Re: Help identifying rattler!!
Posted: Mon Aug 05, 2019 12:35 pm
I second the western diamondback rattlesnake identification. Killed 4 of em already this year.
Get to the emergency room!
Get to the emergency room!
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In my old hometown in Indiana we had a guy who ran a serpentarium. Part of the "tour" was a big fat book of photographs of poisonous snake bites that people had "waited out"...and some that didn't wait but it didn't go well anyway. It's one of the more gruesome things I have seen. I indeed hope OP has long since made it to the ER and most of these posts are superfluous.03Lightningrocks wrote: Mon Aug 05, 2019 12:45 pm I sure hope you have gone in by now. I don't think I have ever known anyone who "waited it out" after a snake bite. The picture I posted just after you made the post was the least gruesome I found. Most of the pictures I found were too graphic to post here. The longer you wait the more damage is done.
I remember seeing a story on TV a few years ago about some guy who was injecting venom from different snakes into himself to develop an immunity. In real life it is not how it normally works out. Even with medical care the bites often have horrible reactions. Maybe he decided to go in. I sure hope so.ELB wrote: Mon Aug 05, 2019 12:49 pmIn my old hometown in Indiana we had a guy who ran a serpentarium. Part of the "tour" was a big fat book of photographs of poisonous snake bites that people had "waited out"...and some that didn't wait but it didn't go well anyway. It's one of the more gruesome things I have seen. I indeed hope OP has long since made it to the ER and most of these posts are superfluous.03Lightningrocks wrote: Mon Aug 05, 2019 12:45 pm I sure hope you have gone in by now. I don't think I have ever known anyone who "waited it out" after a snake bite. The picture I posted just after you made the post was the least gruesome I found. Most of the pictures I found were too graphic to post here. The longer you wait the more damage is done.
I'm hoping he's gone in to the hospital tooLDP wrote: Mon Aug 05, 2019 1:18 pmI hope so too. Given his absence here since the initial posts, I'd really hope he took the advice and sought medical treatment.
Though I do get the impression that the doctors at the ER normally don't provide anti-venom unless the patient suffers a severe reaction to the venom. And of course they need a good confirmation on the assailant. They supposedly usually only treat the symptoms themselves and try to lessen the pain and reduce the swelling. Can someone please confirm this? My information might be outdated. (my age shows here)
My dad after a water moccasin bit him at the lake. He said he would go to the hospital if he felt funny. It must have been a dry bite.03Lightningrocks wrote: Mon Aug 05, 2019 12:45 pm I don't think I have ever known anyone who "waited it out" after a snake bite.
Maybe he went in. Even if they are too late for antivenom they can monitor the situation and maybe stave off some of the damage. I got hit by a moccasin once. I was wade fishing for crappie. Fortunately it hit my waders and did not go through. Scared the stuffing out of me though. I was thinking maybe he got me and I didn't feel it. Got those waders off in record time. LOLjason812 wrote: Mon Aug 05, 2019 10:01 pmMy dad after a water moccasin bit him at the lake. He said he would go to the hospital if he felt funny. It must have been a dry bite.03Lightningrocks wrote: Mon Aug 05, 2019 12:45 pm I don't think I have ever known anyone who "waited it out" after a snake bite.
Be nice to have an update from the OP.
I was actually just thinking of this guy myself. He usually posts at least once a day and has been absent since his last post on this thread. I am afraid you may be right about him having issues with the bite.krieghoff wrote: Wed Aug 07, 2019 6:25 pm I was wondering if anyone has heard from this fellow. I would almost be willing to bet train riding money he had a problem with the bite.