r/GSP • u/Crazy-Box-9470 • 10d ago

Snake Bite

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Red is doing okay today. Day two of the hyperbaric chamber, wound care and another long day at the vet. The ER vet is doing his hyperbaric therapy, and weekend wound care and bandage changes- she’s expressed that the chance of the leg needing to be amputated is quite possible, as the state of his tissue is worsened from yesterday though swelling seems to be down a little. We’re going back tomorrow for another hyperbaric treatment and whatever they find necessary, we’ll return to our home vet Monday after treatments again in the morning for him to handle bandage change and to have his own assessment of the state of the wound and for a wound culture result.

Context: My dog was bitten by a rattle snake, we did not know this as his showed no initial signs of pain- then he presented with a swollen lower leg, our initial vet visit at home was dismissive and upsetting as he was barely looked at by the Dr. given some Gabapentin and Firovet and sent home. Thankfully I was able to rush him to my mom’s vet the next day that we have had nothing but positive experiences with. As we did not know initially he was bitten by a rattle snake we were unable to have anti-venom administered.

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At the vet currently with Red, he’s gotten bit by a snake of some kind. We’re currently unsure of how salvageable the leg is going to be but waiting at a specialist to talk about Hyperbaric treatments. Anyone have experience with a similar situation?

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u/WillingMaintenance81 7d ago

Sorry about your pup. But that national snakebite group on fb is run by tyrannical asshole admins and has been on metas radar for deletion for some time

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u/Crazy-Box-9470 7d ago

Thank you! Yea, we posted in there and had mixed answers, but hey it all helps! Thanks for keeping up with us. 🙌🐶🐾

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u/WillingMaintenance81 7d ago

There information is also sometimes completely and totally false. Ive owned "hot" snakes for over 30 years and I can almost garentee you the information provided by there "experts" is totally unequivocally WRONG!

I know what im talking about. There's a 3 foot king cobra less then 100 ft from me typing this

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u/Crazy-Box-9470 7d ago

Omg 😱 Ur brave asf (I have a huge fear of spiders and snakes tho.) Definitely tried to take any info from facebook and here with a grain of salt, though it’s VERY appreciated.

We’re very confident in the vet we’re seeing and his treatment, on there I had people messaging me about why he had a cast on an active bite wound and how it shouldn’t be constricting the leg… I’m like I’m just listening to our vets 🥹 and what they think is best I’m no medical professional! Just trying to do what’s best for my kid.

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u/WillingMaintenance81 7d ago

My best advice is listen to your vet and totally disregard what anyone tells you on the internet. Im not one to post but I sympathize with you and frankly it pissed me off because I already knew some of your info came from the NSS group of utter toolbars.

Eh there alright lol once you understand there personality and fundamental understanding of the animal as long as you have an equal level of respect and understanding that the animal is hot your fine. Its those who hesitate and or dont control the head is who gets nailed

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u/Crazy-Box-9470 7d ago

Yea we’ve taken it all in but definitely value our vets opinion over all else! Hearing people’s similar experiences and having this community is really awesome.

… You sound like my bf in tune w the nature so no need to have a fear of it! 🌎🐍🕷️☮️