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My dog's paw is swollen and she keeps licking. Is it an ant bite?

Updated On September 23rd, 2025

Pet's info: Dog | Australian Shepherd | Male | neutered | 5 years and 8 months old | 56 lbs

Not sure how to treat this or how it happened. I think it was a ant bite

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Answered By Maria DVM

Veterinarian

Published on June 30th, 2018

I would recommend taking Alaska to the veterinarian. It looks like she has been licking her paw a lot and this is probably making it worse. Your vet can provide anabiotic‘s and pain medication to help her and I would recommend having an E collar put on her so she doesn’t lick at it anymore. Thank you for using Petco Pet Education Center, formerly Petcoach.

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