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by agkistrodude on May 6, 2004
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What kind of dog? What might be just some swelling and pain to a Bull Mastiff could kill a Chiuahua.(sp?)A friend of mine brought his black Lab to the vet and was told that it had been bitten by a snake. He said it was bitten in the face and its head was swelled up like a basketball.He didn't see the snake, but judging by where he lived, it was probably a copperhead.The dog pulled through it fine.Marty
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by Phobos on May 6, 2004
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The effects would be the same as in humans. Dogs usually get tagged in the face or muzzle. When I lived in Arizona volunteering at a friends vet clinic. We would see lots of bite by atrox. There were some hurting pups and were seldom giving antivenom. It was just too expensive, $1200.00 per unit plus several days in intensive care.
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Al
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by foxhunter on May 6, 2004
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Here In NC..my two Jack russells..have an ongoing vendetta against copperheads.. Cant seem to break them of this habit..and I can truthfully say they each have been bitten many times over the years..They swell up..look really pathetic for several days..act sickly for at least a week..then they are up and at it again ..catching the next one they find...Then again J russells are rather un -killable..
interesting that the venom hasnt done more damage to them???
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by Mulebrother on May 7, 2004
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I have often pondered this thought....When you see the tissue damage, like in the "snakebite photos" in the photo album, seems like you never see a dog with a reaction like that. Ironically though, there is a kitty on there that was on the business end of a "small rattlesnake" bite and there is definitely some tissue issue goin on... I have theorized that perhaps a dog or cat would be less likely to agitate a snake than a person. Now I can just hear the stories of a cat cornering a snake and swatting at it, which would definitely qualify as agitation, but I am talking about a dog sniffing around for something and running across a snake by chance. So maybe the bite is dry, just a reaction on something like that. When people get bitten, as a general statement, the snake has been cornered/harassed, at least more so than an animal and perhaps is more likeley to get a good venom injection. Just a theory. Funny story about the jack russels too...some dogs are just that way...my cousin had a dog with serious copperhead issues too.
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by 91C2 on May 9, 2004
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I had a dog that was bitten by a cottonmouth. The bite was to the throat and it swelled severly, finally ending up splitting the skin fron the chin to breast. The dog lived after weeks of at home treatment.
Another dog was tagged by a copperhead on the upper lip. It found the snake and grabbed it, shaking violently from side to side. When the snake was able to plant i kiss on the upper lip, the dog slung it. The snake hit me and then kissed my leg, as I tried to get out of the way.
The dog's lip and under the left eye, to the ear was swollen, but that lasted a couple days. I got the worse bite.
I now have smart dogs, beagles, and they will not get anywhere around a snake.
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by cottonmouth on May 9, 2004
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My nefew had an adult Boxer that was bitten by a
sub adult timber rattler. The Boxer was dead within
2 hrs of the bite and was probably clinicly dead within 30 minutes. I guess it all depends on the venom yeild.
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