If you are allergic to stinging insects, try calling your pet back from a distance, or have someone who does not have a known bee/wasp allergy, investigate the situation. Make this investigation calmly and quickly to try and avoid aggravating insects and increasing your own risk for stings. If your pet is persistently sniffing or digging vigorously at the ground it may be worth a quick investigation to ensure that they are not invading the home of a stinging insect. Some, such as bumble bees, ground hornets, and yellow jackets, may live in holes in the ground. Not all stinging insects live in visible hives.
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If you are aware of a hive or other home of a stinging insect, options include having the nest removed/relocated by a professional or to restrict your pet from that area to reduce your pet’s risk of exposure. The best way to prevent stings is to not allow your pet to harass a bee/wasp or its hive/home.
Whenever possible, the best protection is prevention. Ingestion of the pesticide may also be a toxicity risk.Īlthough stings to dogs are the most common, any pet can sustain a bee or wasp sting. For example, if a dog eats a wasp nest that was recently sprayed with an insecticide to kill the insects, the act of swallowing recently killed wasps can cause stings to the pet’s mouth or throat. Wasps can sting several times in one episode.Įven dead bees or wasps can cause stings to pets when ingested. A bee can sting only once and dies after the sting.
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Venom from these insects can cause reactions that can be localized, anaphylactic, and/or in the case of massive envenomation, toxic.Ī sting is the injection of venom through the skin via the insect’s stinger. Rarely are these types of insects aggressive when unprovoked, so an insect’s sting is generally a defensive reaction to protect itself or its home. With a little thought we can take steps to protect our pets, and these essential insects. Pets, especially dogs as they tend to be curious and nosy, can have harmful interactions with these insects. It is in our best interest to preserve them and treat them with respect. These insects are important pollinators that help ensure the world food supply and the continuance of biodiversity. Bees and wasps are two of the species in the insect order, Hymenoptera.
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