today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
persephone Posted February 23, 2012 Share Posted February 23, 2012 ..and maybe Gilbert needs to be sprayed with aerogard or something all over each morning? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spudd Posted February 23, 2012 Share Posted February 23, 2012 He's a cutie! Hope he's well soon! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kadbury Posted February 23, 2012 Share Posted February 23, 2012 Great News, I wonder if a bit of Citronella oil or something similar might do the trick too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MTD Posted February 23, 2012 Share Posted February 23, 2012 How scary . Glad he is OK and coming home Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grumpette Posted February 23, 2012 Share Posted February 23, 2012 So glad to read that Gilbert is coming home Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laneka Posted February 23, 2012 Share Posted February 23, 2012 OMG how scary. Thankfully he is okay. Hope you can get a pen for him. Very cute little guy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cosmolo Posted February 23, 2012 Author Share Posted February 23, 2012 He has sensitive skin so citronella or aeroguard wouldn't be an option. He is actually looking really miserable tonight- spoke to my vet who told us to give him some medication on hand as he broke out in hives tonight. If he gets worse we will have to take him to the vet tonight. If he isn't back to normal by the morning he has to go to our vet too. Why is it that when you desperately want the expertise of your OWN vet, you're never close enough to get to them. This is the second time we have had an emergency and had to use the closest vet where we would have preferred our fabulous vet- who is 25 minutes away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cosmolo Posted February 23, 2012 Author Share Posted February 23, 2012 Gilbert as a baby puppy. Hope he is back to normal soon, he looks so sad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirty Posted February 23, 2012 Share Posted February 23, 2012 Poor little Gilbert. Glad to hear he is back home with you, what an awful shock. Geez your animals are going to give you heart failure Cos! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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