My dog was treated with antibiotics after a water moccasin bite.
A 6’2” Diamondback is one Hell of a huge, dangerous snake. Too bad it didn’t find its was into the Mahdi’s bed. Of course, if it bit Moochelle, asumming she was there instead of Regie, it would probably be the one that got poisoned.
We walk our three dogs in the foothills above our home in Southern California.
The two big dogs love to put their snouts in bushes, around rocks, etc. right where snakes love to hide. We got the rattlesnake shots for them which the vet told us buys us extra time if they’re bit to get them to the vet for the anti-venom.
About a year ago we met a nice elderly couple who told us their dog had been bit by a rattle snake in the same area. They said they rushed the dog to the vet but it was going to be something like $4,000 for the vet to save the dog and they didn’t have that kind of money.
I keep a very sharp eye on my dogs, the little one stays close and I try to stay on the big trails and not bush wack like DH.
There were certain snakes Steve Irwin didn’t try to hold. Notice he never went after a black mamba, and didn’t get within striking range of an Eastern Diamondback. These are not the deadly but docile snakes of the Outback.
Vet told me that only about 20% of snake bites on dogs are deadly.
Ours has the vaccine. About 20 bucks a year.
But, nothing will save them from a Mohave Green.
I'm glad at least two of the dogs survived...what a horrific thing to happen...
Florida has some nasty creatures. If we retire there, our gardening strategy will be quite different than it is here.