Has your dog ever been bitten by a snake??

Our poor old dog is presently at the vet's-will be for a while--vet thinks she was bitten by a snake, and a big one at that. Have any of you experience w/this???

I'm worried about our old dog--vet said there was a large amount of necrosis--. The dog is about 10 and had heart worm (treatment-grueling) when we adopted her at appr. age 3.)

TIA
Answers:
it will be ok

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My dog has been bitten by another dog.if that helps you at all

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Do we know what kind of snake? Did anyone witness the bite? Any poisonous snakes in your locale? Another possibilty to consider is brown reclouse spider bites, depending on where you live. THey go unnoticed until necrosis starts and the skin can begin to slough off, making the wound appear much larger than the initial bite.

I have seen plenty of snake bites in my clinic but outside of water moccasins we don't have poisonous snakes here that would be likely to cause necrosis.

What kind of antibitoic therapy are they doing currently? Are they planning to excise the necrotic flesh?

Good luck, if you went through the treatment for heartworms to save this dog you have already given them 7 great years but hopefully it won't end like this. Keep us posted.

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nope.. my dog was never bitten by a snake. i'm sure your dog will be fine though.

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Hello, many dogs do get bit %26 do fine..alot depends on the kind of snake..like if it was venomous..you can check with a local reptile store or do a search to see if you have any venemous snakes in your area..dogs will go after snakes, but it's rare if they are really heavily furred to be a problem, unless the snake is venemous %26 their fangs can penetrate much, most dogs move too much for them to get a good bite %26 most snakes would just as soon leave when they see a dog, unless the dog really cornered it so it couldn't escape..unless the dog is so small the snake thought it could eat it too ( your not saying the size of your dog) so am trying to cover the bases here with the little info..Take Care

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My lab had this happen when he was about 3 and they kept him until he was infection free. The snake bit his ear, and it sweeled up because of the "whatever" the snake injected into him when he was bitten.

It took him 3 weeks to completely recouperate, but he's fine now, and he still kills snakes when we go for walks.

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I can't help, but I wish your dog a quick recovery. However bad it maybe, I'm glad you're a responsible and caring owner. Not like those *** who throw off sickly dogs into the thrashpile.

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nothing will happen

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the dog is in trouble we lost a 4year old to a rattler bite and spent 1500 to save another dog that got bit .

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I have a 5 yo basset hound and a couple years ago he got bit above his eye by a snake and the vet said to give him benadryl. He was fine. Same thing w/ brother in laws lab.

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my father-in-law's dogs have been bitten by snakes several times. They all recovered. Even by rattlesnakes- he use to visit the vet everytime one of them was bitten but now he doesn't even bother he believes it is just a waste of money. He says that if the dog has a hinde claw they will live thru snake bites- why i don't know. It is just an old wives' tale but there seems to be some truth in it. Hope your doggie recovers and thanks for adopting her and saving her life twice.

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I live in fla and yes your dog will be okay . I have had 2 dogs that gotten bitten by a snake . one was a copper head and he bit my irish wolf hound when he was about 11 he lived to be 16 . this was when my son was little . I m sure if my dog had not been there my son would have been bitten . i also had a german sheppard mix that got bit and she was also okay . they just get like ppl do and throw up and get real sick and then recover . good luck to you and your dog .