Jura has been antibiotics for a week due to an ear infection.We've been keeping him away from water so walking him in a local park instead of the woods.Monday afternoon my daughter noticed a small lump on his right shoulder.By evening it was about the size of an egg so I phoned the Vet.I was advised it could be a reaction to the antibiotic injection a week earlier.We booked him in to see the vet on Tuesday anyway.By the time we got to the vets Tuesday the lump was Tennis ball sized and although he wasn't in pain he was walking differently.
The vet knew straight away it wasn't a reaction to the injection and decided to drain it.He took out five syringes of puss
. He concluded it was from an infected puncture wound which he thought was possibly a snake bite
There had been a confirmed snake bite in the same park last week(the owner saw the snake,probably a grass snake).
You can see the lump highlighted here:-
Jura is on antibiotics and the lump has now gone down a bit but is harder.We assumed this happened Monday,the day we found the lump,but saw nothing and he didn't squeal or yelp so can't be sure!! Whether it was a snake or insect the reaction was fast and not nice to witness!