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Does this look like a snake bite?
Posted on 8/14/13 at 9:31 am
Posted on 8/14/13 at 9:31 am
So my wife was walking around our backyard before the last time I cut the grass and felt "like she got punched" in the foot and then a sharp pain on her foot.
Her foot didn't swell, but the two puncture wounds bled a little. The picture is the inside of her left foot.
After racking my brain for the cause of this, the only thing I could come up with is a dry bite from a snake. Copperheads can dry bite up to 80% of the time, so that's a strong possibility.
What says the OB? The two puncture points are close together (1/2"ish), so it would have to have been a juvenile snake.
Her foot didn't swell, but the two puncture wounds bled a little. The picture is the inside of her left foot.
After racking my brain for the cause of this, the only thing I could come up with is a dry bite from a snake. Copperheads can dry bite up to 80% of the time, so that's a strong possibility.
What says the OB? The two puncture points are close together (1/2"ish), so it would have to have been a juvenile snake.
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Posted on 8/14/13 at 9:34 am to The Last Coco
Or a spider
Posted on 8/14/13 at 9:35 am to The Last Coco
ground hornets
Posted on 8/14/13 at 9:35 am to The Last Coco
tough one as it looks too wide for a spider and most non-venomous snakes will have several teeth and make a cutting bite and not just two punctures. That would freak me the frick out if it were a copperhead that just dry bit me (didn't know they could do that)....
Posted on 8/14/13 at 9:35 am to MillerMan
That'd be a pretty large spider if so.
Posted on 8/14/13 at 9:36 am to The Last Coco
Looks like it to me. 
Posted on 8/14/13 at 9:37 am to The Last Coco
Spider. Put some hydrogen peroxide on that bitch before it swells.
Posted on 8/14/13 at 9:37 am to Nascar Fan
eeeek i woulda went to er
Posted on 8/14/13 at 9:39 am to tigersownall
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Spider.
WAY to big for a spider. I have has numerous spider bites.
And it happened over a week ago. No swelling, no itching, just a little blood and pain in the immediate area. Spider's can't dry bite.
Posted on 8/14/13 at 9:41 am to The Last Coco
Heavy duty staple from hanging Christmas lights last year.
This post was edited on 8/14/13 at 9:42 am
Posted on 8/14/13 at 9:42 am to oldcharlie8
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ground hornets
I thought this too but she felt one hit, not two, and it never swelled or got irritated. Ground hornets definitely would have resulted in swelling/redness.
Posted on 8/14/13 at 9:44 am to oleyeller
If she got bit by a copperhead, dry or not, she would have known. Probably walked past a sticker bush or stickers in the ground.
Posted on 8/14/13 at 9:46 am to guttata
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If she got bit by a copperhead, dry or not, she would have known.
What do you mean by this? She felt it when it happened. She just didn't know what it was.
Posted on 8/14/13 at 9:52 am to The Last Coco
some sort of small arse snake is my guess.
Posted on 8/14/13 at 9:54 am to The Last Coco
looks like a snake bite, but since there are no symptoms I wouldn't worry
Posted on 8/14/13 at 10:02 am to The Last Coco
If it was a snake, was your grass tall enough for her not to be able to see it?
Posted on 8/14/13 at 10:04 am to LSUis2LeGiT
Water Mosakin
Did she then bite the head off like Shelby?
Did she then bite the head off like Shelby?
Posted on 8/14/13 at 10:05 am to LSUis2LeGiT
Snake or large wolf spider.
I have seen bites 3/8 inch wide from wolf spiders.
I have seen bites 3/8 inch wide from wolf spiders.
Posted on 8/14/13 at 10:06 am to Bleeding purple
for a better exam though I will need to see more of the leg
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