What is this bad tempered little guy. Where do they like to hang out. What should you do if you get bit by one. Do you have them in your area.
Unscramble this and the critters do it for supper. FAGRGOIN
Wv mike wrote:
What is this bad tempered little guy. Where do they like to hang out. What should you do if you get bit by one. Do you have them in your area.
Unscramble this and the critters do it for supper. FAGRGOIN
Never seen one but in pictures I believe it's a copperhead. Get to a hospital if you get bit. Do they still recommend a tourniquet? Critters go FORAGING for supper.
No tourniquet, no cutting, no ice. Remove all tight fitting clothes or jewlery from bite site. Keep bite site at or below heart level. Keep calm and seek medical assistance. Usually you won't recieve anti venom for copperhead bites.
But you will have a neat story to tell.
GaryH wrote:
No tourniquet, no cutting, no ice. Remove all tight fitting clothes or jewlery from bite site. Keep bite site at or below heart level. Keep calm and seek medical assistance. Usually you won't recieve anti venom for copperhead bites.
But you will have a neat story to tell.
No thanks Gary, me and snakes just don't get along.....
There are several things you should avoid trying to do if you are attempting to treat a copperhead snake bite. You should never use a tourniquet above the snake wound because this could cut off the circulation of the bitten person, which might make amputation necessary. It's also not a good idea to make cuts in a person's skin to try to drain the venom out. This usually does not work, and you will have left the bitten person with more scars in addition to what may be left by the snake bite. Additionally, you should never try to suck snake venom out of a wound because it could cause you to become poisoned as well, particularly if you have any small cuts inside your mouth.
Wv mike wrote:
What is this bad tempered little guy. Where do they like to hang out. What should you do if you get bit by one. Do you have them in your area.
Unscramble this and the critters do it for supper. FAGRGOIN
Living in rural South Carolina, I am VERY familiar with this fellow. The bites are PAINFUL and potentially severely damaging- like losing fingers etc.. Of course, prevention is the best option. I read an article in Gun Dog magazine many many years ago about a fellow that used DC electric current to neutralize snake venom he was bit when he reached under a bush to retrieve a shot bird. The debate as to DC current effectiveness is extensive and varied. I found some interesting reading for those interested and tried to copy and paste the URL
address but it does not take you to the article. I googled "direct current shock to neutralize snake venom bites scholarly articles" about four articles from the top said "
www.mdpi.com and just under that "Download PDF-MDPI". In short, if I get bitten, I'm trying a DC shock!! All that being said, I still wear high top thick boots when walking through grass or brush unless it's January or February and cold (for SC).
Dang I hate poisonous snakes
GaryH wrote:
No tourniquet, no cutting, no ice. Remove all tight fitting clothes or jewlery from bite site. Keep bite site at or below heart level. Keep calm and seek medical assistance. Usually you won't recieve anti venom for copperhead bites.
But you will have a neat story to tell.
all that after running half a mile yelling and screaming
Wv mike wrote:
What is this bad tempered little guy. Where do they like to hang out. What should you do if you get bit by one. Do you have them in your area.
Unscramble this and the critters do it for supper. FAGRGOIN
Them critters are FORAGING for their meal !
Was thinking Eastern Diamond-back, but color suggests Copperhead; they like quiet, secluded areas such as wood or brush piles, fallen logs/trees, rock piles - will warm themselves by laying out in sunny areas in cooler weather !
DO NOT -
1/Suck poison out with your mouth or snake-bite kit !
2/Apply tourniquet !
3/Over-exert yourself or
panic !
DO -
1/Stay as calm as possible !
2/Keep bite area elevated above heart !
3/Loosen clothes around
area !
4/Seek medical attention - ASAP !
No copperheads or eastern diamondbacks in Arizona;
but we do have western diamondbacks and twelve
other venomous viper species, including the most deadly
mohave rattlers ! They are especially deadly, as their
venom is both neurotoxic and
hemorrhagic, requiring
IMMEDIATE attention !
We also have coral snakes, but their threat is relatively
negligible !
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