Devi Posted November 8, 2007 Report Share Posted November 8, 2007 A snake bit Chaos while I was at school today. Mom put all of the dogs outside while she was eating lunch and a little later, she took a copperhead away from them. All of them were acting normal at first, but Chaos rolled over a few minutes later and revealed his swollen hind paw. The vet thinks he may have injured his knee in the process, but we won't know until the swelling goes down. We just picked him up and he's enjoying a bone in his crate. His hind paw is quivering a bit and it's still very swollen. Send good thoughts to the poor guy, he just started CGC class last night and is supposed to start agility in January. Not so if his knee's hurt like the vet thinks it is. Both of us celebrate our birthdays tomorrow, so this was an awful birthday surprise for him. I am incredibly relieved that he's okay... You could hear my heart hit the floor when my mom told me he was already at the vet's!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lenajo Posted November 8, 2007 Report Share Posted November 8, 2007 most dogs don't die or have residual effects from snakebites (at least from North American snakes). We've had several dogs over the years bit by copperheads, even one in the face, and none had more than swelling for a few days to a week. One dog, bit in the face, did lose one of the small front teeth. Hopefully the knee is nothing more than the spread of swelling from the bite. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anda Posted November 8, 2007 Report Share Posted November 8, 2007 Poor Chaos!!! Get well wishes and lots of good vibes for the beautiful boy! Hope by tomorrow, on your BDays, you both feeling better and enjoing the great coincidental birthday! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allie Oop Posted November 8, 2007 Report Share Posted November 8, 2007 Sorry to hear about poor Chaos. I hope he recovers quickly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoloRiver Posted November 8, 2007 Report Share Posted November 8, 2007 Oh geez. Poor guy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaryP Posted November 8, 2007 Report Share Posted November 8, 2007 Oh Devi, I decided to just quickly check the boards and saw this. I'm so sorry for you and Chaos. If it makes you feel any better, a copper head bite is one of the least serious venomous snake bites. His paw is probably a bit sore, but he should be just fine. My super intelligent dogs tried to "play" with a coral snake about a month ago. I nearly had a heart attack! That's NOT a snake you want to mess with! Give Chaos a hug and kiss from us. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devi Posted November 9, 2007 Author Report Share Posted November 9, 2007 Oh Devi, I decided to just quickly check the boards and saw this. I'm so sorry for you and Chaos. If it makes you feel any better, a copper head bite is one of the least serious venomous snake bites. His paw is probably a bit sore, but he should be just fine. My super intelligent dogs tried to "play" with a coral snake about a month ago. I nearly had a heart attack! That's NOT a snake you want to mess with! My also-quite-intelligent dogs had a coral snake recently, too... So you can imagine me freaking out when I found out he was at the vet's with a snake bite!!! Guh! Thanks, everyone. He's been sleeping for a few hours now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ahoops Posted November 9, 2007 Report Share Posted November 9, 2007 Hope Chaos is OK .You are just lucky you dont live in Australia we have Brown snakes(AKA King Browns) that are very venomous and if an animal or human is bitten by one you have to get anti veneme very quickly or its fatal.They are getting pretty active now (its our spring) and they are cranky coz they are hungry and looking for a mate! I have known quite a few dogs who dont make it after being bitten.They also live all over in the city and the bush .I have even seen them on the beach .!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sweet_ceana Posted November 13, 2007 Report Share Posted November 13, 2007 I just saw this. I hope Chaos is doing better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bc4pack Posted November 14, 2007 Report Share Posted November 14, 2007 Me too. Hope Chaos is better... Haven't seen too many snakes around my place this year... and I'm what, maybe 20 miles from you as the crow flies? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aquarius89 Posted November 14, 2007 Report Share Posted November 14, 2007 Oh wow! How scary. I hope Chaos is okay!!! How is he doing? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chesney's Girl Posted November 14, 2007 Report Share Posted November 14, 2007 most dogs don't die or have residual effects from snakebites (at least from North American snakes). Hopefully the knee is nothing more than the spread of swelling from the bite. Even Rattlers? Thats good to know since there are a lot of those in California and when Chesney and I go hiking on the horse trails I always worry about that. I hope his knee is just sore from the swelling as well. Swelling in places its not supposed to be is very irritating to the body *hugs and birthday wishes to you and Chaos* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockstar Posted November 14, 2007 Report Share Posted November 14, 2007 Poor Chaos! I hope he is feeling better by now! (Sorry-I like a few others just read this thread today). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devi Posted November 15, 2007 Author Report Share Posted November 15, 2007 Thanks all! Chaos is feeling much better and attended his CGC class tonight and did wonderfully! We aren't sure about his knee yet but it looks much, much better!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
in2adventure Posted November 17, 2007 Report Share Posted November 17, 2007 Yeah! Chaos is feeling better! Snake bites are so scary. I got Lucia the rattlesnake shot this year because it worried so much. I'll never do it again though. I think it make her sicker than the snake bite would have Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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