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Snake Keeper Bitten
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by Kingetula on August 9, 2007
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http://centralflorida.cox.net/cci/newslocal/local?_mode=view&view=LocalNewsArticleView&articleId=2678323&_action=validatearticle
Snake Keeper Bitten
08-06-2007 10:49 AM
(Middleburg, FL) -- A licensed exotic snake keeper from Middleburg was bitten by one of his own on Friday. Rescue workers say it took a tremendous effort to save the man. He was bitten by a dangerously poisonous African Puff Adder. Experts say such bites are treatable, but can be deadly. Curator Greg Lepera of the Jacksonville Zoo says the venom can destroy the linings of blood vessels and cause liver and kidney problems. After the snake pierced the victim's hand, he was rushed to Orange Park Medical Center. The keeper had an initial dose of three vials of anti-venom, but it was expired and not enough. After a frantic search, some was found at an anti-venom bank in Miami and airlifted to Orange Park. The effort paid off. The man was treated and released. The victim says he's been breeding and selling snakes for twelve years and this is the first time he's been bitten. He says it's a fluke accident and it won't stop him from doing what he loves.
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by Kingetula on August 9, 2007
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Ok so I have to ask. Where can you buy antivenom? He had 3 outdated vials that he used. I think I know who this is. I never met him but putting the puzzle together...
I live 20 mins or so away.
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by Kingetula on August 9, 2007
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http://www.firstcoastnews.com:80/news/strange/news-article.aspx?storyid=88699
Rattler's Decapitated Head Bites Man
PROSSER, WA (AP) -- Apparently, even a dead snake can bite. A man says he was bitten by the decapitated head of a rattlesnake on his property near Prosser, Washington.
Danny Anderson and his son saw the five-foot rattler Monday evening while feeding horses. They pinned it with a pipe and cut off its head with a shovel.
When Anderson reached down to pick it up, he says the snake head twisted around and bit his index finger.
In the ten minutes it took to reach Prosser Memorial Hospital, the venom spread through his body and his tongue had already started to swell. He was treated with shots at the hospital.
A state Fish and Wildlife Department biologist says it's possible the snake had the heat-sensing ability to make one last attack -- or it may have been a reflex.
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by Cro on August 9, 2007
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Scott,
How to purchase your own antivenom has been discussed here many times. Search the Experts Forum and you will find many discussions. Search for Matt Harris, and look under his past posts.
Also, see this page from the File Library:
http://www.venomousreptiles.org/libraries/Permits%20and%20Applications
Best Regards JohnZ
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