whelpy

adjective2

1. •
   Like or relating to a whelp (cub or puppy).

   • A small, whelpy moan escaped from her, embarrassing her. — 2015
2. •
   Festering or having welts or wheals; attery, purulent.

   • […] the way from his breakfast room to Grandmomma's back door but as silverware and a garden spade and whelpy bee bites had not figured into his speculations […] — 1988