https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Thu, 28 May 2026 07:44:59 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/calling-vets-puppy-has-massively-swollen-paw#post-2556158 Wed, 25 May 2016 11:30:20 +0000 808love 2556158@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Bee: LO came home yesterday saying she wants to be a Dog Rescuer when she grows up. I think you have her dream job! :) Will share your stories with her. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/calling-vets-puppy-has-massively-swollen-paw#post-2556047 Wed, 25 May 2016 09:55:10 +0000 Chillybear 2556047@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Bee: How's the little puppy doing? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/calling-vets-puppy-has-massively-swollen-paw#post-2535055 Wed, 27 Apr 2016 12:19:33 +0000 Mrs.Pinecone316 2535055@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I love your kind heart to those little fur babies. Glad he is recovering well. Keep us updated. Looks gorgeous there. What a life! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/calling-vets-puppy-has-massively-swollen-paw#post-2535023 Wed, 27 Apr 2016 11:40:52 +0000 Mrs Panda 2535023@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Love this update! That dog shelter location looks amazing!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/calling-vets-puppy-has-massively-swollen-paw#post-2534871 Wed, 27 Apr 2016 09:18:58 +0000 YogiRunner 2534871@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Bee: This thread gives me all the warm fuzzies :grin: You're a special person to put so much effort and love into getting these pups to thrive. They are lucky to have you! Sending Wilbur lots of healing thoughts! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/calling-vets-puppy-has-massively-swollen-paw#post-2534838 Wed, 27 Apr 2016 08:51:05 +0000 petitenoisette 2534838@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Bee: I'm so happy to hear about the dog shelter! I've been kind of wondering what you were going to end up doing with so many dogs!! It's awesome what you are doing to help them. I remember being on my honeymoon in Costa Rica and I had a really hard time dealing with seeing all the dogs. In particular we had dinner one night at an outdoor restaurant and there was a skinny dog wandering around and it just totally broke my heart (like couldn't stop crying about it at the dinner table!). It was so hard feeling like I couldn't do anything about it. </p> <p>Anyway, just wanted to thank you for doing so much to help! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/calling-vets-puppy-has-massively-swollen-paw#post-2534724 Wed, 27 Apr 2016 00:30:33 +0000 Mrs. Bee 2534724@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Dahlia: the puppy is so small i just wear a fitted top and stick the puppy inside my shirt! i think it had a big impact on his recovery. i work at a desk so he just sleeps in there while i work, but now that he's doing so much better i usually leave him with his brother. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/calling-vets-puppy-has-massively-swollen-paw#post-2534720 Tue, 26 Apr 2016 23:24:42 +0000 Dahlia 2534720@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>So cute! How does puppy wearing work? Did you make a little sling? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/calling-vets-puppy-has-massively-swollen-paw#post-2534717 Tue, 26 Apr 2016 23:19:53 +0000 LatteLove 2534717@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Bee: I love reading about and seeing all your pups! You are such a great dog mama - and so brave for tackling all those wound recoveries! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/calling-vets-puppy-has-massively-swollen-paw#post-2534715 Tue, 26 Apr 2016 23:13:33 +0000 Mrs. Bee 2534715@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Pancakes: we're fencing one hectare (2.2 acres) on a farm 40 minutes away. there is a big pond for them to swim in (the dogs love to swim), and they'll have each other. We currently have 13 dogs and 2 that come every day to eat and hang out. </p> <p>I'm going to keep 2 that are still sick, and 3 puppies. So 8 dogs will go to the shelter, but eventually all the dogs will be there once we move back to the states. They all get along super well except for one dog we named Challenger because he challenges all new male dogs. I hope I can find him a home.</p> <p>Here's a picture!</p> <p>[attach=2/16/o69yel.600x450.IMG_5990.JPG] </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/calling-vets-puppy-has-massively-swollen-paw#post-2534713 Tue, 26 Apr 2016 22:18:21 +0000 Pancakes 2534713@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Bee: they're adorable! I'd love to hear more about your dog shelter! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/calling-vets-puppy-has-massively-swollen-paw#post-2534712 Tue, 26 Apr 2016 22:12:59 +0000 Kimberlybee 2534712@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Bee: They are so cute! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/calling-vets-puppy-has-massively-swollen-paw#post-2534711 Tue, 26 Apr 2016 22:07:03 +0000 Mrs. Bee 2534711@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'd been wiping Wilbur with a wet cottonball after every meal to stimulate him to pee, but he can pee on his own now! I put him on a puppy pad as soon as he wakes up, and he usually will go on it. </p> <p>He's still eating well. He is pooping several times a day! He pooped all over his brother Panda's back in the middle of the night and I had to give him a bath. He's walking around, though his paw is still swollen and I think it still hurts. And his wound is closing. It's amazing how these type of wounds from fly larvae get so deep down to the muscle so quickly, but they also seem to recover pretty quickly. I'm taking care of another dog that had 5 golf ball sized holes in his neck and a pancake sized wound on his leg from fly larvae (maggots) deep into the muscle. You could smell him a block away. He is now almost fully recovered!</p> <p>Wilbur struggles with staying warm because he was the runt of the litter, so I puppy wear him a lot or he sleeps snuggled next to his brother.</p> <p>Construction on my dog shelter will be finished this week, and I'm going to start taking some of my dogs there on Saturday. I'm so sad to see them go, but we're going to visit a couple times a month.</p> <p>Here are some pictures of Wilbur, Panda, and them sleeping together. They love each other and it is so cute!</p> <p>[attach=2/16/o69vbr.450x600.IMG_6494.JPG]</p> <p>[attach=2/16/o69vbt.450x600.IMG_6506.JPG]</p> <p>[attach=2/16/o69vbu.450x600.IMG_6516.JPG] </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/calling-vets-puppy-has-massively-swollen-paw#post-2534207 Tue, 26 Apr 2016 10:45:36 +0000 Meow 2534207@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@erinbaderin: me too!</p> <p>@Mrs. Bee: good for you for doing all this. Please keep us updated, cant wait to see the pup growing up big and healthy! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/calling-vets-puppy-has-massively-swollen-paw#post-2534076 Tue, 26 Apr 2016 08:43:15 +0000 Mama Bird 2534076@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Poor little guy! He's in great hands! I'm glad to see your update, hope he's getting better! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/calling-vets-puppy-has-massively-swollen-paw#post-2534003 Tue, 26 Apr 2016 06:43:17 +0000 Maysprout 2534003@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@lemondrop: yay lemondrop! Such good info.<br /> Glad the pup is perking up :happy: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/calling-vets-puppy-has-massively-swollen-paw#post-2533998 Tue, 26 Apr 2016 06:38:30 +0000 LCTBQE 2533998@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Bee: so amazed by your efforts :happy: :heart: I'm rooting for him! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/calling-vets-puppy-has-massively-swollen-paw#post-2533990 Tue, 26 Apr 2016 06:01:22 +0000 erinbaderin 2533990@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Bee: Every time I see you've updated I'm scared the puppy has died - so happy to see this update!!! Yay puppy! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/calling-vets-puppy-has-massively-swollen-paw#post-2533975 Tue, 26 Apr 2016 01:21:04 +0000 Mrs. Bee 2533975@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@lemondrop: thanks for the sugar water recommendation! he was a new pup today. voraciously hungry, walking a little for the first time, even took a few bites out of a bowl. he's still a needy little thing, but his eyes looked bright instead of dim for the first time today. his paw is still a little swollen and of course he has that deep wound in his side, but he looks good! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/calling-vets-puppy-has-massively-swollen-paw#post-2533510 Mon, 25 Apr 2016 12:04:08 +0000 Mrs. Bee 2533510@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@lemondrop: thanks! i gave him some sugar mixed in with his usual food and he loved it! i also applied honey to his paw and his wound. even though he sleeps all the time, his big appetite is a good sign. i think he's a little fighter! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/calling-vets-puppy-has-massively-swollen-paw#post-2533486 Mon, 25 Apr 2016 11:34:17 +0000 lemondrop 2533486@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Bee: I'm sure you could just do a simple syrup, but you could even use a little (~half a cc) of the honey by mouth I mentioned in the email ;) Even well managed puppies still with mom can get hypoglycemia, so when an orphan pup gets really lethargic (beyond typical sleep) a recommendation can be to give a boost of some kind of sugar. </p> <p>*I'm of course not a DVM, but am a CVT and have raised orphan pups in the past and done work out on reservations with minimal supplies, so take everything written with that in mind. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/calling-vets-puppy-has-massively-swollen-paw#post-2533465 Mon, 25 Apr 2016 11:04:34 +0000 Mrs. Bee 2533465@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@lemondrop: hmm i don't think so. could i make it? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/calling-vets-puppy-has-massively-swollen-paw#post-2533374 Mon, 25 Apr 2016 09:31:40 +0000 lemondrop 2533374@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Bee: PS- do you have access to Karo or sugar syrup? Low blood sugar is very worrisome in young puppies and kittens. When they get lethargic giving a bit of sugar syrup can really bounce them back. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/calling-vets-puppy-has-massively-swollen-paw#post-2533370 Mon, 25 Apr 2016 09:26:33 +0000 lemondrop 2533370@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Bee: I sent you an email, I'll think of a few more things and reply with more once I make coffee and have the boys up. So glad it's looking better! </p> <p>Salt water soak was brilliant btw! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/calling-vets-puppy-has-massively-swollen-paw#post-2533351 Mon, 25 Apr 2016 08:54:36 +0000 Mrs. Pickle 2533351@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Poor baby! You're doing a great job taking care of him. I wonder if he got stung by something on his paw? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/calling-vets-puppy-has-massively-swollen-paw#post-2533342 Mon, 25 Apr 2016 08:44:30 +0000 Maysprout 2533342@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Bee: so glad he's doing a bit better! His side, wow, I never dealt with anything like that. You must be doing a terrific job caring for him though bc it looks clean. The lethargy could be due to so many things but the one hopeful thing is that our puppies often came with a bit of immaturity out of fear or extra caution bc of whatever traumatic situation they'd been through, so it might be normal puppy emotions as well as the hurt paw and side. . But lots of love, a little encouragement, they're resilient little guys and got their confidence back quickly after they recovered. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/calling-vets-puppy-has-massively-swollen-paw#post-2533331 Mon, 25 Apr 2016 08:30:22 +0000 MenagerieMama 2533331@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Bee: poor thing! If it's draining that's great. I would do tons of warm soaks to help drain any infection and decompress the paw so it doesn't cut off circulation to any of the little toes! Not a vet but animal loving people doctor :silly: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/calling-vets-puppy-has-massively-swollen-paw#post-2533317 Mon, 25 Apr 2016 08:17:11 +0000 Mrs. Bee 2533317@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Truth Bombs: yes thanks i did! but luckily wilbur seems to be doing ok now. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/calling-vets-puppy-has-massively-swollen-paw#post-2533314 Mon, 25 Apr 2016 08:14:01 +0000 snowjewelz 2533314@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Aww poor baby! keeping this bumped for other bees to see! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/calling-vets-puppy-has-massively-swollen-paw#post-2533313 Mon, 25 Apr 2016 08:13:45 +0000 Mrs. Bee 2533313@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Maysprout: he is on antibiotics. luckily the paw started draining on its own a little while ago and i soaked it in salt water which really helped it drain. i think the warm water provided pain relief because he seemed to like it. thanks for the idea! i applied some lucas pawpaw ointment which is a drawing salve and hopefully the rest of the remaining fluid comes out. it looks much, much better now!</p> <p>here is a picture of his side. it's a deep wound almost the size of a quarter. i removed over 20 maggots from it and they ate through all the skin and fat down to the muscle. now i'm just applying betadine to it. i've treated this same injury many times (that was 1000 times worse in other dogs), so i think he will be ok if he's just strong enough!</p> <p>he is eating puppy milk + tuna oil through a syringe well, but is still pretty lethargic and doesn't walk, maybe because of his paw, and i have to wipe him with a wet cottonball to get him to pee. his brother on the other hand walks around, eats mushy food from a bowl, and pees on a puppy pad all by himself. </p> <p>[attach=2/16/o66y2x.450x600.IMG_6468.JPG] </p>