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Posted on 10/16/18 at 8:52 pm to VernonPLSUfan
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Get ready for the nutria infestation.
Posted on 10/16/18 at 9:35 pm to weagle99
Lol, no nutrias out here.....my Boston terrier is fine so far. She’s got a big bday tomorrow which could’ve turned out badly had it been a moccasin. Thanks for the help! 
Posted on 10/16/18 at 10:06 pm to Ron Cheramie
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diamond backed watersnake
Posted on 10/16/18 at 10:08 pm to DownshiftAndFloorIt
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Dogs handle snake bites very well. Ive seen plenty with cottonmouth bites and it just slows them down for a day or two. Never seen one have any kind of long-lasting effects.
I lost a GSP to a cottonmouth bite, but it is very, very uncommon. She was hit on the back foot, apparently in the artery, it was the first warm day in months and the snake was small, so it is assumed the venom was really potent. The venom caused a stroke and she lived 2 months before passing. Very strange and expensive experience I hope I never have to go through again...
Posted on 10/16/18 at 10:37 pm to buffbraz
Had a dog that was bit by a baby copperhead. I walked right over it, didn’t see it, and the dog was following me and the snake jumped up and bit her on the leg. Gave her some Benadryl and she was fine. She swelled up pretty bad though.
Posted on 10/16/18 at 10:49 pm to buffbraz
Viper shaped head and pupils that are elongated vertically are the 2 identifying traits I look for in a water moccasin. Your pic has neither so i vote harmless water snake
Posted on 10/16/18 at 10:57 pm to fishfighter
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. Most times when a dog gets bit, very little venom gets in them.
This is something I think most people don't realize. Snakes can inject no venom to most of their venom stores. When a snake strikes out of defense, it's usually the lower venom variety.
Posted on 10/17/18 at 5:14 am to wickowick
Venom isn't any more "potent" in juvenile snakes. Nor do juveniles inject more because they haven't "learned" to control their output.
Two myths that need to die.
Two myths that need to die.
Posted on 10/17/18 at 5:23 am to Cajun367
You’re field of expertise?
He didn’t say it was more potent because it was a juvenile.
He didn’t say it was more potent because it was a juvenile.
Posted on 10/17/18 at 5:52 am to wickowick
Definitely strange. I cant count how many cottonmouth bites ive seen on dogs that didnt amount to anything but a few days of swelling and a scar.
Posted on 10/17/18 at 7:40 am to Tiger Prawn
quote:I've never gotten that far. I mean, cotton mouth can water snake is obvious from characteristics easier to see than pupils. Head shape can be a bit deceiving, but it usually obvious on cotton and copper.
Viper shaped head and pupils that are elongated vertically are the 2 identifying traits I look for in a water moccasin. Your pic has neither so i vote harmless water snake
Posted on 10/17/18 at 7:46 am to sta4ever
After talking with the emergency vets after my dog almost died.
As a general blanket rule, the only snake bite that will require treatment 99% of the time is a rattlesnake. Of course, there are exceptions to the rule either way.
Speaking from experience:
As a general blanket rule, the only snake bite that will require treatment 99% of the time is a rattlesnake. Of course, there are exceptions to the rule either way.
Speaking from experience:
Posted on 10/17/18 at 7:47 am to fishfighter
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Problems from snake bites without treatment, meat rot under the skin. It can get very bad. Most times when a dog gets bit, very little venom gets in them. But if a snake injects a shite load in, that is when there can be big problems.
You're right. I was on my phone and abbreviated my post. He got popped on the nose, and the vets said that it most likely was just a defensive strike and didn't get much venom. They also told us that if things started to go bad to get him to the vet school clinic ASAP. The biggest worry at the time was his nose swelling shut, closing off his airway.
A secondary infection can be as bad or worse than the effects of the venom.
Additionally, even though they are from the same genus (Agkistrodon)the venom from a copperhead is usually a lot less potent than that of a Moccasin.
This post was edited on 10/17/18 at 7:51 am
Posted on 10/17/18 at 9:46 am to buffbraz
Yellow bellied water snake
Posted on 10/17/18 at 10:43 am to buffbraz
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Thanks guys. Close call.
Not really a close call...
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