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RE: snakebites in dogs
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by bebostons on December 28, 2006
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Thanks for the advice on the benedryl. I do keep benadryl on hand in liquid and pill form. I think I will ask the vet for some injectable just in case. I have talked with two vets now and both agree that Rally probably sustained liver damage and or heart damage that weakened the heart.
Rally was the only one that had had brusing on his stomach.
http://groups.msn.com/BewitchingBostons/rally.msnw?action=ShowPhoto&PhotoID=1695
If you go to the link it will take you to his photos that were taken the morning after the bite.
The vet was surprised that he survived the bite. We did see some changes but none that would have indicated he was in danger of dying.
I think we will be putting up some more barriers such as the drift fence. We have tarps that we can cut and put in place along the fence.
Thanks for all the help and ideas!
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by AquaHerp on December 30, 2006
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Unfortunately the snakebite may have indeed caused some adverse issues with the animal. On the other hand it may have had absolutely nothing to do with the envenomation. Only a necropsy and lab histology are going to give you any real answers.
As for the San Angelo area, my guess is Western diamondback (Crotalus atrox) as they are fairly common there and the incidence of snakebite in that area from this species is quite high. Mike at the Nature Center there in town gets atrox by the dozens each month from animal control that are picked up around town. You'd have to imagine how many are destroyed outright. The population is thick. The Western cottonmouth also resides there, although my bet still rides on the rattler as they are notorious for dog bites.
There are dog training courses that will train your dogs to avoid contact with snakes. Check around and see who offers these. This, and having your dog vaccinated are among your best options.
Ironically enough, many of the snakes used to make the vaccine were collected there in San Angelo, others I collected here in Abilene and turned over to Jim Harrison who does the danger work for making the life-saving serum. There's a bit of local trivia for ya!
Doug Hotle
General Curator
Abilene ZOOlogical Gardens
Abilene, Texas
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by bebostons on December 30, 2006
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Yes, it was a western diamodback, 39". We did kill the snake as there was no safe way at the time to keep it from striking other animals in the area.
We will be putting up a drift fence to help keep the snakes out. It is ironic that this may be an answer as we had at one time tarps covering the fences to help with wind and noise. We took them down last year as they were wind torn and looking bad. Guess we learned something... we need to put them back up! We did not have a problem on the property until the tarps came down.
We do have some bull snakes and common king snakes on the property and will keep them!
Thanks for all the information!
Teresa
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by mskitty on July 7, 2016
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Our dog was recently bit by a rattlesnake and the local vet administered an antibiotic and a steroid and you were to watch them for 30 hours. she truly is feeling better since we got a tail wag this morning even drank some water. What happens now, does the skin die and fall off?? This is of course on her face/chin area, I just can't imagine keeping this clean on this very active 2 yr. old---swimming, hiking and play with siblings every day!!!!!
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by AzAgSarah on November 2, 2017
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I was wondering if you noticed an abnormal amount of anxiety, impatience, annoyance, aggresiveness in your dog before he suddenly passed? About 10 years ago my family had a blue heeler, Bell, who was bit. She also suddenly died, and prior to that she showed a certain grumpiness, impatience, and light aggresiveness- which we thought was because of a new puppy joining the family. However my brothers dog, a German wirehaired pointer was bit, and is showing irritation with the family- biting with no obvious reason why, but not hard enough to break skin. He was not startled in any way, but it was all around the head area where he was bit. Any ideas, or help. Im wondering nerve damage?
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