Basset Hounds and Fire Ants Don’t Mix!
During the past couple of weeks, we have had a lot of much needed rain here in central Texas. And with the rain comes fire ants afterwards. A real pain to deal with, but hey… this is Texas.
We all know that basset hounds are by nature, very curious dogs. They like to get into everything and Lilly is no exception.
Well, Lilly learned a lesson last week that there are some things you just do not stick your nose in and one of those is fire ant hills. The other afternoon after coming home from work, we noticed Lilly had some bumps on her left ear. After further observation, we determined that these were possibly fire ant bites. A trip to the vet confirmed this. Lilly did not seem to be in pain or discomfort, she just had these bumps on her left ear. Our vet gave us some hydrocortosone cream and told us to call her if the bites look worse or Lilly has some sort of discomfort. Well, neither happened and we are happy to report that the bumps have disappeared and Lilly is doing just fine.
I have already declared war on the fire ants. A trip down to the local home improvement store for some fire ant granuals has already “fried” those pesky little devils!
