I never have thought too much about or been too afraid of snakes. But yesterday around lunch time my 88 y.o. mom was feeding her cats outside and heard a noise like an air hose leak. She went poking around to see what it was and was bitten on the ankle by a timber rattler. She is in ICU. She’s doing really well - in a lot of pain but no necrosis - just bruising and swelling. We’re going on a search and destroy mission. The snake had ten rattlers.
Holy moly! I hope she is okay. Poor dear.
Good grief!! That is terrifying to hear, about your dear mom.
I am SO glad she is going to be okay. When do you think she’ll be out of ICU?
Prayers up, for her.
WOW! I was the same until a friend was bitten and required 28 vials of anti-venom, over 250K in hospital bills. I’ve been pretty leery since.
I found a baby copperhead in the guest room last month.
Dang! Prayers for your Mom!
My brother got bit by a copperhead hiding in some leaves at the lake few years back. He had to have strong antibiotics and strong pain meds in hospital. He was there for a week and off work another two weeks. Ten years out his foot still throbs where he was bit on cold winter nights at work.
I killed a four foot yellow timber rattler crawling along the road beside me while I was on my tractor. I looked down and it was right beside me, scared the crap out of me. A .357 JHP round sent him to a better place. That year I killed 17 snakes all but two were copperheads and rattlesnakes.