re: Venomous snake-bitten dog

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Benadryl is useless. Dog needs to see the vet. Only actual treatment is antivenom, Pain meds are indicated as well.

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Benadryl will cause the dog to calm down and become drowsy. Almost all dogs will survive a snake bite....I personally have never heard of one who didn't but I am sure it can happen. But they also, in typical dog fashion, don't act like there is anything wrong with them even if their snout is swollen like a cantaloupe and they are in pain....my lab has been bitten while hunting and continued to work as if nothing happened with her snout swollen and obviously in pain....had we been at the house a Benadryl would have knocked her out and I would not have been as worried about her hurting....because she won't complain about pain.

Our vet tells us to give the dogs Benadryl before they are placed in a crate to be flown. It calms them down very well and also helps with the pressure from the flight which can make ears and sinuses painful if inflamed. We have done it several times on long flights when we lived outside the US and I have flown my Lab to New Mexico twice and have it to her both times...it works....

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Venomous snake-bitten dogRattlesnake bit two of my son’s doxies on their snouts. The initial bite made one’ s snout swell up like a huge Idaho spud while the second doxie may have gotten a less powerful dose on her snout, hence less swelling. Both recovered without intervention.

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Dash Hounds can't tolerate a stinking snake LOL. I had a buddy with a Dash Hound in the Caribbean and we would be outside on the patio drinking, smoking cigars and watching college football when the damndest racket you ever heard would commence...and he'd say "Kim...she's got another snake....." and sure as hell this dog, about 10 inches tall at the back and maybe 20 inches long from snout to arse would emerge out of the landscaping with a damned Cuban Boa or some equally larger and loathsome creature, including coral snakes and Cuban racers, both venomous. Most of the time the snake would be graveyard dead but occasionally one of the boas would be giving about as good as it was getting, necessitating some intervention on the part of my buddy and a hoe. Those boas are pretty insistent on completing their meals undisturbed until they are whacked nearly in half with a garden hoe and then the suddenly lose their appetite.

That dog was also blue bloody murder on Banana rats which outweigh the dog by a good 5 pounds or so and Rock Iguanas which are VISCOUS critters when provoked. That little dog had the baddest attitude of any critter I ever saw...if they grew to 200 pounds there would be no way to peacefully co exist with a predator such as that...

I would still take her to the vet bites can be nasty and you may need an antibiotic

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his goofy arse

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Damn your's looks like mine...she's goofy as hell too....She ain't ever come up against a venomous snake but with the hell she gives the king snake around my shed I bet she would get her arse bit in a second.

My dad has beagles that he runs year round and get snake bitten often probably cotton mouths. He gives them a shot of azamycine (not sure of spelling) and they are ready up go run in a few days.

Im pretty sure my dad has never had dog bit by a rattlesnake because there has never been one see in the area in over 50 years of him running dogs. More likely cottonmouths copperheads

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Canebrake venom is not very dog friendly.

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Agree, but there is supposed to be a vaccine some vets can give a dog which may help when bit by a canebrake. The vaccine was developed against western diamondbacks, but can also be useful in the case of a canebrake bite.

Condition update

Dog seems to be recovering well. Swelling is substantially reduced. Bite area is black, necrotic, but has developed a thick scab.

We continue to dose Benadryl twice per day. Lots of water and a covered kennel have kept her calm.

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if they grew to 200 pounds there would be no way to peacefully co exist with a predator such as that...

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