These Cats Lost Their Battle with Bees. How We Can Help!

[Little Tich]

Source: LoveMeow

When a kitty thinks they can win a battle against a bee, they often end up getting stung. As cute as they may look, it’s important for us, humans, to know how to help our fur babies out at times like this.

Cat’s nose after losing a battle with a bee.


Calmly soothe your cat, so they know your presence and feel comforted. If the stinger is still embedded in the skin, do not squeeze or rub it or try to remove it with your hands because you may break it. Scrape it out with a credit card or the dull side of a butter knife.

If your cat ate a bee and got stung in the mouth or throat, take your furry friend to the vet immediately.

After the stinger is removed, you can help get the swelling down with an ice pack. For more info check out this link.

Waffles had an unfortunate run-in with a bee.


Read more: http://lovemeow.com/2015/11/cats-lost-a-battle-with-bees/

Link to Wikihow treatment of Bee sting: http://www.wikihow.com/Treat-a-Bee-Sting-to-a-Cat

Link to Showcats Online treatment of Bee & Wasp stings: http://www.showcatsonline.com/x/bee_and_wasp_stings.shtml

[brewens]

1. I'd say give him a sleigh to pull and help out Santa! Just kidding. Poor little guy. n/t

[joshcryer]

2. I'd buy a cat with a bee sting looking nose, lol.

[AgingAmerican]

3. My friends black lab

Would snap at bees all the time, then yelp when they stung his tongue. After eating 9 or 10 bees, his tongue would be all swollen and misshapen, but he would still be happy and wanting to catch more bees. My friend would put him inside for the day. Next day dumb dog would be snapping at bees again, getting stung. Never ever learned.

[beam me up scottie]

5. When I was a kid we had a Saint Bernard who did the same thing.

He never learned.

He also used to tangle with porcupines, we had to drag him to the vet many times to have the quills removed.

[passiveporcupine]

4. I have a dog who tries to kill yellow jackets trying to come in the front door

He's been bitten quite a few times. If he seems in pain I give him benadryl. Maybe you can't give benadryl to cats?

When one of my cats was bitten by a rattler, they gave him cortisone to stop the pain and reduce the affects of the venom. He was one unhappy baby. Never heard a cat cry like that before. Never ever want to hear that again. Only now I have a deaf cat who talk (howls is more like it) so loud, it's just as bad. She's fine...just doesn't know she's talking so loud cause she can't hear herself.

[dmr]

6. Forgive me, please, but that kitty looks like Karl Malden.

I appreciate the advice given here. I've 2 kitties, Isabel's old & too pooped to participate, but Charlie is young & would definitely stalk a bee if one got in the house. One of our dogs, Rosie, chases after moths outside, & she's good at catching them. I've worried many times that she'd chomp on a bee by mistake, and suffer for it. She's everybody's baby, so we'd all suffer with her.

Anyway, thanks for posting this. Now I'm going to read your links. One good thing about winter, they're all in hiding. Ha!


PS: that poor little furry Karl Malden is adorable.