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Anybody ever had a pet treated for snake bite. If not be prepared. Anti-venom is 650 a bottle. Thats $650.00 per bottle. Total vet bill was 676. AND she died. Next time I'll ask. I love my pets but 650 per bottle is a little steep. Just thought I would pass this along in case someones dog gets bit.
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Sorry to hear of the loss of your dog.... 0 -
Did you know the species of snake that bit your dog? 0 -
We believe it was a small rattlesnake. The vet told me a small snakebite is worse than a large bite. He says the little snake injects all its venom whereas a large snake only puts a small amount. DIIK 0 -
Truly sorry for you loss[:(]
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Sorry about your dog. Yea, I'd pay that, in a heartbeat. My dogs are the only living things that give a hoot about me, and that's only because I feed them. 0 -
quote:Originally posted by jimdeere
Sorry about your dog. Yea, I'd pay that, in a heartbeat. My dogs are the only living things that give a hoot about me, and that's only because I feed them.
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If the roles had been reversed, I bet your dog would have paid it for you. Sorry for your loss of friend and money. 0 -
Sorry bout the dog.Mine get bit by copper heads every summer.They swell up really bad ,Doc gives them an injection and the next day,the swelling goes down.300.00 after hours.It seems they only get snake bit at 5 pm. 0 -
Sorry about the loss of your dog. I'd sure hate to lose either of mine. [:(]
NOTE TO SELF: Keep venomous snakes out of the house. [V]0 -
quote:Originally posted by sammashga
We believe it was a small rattlesnake. The vet told me a small snakebite is worse than a large bite. He says the little snake injects all its venom whereas a large snake only puts a small amount. DIIK
Hedog??
I'm sorry for the loss of your pet.0 -
It's a tough choice, but if u love'em that much nothins "too much...
We're all sorry for your loss at the Muntz household.....
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That's a small price to pay for the unconditional devotion a dog gives.
I laid out near fifteen hundred for an emergency vet bill five months ago. He's worth every penny of it to me.0 -
Sorry for your loss.
He Dog?
(You've seen that before; we're trying to summon the local reptile expert.)0 -
There are some that swear by use of a "stun gun" or some other sort of electrical charge at the bite site to counter the effects of a snakebite.I'm not sure if it would have enough charge but a person could pull of a dogs shock collar and zap the site immediately after the bite. Have read of a doctor in South America that uses it on humans with a nearly perfect success rate. Would be worth trying first. 0 -
That jazz about small snakes being more dangerous that big ones is nonsense. There are a lot more factors than size that affect the severity of a bite. Species, size, time elapsed since last meal, age, size and health of victim, location of bite on victim, etc. As to whether a snake can "dose" its venom, I don't know about that one. I do know that in many snake bites, no evenomation occurs, so either the snake could turn it off, or else maybe it had just eaten and used up all its venom.
What kind of dog was it? That is a major factor. I had an old collie-shepherd mix that was bitten by cottonmouths more times than I cared to count. The first time, I was with him when he was bitten by a large cottonmouth, and I took him immediately to the vet. The vet gave him a shot of cortisone to keep the swelling down and that was all. Dog acted sick for a few days and got over it. With subsequent bites, and there were many, I didn't take him to the vet. He seemed to remember the first cottonmouth that bit him, and from then on, whenever he saw one, he would attack and kill it. The snake would always bite him during the fracas, but he always killed it. That dog lived to be nearly 15 and I finally had to have him put down.0 -
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quote:Originally posted by p3skyking
If the roles had been reversed, I bet your dog would have paid it for you. Sorry for your loss of friend and money.
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sammashgasaid "We believe it was a small rattlesnake. The vet told me a small snakebite is worse than a large bite. He says the little snake injects all its venom whereas a large snake only puts a small amount. DIIK"
Different species of poisonous snakes have different venom. Last I remember there are specific anti venom for each species. If you are able to determine the species then you would be able to increase the chance of survival for you/other person/pet bitten. Also different species of poisonous snakes prefer different habitat. Whenever you see a poisonous snake in your area note how often you see each species. Then if you don't see the snake that bit then you know what species probably bit you/your family ect.
I am sorry for your loss.0 -
Soory about your loss. And yes ran in to situations like that with Vets. I care about my dogs like any one else. But the Vets really have you over a barrel when your dog or pet for that matter has problems. 0 -
Sorry to hear about the dog. Living here in eastern washington, we see a lot of snake bits to people and pets. It is true that the younger the rattle snake the worse the bit. I work in ER on the weekends and we see an average of 10-15 rattle snake bits a year. Not much fun to deal with. Not everyone get antivenom. most get supportive care. your 650 for the dogs dose is so much cheaper then dosing a person and the stuff comes from the same labs. 0 -
also sorry to hear about your dog. Our cats are part of the family, so I too would gladly pay the price. Actually I pay over $400 per vial for pit viper antivenom I import from Mexico. the hospital will charge over $1500 for the same vial, so your vet did not mark it up too badly.
On the other hand, he is perhaps less expert on snakebite. First, large snakes have more venom than small snakes, so if you have a choice, all other things being equal, always choose the smallest. As it turns out, all other things are never equal. Every aspect of a snakebite is under the voluntary control of the snake, and it is really impossible to predict what the animal will do. Generally speaking defensive bites may be less severe than feeding responses in terms of venom volume. Defensively all the snake has to do is put you in enough hurt to focus on your self while he beats a retreat. In a feeding bite the animal wants to drop his prey as quickly as possible to minimize the loss of the prey (pit vipers rarely hold on to mammal prey, though they almost always hold on to lizards, snakes, birds, and amphibians.
Dogs seem to have a greater resistence to snake venoms than humans and even little dogs recover well. Your dog got one vial I gather, in a human the first does would likely have been 6 vials, with more given if clinical signs and symptoms so indicated.
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In general, I won't spend a lot to have a vet work on one of the animals.
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quote:Originally posted by p3skyking
If the roles had been reversed, I bet your dog would have paid it for you. Sorry for your loss of friend and money.
Sorry but that's nonsense and not logical at all. Wonder how much these vets would charge if you had their head in a vise.
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yep, my dog would have paid it. she watches me in every room I go to, and tried to rescue me from the bathtub once. she still makes sure the door's open just in case. I know she would have paid it. you can be sure I'd pay it. 0 -
What breed was your dog? Was it a large dog or a small dog? I think that would have more to do with what effects venom may have than how big the snake was.
I had a Pointer that was bit by a rattle snake. She did OK, but I used an electric tazer to zap the wound, and some #8 quail loads to zap the snake. The vet said that the tazer shock probably saved her.
I also had a pit-bull that took a copperhead strike to the nose. She killed it anyway, and her nose grew to the size of basketball. That dog survived also, but she was just too mean to die.
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Sorry about the loss of your pet, and I feel your pain.
Spent $350 last September to have vet #1 sew my Golden/Lab mix together after a pit bull attacked him, then vet #2 got $550 to fix the botched job by vet #1. Pit bull owner did reimburse us the first vet bill, but I did not feel it was their responsibility to ask them to pay for the second, as the botched job was not their fault.
Had the first vet told me $900 at the outset, and not knowing whether the pit bull owner would pony up, I would have thought twice.....0 -
maybe when you shock the wound with a cattle prod, tazer or whatever, the blood vessels around it constrict so the venom doesn't spread. 0 -
Truly sorry to hear about your dog. Mine just past a few weeks ago and price was no object trying to save his life. $2985 was his ICU bill. 0 -
my dogs are worth it but sadly if they were to be bit they wouldnt make the 45minute drive to the only vet capable of treating emergency medical care 0 -
sorry for your loss. i once paid $500.00, brought the dog home and she died the nex day 0
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