My baby girl got snake bit today

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Let my puppy Claire out and then let her back in a while later. Bout an hour later her face was swole up. Looked like a baby copperhead or water moccasin bit her on the snout because of the two holes really close together. The vet shot her up with steroids, penicillin, and sent us home with an antibiotic just in case she gets an infection. We use a country vet so they've seen their fair share of this stuff. Luckily only $107 for all that so I'm happy about that but my girl is gonna get what she needs no matter what. To my knowledge this is the first dog I've had over the past 30 years that's been snake bit. She does love to hunt. She's full grown but looks like a Lab that's only 50% the size it should be with some subtle Pit Bull facial features.

[OdingyNBugs]

dang, for the best outcome!!!

[Dogfish_Jones]

I’ve had one lab bit by a copperhead and the vet just shot her full of steroids and we gave her Benadryl every 6 hours and she was fine after three days.
Last year Another dog of mine got bit in two places by a moccasin and even with the steroids and antibiotics we still had to take him(the wife insisted) to a vet hospital that night. He stayed there overnight and they gave him anti-venom and he was fine. They gave him some pain pills to, he was looped out for those few days. That little visit cost me around $1800.00
If your dog is healthy it will survive, a copperhead is the last venomous snake around, the moccasin has more punch to their venom.

[local16]

Hope she’s doing good.

[BPenrod]

Never had one snake bit that I know of, not a poisonous bite anyway. Our Jack Russell's got a bunch of garter snakes over the years. The wasps and bee's would sure get em' though, nose and mouth would swell up.

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Claire is beyond healthy. Actually considering how rough of a start she had before we pulled her out of poverty and nearly literally being starved to death the first 2.5 months of her life I call her a miracle considering how healthy she is. She's resting next to my recliner right now and seems to be doing fine.

[yanknbass]

happy to hear she's pulling through!

[Dogfish_Jones]

Claire is beyond healthy. Actually considering how rough of a start she had before we pulled her out of poverty and nearly literally being starved to death the first 2.5 months of her life I call her a miracle considering how healthy she is. She's resting next to my recliner right now and seems to be doing fine.

Im sure she will be fine then if she is resting. I treat my dogs just like my kids. They are my fur babies.

[big_o_tom]

I had a dog get bit once. I called a friend and asked if there was anything I could do for it. He said to feed it some fat back, 3 eggs and put turpentine on the bite. Dogs head and snout swelled up like a football the first day then it got better. He said snake bites don't bother pigs much, the pork fat kinda absorbs the venom. The eggs are basically pure protein and helps to rebuild the flesh and I have no idea what the turpentine did but it worked.

[CaymasRodney]

Snake heaven in Western Ky this year, lots of cotton mouths around, surprise there’s not more!!

[RangerAce]

We had our English mastiff pup Hank get bit by a snake when he was 4 months old. Took a direct hit right under hit left armpit. As he was trying to get the hell out of there he fractured his shoulder. Luckily he was a big pup. 40lbs at the time. The vet said he probably would have died had he been a small dog. He’s all healed up but still limps from time to time. Still don’t know what got him. Prednisone and antibiotics is all he needed for the bite. The fracture was another story. Glad Claire is doing good

[OverTimeAgain]

My husky got bit by something bad. We don't know what exactly, but suspect cotton mouth.


He would have died if not for the emergency vet and antovenom. In addition the vet informed us that his life would be roughly cut in half due to significantly reduced liver failure caused by the snake bite.

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We had our English mastiff pup Hank get bit by a snake when he was 4 months old. Took a direct hit right under hit left armpit. As he was trying to get the hell out of there he fractured his shoulder. Luckily he was a big pup. 40lbs at the time. The vet said he probably would have died had he been a small dog. He’s all healed up but still limps from time to time. Still don’t know what got him. Prednisone and antibiotics is all he needed for the bite. The fracture was another story. Glad Claire is doing good

Man that sounds like an ordeal. One thing that made me laugh at the vet was one of the employees bringing a Bull MastiffGreat Dane through the waiting area. She was having a hard time handling that giant. After the owner took him away I looked at the girl and said "you can put a saddle on that big fella!". She then said "we brought a llama through here one time with its head rubbing the top of the door frame." We go to Double Tree out Ferndale since I live out that direction.

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BTW Claire seems to be fine this morning. She actually hasn't acted like she's been sick through this ordeal. She is a tough little nut that's for sure. Checked on her early this morning and she hammered the couch with her tail wag so knew she was fine. Still has swelling on her neck that we hope will go away in a couple days.

[Z-91]

Glad she's doing good.

[AdamB]

Glad your girl's gonna be okay.

[billius]

Glad she is going to be okay!

[TCMT04]

Glad she is doing better!

[Kevin R.]

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It depends on how much venom the snake injects. My daughter got bit by a cotton mouth on the side of her foot a couple years ago She was wading high water on the walk way of the dock on Grand. Foot swelled a little, not really a big deal. Doc said the snakes can regulate the amount of juice they can put in you. Hope the pup continues to get better.