Knox is going to the vet as soon as they open in the morning. They couldn't get me in today, or he'd have already gone.
Last night we got home to a blown out crate. He was having liquid poop with a little bit of blood. Not a terrible lot either, so it just seemed like stress. He'd gotten it on himself, so I put him in the bath tub to clean him off. There were a LOT of fireworks and gunshots in my area.
That's when I noticed his ballsack is hugely inflamed and raw almost. He hasn't been irritating it the time since I've noticed it, and it wasn't like this the night before. They're hot and it doesn't look happy. I've been keeping it clean, but he won't let me put ice on it, and the vet asked me not to give him any benadryl in case it masks the symptons in the morning.
I think it must have been from either a tick bite or a spider bite. We've been dealing with spiders here for a minute, and that's the only thing I can think of that would cause such localized swelling. Ants would have gotten his penis and thighs as well as his ballsack I'd imagine.
So please vibes that its something antibiotics will get rid of, and it doesn't cause any permanant damage? Also vibes for him to just be comfortable tonight until we get to the vet in the morning. The swelling hasn't gone up since last night, but it hasn't gone down either.
If anyone has seen/heard of something like this happening before, that'd be great to know what the outcome was too. (He's intact)
Last night we got home to a blown out crate. He was having liquid poop with a little bit of blood. Not a terrible lot either, so it just seemed like stress. He'd gotten it on himself, so I put him in the bath tub to clean him off. There were a LOT of fireworks and gunshots in my area.
That's when I noticed his ballsack is hugely inflamed and raw almost. He hasn't been irritating it the time since I've noticed it, and it wasn't like this the night before. They're hot and it doesn't look happy. I've been keeping it clean, but he won't let me put ice on it, and the vet asked me not to give him any benadryl in case it masks the symptons in the morning.
I think it must have been from either a tick bite or a spider bite. We've been dealing with spiders here for a minute, and that's the only thing I can think of that would cause such localized swelling. Ants would have gotten his penis and thighs as well as his ballsack I'd imagine.
So please vibes that its something antibiotics will get rid of, and it doesn't cause any permanant damage? Also vibes for him to just be comfortable tonight until we get to the vet in the morning. The swelling hasn't gone up since last night, but it hasn't gone down either.
If anyone has seen/heard of something like this happening before, that'd be great to know what the outcome was too. (He's intact)