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[RC] Snakebite - smuncy

  ** Best suggestion,   call your vet and get ' what' antidotes available - if live ' that' far away.**  Plus,  will  probably  need antibiotics, ? tetanus, anti-inflammatory, and pain control . Thank goodness - I have never had to use, but --  two, 6 inch lengths of good garden hose in your  first aid kit is a good idea if you are in a snakey area -if horse bit around  head area, and if horses' nose starts to swell insert them - can save from suffocation due to nasal swelling.May have to secure - tied in with  halter or other method,(  taped, or sutured) as have to be inserted before nasal passages swell shut.Your vet should be able to instruct you. Thankfully, I have not yet had a horse snakebit, ( Fingers crossed,  X) , but used to have a dog, that - though really not stupid, could not tell difference between a snake and a really 'fun' stick - " it would move all by itself !!? OH Boy!"  Got bit twice in  one year, both times around head, thankfully, he was a large breed, or snake  did not fully inject venom.?- he just swelled up and looked like 'snoopy cartoon' - had really big head and  nose for several days, and felt 'bad' for couple days - treated with antibiotics, and time,  for most part - but that was years ago, don't remeber that dogs need tetanus shot, did not give any other meds, that I remember, generally - if live past first couple hrs, well, will live. And, hopefully, learn. StephanieM