Kansas Rumors/Truths?

I try to have the # of a local vet that offers emergency services. My wife tries to tell me every vet provides emergency service but that is NOT accurate.
 
wouldn't be a bad idea to get the shots for snakes its better than the alternative will be without them but even with the shots they are still down and out for a couple days and you still need to seek a veterinarian asap
 
I know some guys carry benadryl to keep the swelling down until you get to the vet, I've heard the anti-venom is very costly, do most vets down there have it on hand?
 
I don't know of any but then again I have never had the misfortune of having to use a vet for a snake bite so I can't answer that question
 
I have never seen a rattler in Mid November during bird season in Kansas. Usually there's been enough weather by then to send to the denning areas. guess from what I'm hearing on this site, maybe a guy should avoid rocky outcroppings, and ledge type terrain if it's unseasonably warm. I have encountered lots, ( sometimes dozens in areas of Wyoming, hunting sage grouse, and in the sandhills of nebraska, hunting sharptails. Never had a dog bit, but those dogs were smarter than my current brood! We have always carried hydra-delta-cortef, which is an injectable steriod used to control swelling from snake bite. was advised by the vet that I could use it on the dogs, horses, or me. By the way, I have seen dogs that were snake bit, by giant timber rattlers, ( 6'), in Florida, and south Georgia. To far out for the vet, never saw one actually die, but it sure was ugly for weeks, as the swelling was extreme, beyond belief actually, circulation was the key, lots of steroids to try to control the swelling and avoid necroptic tissue, survivors lost the fascination for snakes, albeit the hard way. After such an incident I noticed shooting quail became secondary to hunting snakes, as in you see one everywhere.
 
a farmer buddy of mine had a dog bit last year in july and I swear the dog was growing another head before it was all over where does a guy get your formula for swelling and does it have an experation date i don't want to buy something and not use it but have to throw it away after a year if not used
 
3 years ago in November my son walked upon a rattler coiled and ready to strike in SW Kansas hunting pheasants. It was in some thin grassland and he was able to see it when he got within a few feet. It is now in snake heaven. Dogs had not been through the area. We give ours the vaccine every Oct. and try to snake break them with the electic collar when we can find an obliging snake. If you carry Benadryl or other medication it will have an expiration date. So, it is like an insurance policy and if you don't need it you lose your money. The anti-venin is high dollar, like $1,000, and I doubt many vets keep it on hand because it too, has an expiration date. Most likely you would have to be near a major metro area. It is worth a minute to search up emergency treatment on the net and keep a kit handy for the common things we run into in the field.

Boys and girls, can you spell 1 month till kick off?
 
The hydra delta cortef is an old steriod, any vet should have it. I think I paid $15.00 for last time, it does expire, about a year out. It is injectable, and I would be inclined to use an injectable because the swelling is so intense, and quick, that swallowing by the dog, or you depending on bite location will render swallowing and absorbtion into the blood stream almost impossible. Injectable , has a chance to beat some of the toxin to vital organs, it's still going to be a fight, and a fight it will look like your losing. If the humans keep their wits, most survive. There comes a time when the dogs eyes are bulging out, eye lids inverted, slobbering uncontrollably, with a head and shoulder that looks like cujo, there's a tendency to throw in the towel and euthanize. Those are the only fatalities I am aware of. There have been some limbs lost, eyes lost, etc.
 
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