Rattlesnake

[mike.adams.467]

Mark Kayser posted on IG that his wife was bitten above her ankle by a rattler yesterday. She is recovering after a stay in the ICU and some antivenom treatments.

 

[HeavyWater]

Those are some crazy pics. Thanks for sharing.

 

[wowzers]

 

[OregonSteeler]

Had three snakebites last night. Two were confirmed Copperheads. One unknown owner insists was a timber even though he didn’t see the snake… blood work and dog’s mentation is NOT suggesting timber

But
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Can’t post the other two as pets are identifiable @ location of bites

Didn't know HIPPA applied to dogs?

Just kidding!

 

[DuckDogDr]

Only 3 hours in the shift so far
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[waspocrew]

Ran into another one Tuesday night while rucking. This was about 9 PM and he was stretched across the trail. Coiled up about the same time I realized what I was looking at. Scooped it off the trail with my trekking poles and was going to leave him, but it’s a popular trail with plenty of people, dogs, and kids. Ended up clubbing it with a big rock. My phone was stashed away in my pack, so I didn’t take the time to dig it out to document. Decent size, but smaller than the first one I ran into a few weeks ago.

 

[Rusty Shackelford]

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Where do you practice that you see so many snake bites? I have a few vets in my family, don’t remember anyone dealing with this many bites.

 

[ChrisAU]

Where do you practice that you see so many snake bites? I have a few vets in my family, don’t remember anyone dealing with this many bites.

IIRC, he’s in hell, otherwise known as Alabama

That’s where I live

 

[RockAndSage]

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How much of this is normal, responsible owners just suffering bad luck, vs things like yard-dogs and people yeeting their pets?

 

[North of 60]

IIRC, he’s in hell, otherwise known as Alabama

That’s where I live

AL, MS, LA...all fall in that category from my perspective

 

[Trr15]

Killed a pretty good sized prairie rattler a couple weeks ago at a 3d archery shoot. Didn’t get a pic because my phone was in the truck but he was probably about 3.5 feet long. Nasty suckers.