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Cara B
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Cara B asked in PetsDogs · 1 decade ago

My dog got bitten by a jumping spider. I gave her Benadryl, will she be ok?

She brought it inside (still alive) and now one of her eyelids is swollen in a couple of places. She weighs 60lbs so I gave her 2 Benadryl. Should she be ok?

Update:

Yes it was a jumping spider, she brought it in and was chewing it. They are not venomous, but cause a reaction like a bee sting according to the vet. She got a steroid shot and is back to normal now.

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  • .
    Lv 7
    1 decade ago
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    Call your vet and ask them. I had a dog bitten by a poisonous snake, gave him benadryl, and although he had a ROUGH night, he was okay the next day as if nothing had occured.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    Are you absolutely SURE that she got bitten by a Jumping Spider, or did you just see a spider, and later see the dog's eyelid looking puffy! Jumping Spiders are not highly venomous, even to humans, who have much thinner skin and are much more likely to have a reaction to venoms than a dog is. Is it possible that your dog tangled with a bee or a wasp? In any case, even if the dog did get bitten by a Jumping Spider, the mild swelling is probably the worst of it, and should recede with Benadryl. I keep spiders, and catch quite a lot of Jumpers to photograph before releasing them, and I've never had one even try to bite. They are not considered medically-significant.

    Source(s): http://www.venomlist.com/ http://www.arachnoboards.com/ Collect and keep several spider species, both native and tarantulas
  • Yo LO!
    Lv 6
    1 decade ago

    You should really have her checked by the vet...The bite could lead to infection, especially on a sensitive area such as the eyelid.

  • 1 decade ago

    get her to a vet..............................but com on, its a spider! My DEE DEE DEE kitten Kirby, yes i named him that.... he ran into our entertainment glass and his whole left side of his face was swolen....we took him to the vet and they gave him some medication and it was non swolen in a week. he looked like this ^._( )^ kinda. So yeah she should be ok. ^_^*

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  • 1 decade ago

    Take her to the vet to get it checked out.

  • 1 decade ago

    you need to call your vets office and speak with the tech about this

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