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Insect Stings: (for dogs or cats)

Remove the stinger and venom sack from a bee sting by lightly scraping the skin with the corner of a credit card to flick it out.
Dogs and cats tend to get stung in the nose, in the mouth, or on the face because they stick their noses into everything first! If an insect sting causes your pet's nose or throat to swell up and the inflamations threatens to impede the animal's breathing, get your pet to a vet RIGHT AWAY!

Try these different things if your dog or cat has been stung mainly by bees, hornets, or wasps: (But some may apply to other insect stings as well)
1. Make a paste from baking soda and water and apply it to the sting several times a day. The soda draws out the venom, and the alkalinity neutralizes the sting.

2. Make a paste from Adolph's original unseasoned tenderizer and water and apply directly to the sting (Make sure 1st that you have removed the stinger--see 1st sentence at top of this post!) The enzymes break down the proteins in the bee venom. Repeat if necessary. Relieves the sting.

3. Make a paste from a teaspoon of sugar and water to soothe an insect sting. Rub the sticky mixture over the bite for a few mins.

4. Use a cotton ball to apply full-strength white vinegar to a bee, hornet, or wasp sting. Will ease the stinging pain.

5. To cut the pain from bee, hornet, or wasp stings, place a dampened regular tea bag over the affected area and hold it in place for 10 mins. The tannic acid in the tea numbs the stinging and also draws the stinger to the surface of the skin, making it easier to remove.

6. Applying an ice pack to a bee or wasp sting constricts the blood vessels, slowing the venom, relieving the swelling, and easing the pain. Prepare Jell-o according to directions on the box and let cool enough to pour into a Ziplock freezer bag until 3/4 full. Seal the bag securely and freeze. You now have a homemade, flexible ice pack. When the jell-o melts, simply refreeze.

7. Dab the bee, hornet, or wasp sting with a cotton ball saturated with Listerine antiseptic mouthwash. The antiseptic kills the proteins in the bee venom, disinfects the sting, and relieves the pain instantly.

8. Use a cotton ball to dab ammonia on the sting--relieves pain quickly.

9. Rubbing some olive oil into your pet's insect bites soothes the pain, reduces the inflammation, and promotes healing.