Originally Posted by rickyh_2
Good advice Goodman. I made the decision not to carry her to the vet; actually the vet we use don’t keep the anti-venom on hand. I’ve second guessed my decision all night but that accomplishes nothing. I know in 3 hours at the most she was dead from the time she was bit. I figure it was a diamondback; I have about a 4 month old cutover behind my house that is grown up quickly with all this rain, so prime territory for them. I really thought she was gonna pull through after she got calm, reckon that was the Benadryl doing that. We are going to contact the other vet here locally to see if they keep the anti-venom on hand and get an estimated cost just in case we have another incident.

You reckon being Dog Days of summer had a factor in the amount of venom the snake injected her with?


dog days sure didn't help. Its hard to say why/when its gonna be a fatal bite. They can fall over dead in minutes or be totally fine. When you said the dog was bleeding,it kinda made me suspect. They usually don't bleed much. No need second guessing yourself. Like you said, the vet didn't have anti-venom. So it wouldn't of done you much good. May not of even mattered if they did. If its gonna die, I'd rather it be surrounded by people that love it, then by itself at the vet.

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