From February to April, the pine processionary becomes a great danger for your pet. Sanavet explains why this caterpillar is so risky and gives you tips to avoid it. This interests you a lot!
At this time, the Thaumetopoea pityocampa The pine processionary descends from the nest to the ground in the form of a procession to bury itself and continue its biological cycle. In winter we can see the nests in the form of white bags on the pine branches.
Caterpillars have stinging (itchy) hairs on their surface because they contain a toxin or poison called thaumatopin, which is released by sticking that hair of the caterpillar into the skin or mucosa of dogs, producing a strong allergic reaction with edematous inflammation and necrosis or death of the tissue. Dogs, and occasionally cats, can be affected in different ways:
- By direct contact with the stinging hairs when going to browse the caterpillars. That is why the most affected area is the mouth, especially the tongue.
- By detaching the hairs and floating in the air, causing, for example, irritation to the eyes.
- When the nests fall to the ground, freeing hairs in the environment.
Symptoms of contact with the processionary
The symptom that you can see in your pet are:
- Nervousness and discomfort due to itching.
- Excessive salivation.
- Facial itching: they touch their mouths with their feet or rub their heads against the floor.
- Swelling of the lips, eyes, tongue or head in general.
- In more severe cases, anaphylactic shock and suffocation may occur, which may cause death of the animal or necrosis of the tongue with a fall in the affected area.
Transmission
It is a veterinary emergency, so you should go to a veterinarian as soon as possible, the sooner the treatment is established, the better the prognosis. What you can do while you arrive is to wash the tongue or affected area with hot water, since the heat destroys the toxin. You should never rub the affected area because if there were any hair you would break it, releasing the toxin.
How to prevent
Avoid walking through pine areas in the months between February to April, and look closely at the trees in case you see the typical nests. If there are nests on your property, you should prune and burn the branches that have them, protecting your eyes and hands well, taking care that the nest does not fall abruptly and you should never do it on windy days (this way you will avoid hair detachment) .
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