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05-02-2015, 01:33 PM #11
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We live in rattlesnake country and two of our Aussies have been bitten. Years ago one was bitten in the face as she was going up hill to see what our other Aussies were excited about. They had flushed out a rattlesnake that headed downhill and bit the Aussie going up hill! Because it was a muzzle bite and the swelling might constrict her trachea we took her to the emergency clinic where she was given 1 dose of antivenom and supported with IV fluids. She recovered without incident.
Just recently our last Aussie was bitten on the upper part of her rear leg. Swelling was the first clue that she had been bitten. Antivenom is best administered as soon as possible so I knew it probably wouldn't help at this point. We keep benadryl on hand to use in situations like this and it helped pull her through.
We have heard from folks around here that the rattlesnake vaccine isn't as effective as it should be so we have opted out on giving it to our dogs. Here's a link to the vaccine manufacturer's website for those who'd like more info...
http://www.redrockbiologics.com/ratt...accine_faq.php
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05-04-2015, 12:53 PM #12
We had our first encounter of the year with one today. A 2 foot long Western Diamondback in the back yard. Fortunately I found it, and the doggie didn't. I walked to within a couple of feet before I spotted it.
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05-04-2015, 03:28 PM #13
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It's such a mixed bag of do it or not. The more I read the more I question if it's necessary seeing as we're not in heavy rattlesnake populations often. My deciding factor if any one is curious (I'm going to tell you even if you aren't ) is that they only tested this vaccine on less than 40 dogs and that alone doesn't scream to me it's effectiveness. We'll be in Wyoming and Montana for about 4 1/2 weeks. 1 wk in South Dakota and a week on the shores of Lk Superior and we know there is little risk there.. 2 dogs are much less curious and we won't be doing any heavy back country hiking with them and 1 is medication sensitive but not MDR1 mutated.
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08-21-2015, 06:06 PM #14
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I'm shocked to know that a rattlesnake vaccine may costs more than $1000! Better have your dog trained then and spend less especially if you are in a country where there are a lot of snakes!
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08-21-2015, 06:51 PM #15
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You wouldn't believe how much a trip to the emergency room is for snake bites. A friend had to be air flighted 100 miles last Summer, and the hospital was out of anti-venom. It had to be flown in from another city by air ambulance.
When the bill came in, it was beyond belief. He quickly made health insurance a priority for the rest of his life. He'll be paying that trauma hospital monthly for the rest of his life.
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08-22-2015, 09:03 AM #16
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Wow! Are you saying he did not have health insurance or he had health insurance but the out- of-pocket expenses sunk him?
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08-22-2015, 01:59 PM #17
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I can never get over those in this world that do not protect their family by obtaining and paying for healthcare and disability and auto insurance.
My grandson's father had kidney stones with no insurance, and he's paying the hospital monthly--for years and years.
My friend mentioned with the snakebite had no insurance, and just the 120 mile helicopter flight about sunk him in cost. He was bit by a Copperhead, and the injury was very, very serious. I heard some dollar amounts on the bill, but I forget how much it cost.
My son in law didn't have any health insurance on our daughter and 3 grandkids. He came down with multiple mylenoma and was too cheap to go to the doctor. He self medicated with illicit drugs to the tune of $200K cash. By the time he did go to the doctor, he was a dead duck--literally. Left the family house foreclosed on and all assets fit in a suitcase.
Insurance is a serious business--and it comes before just about every other expenditure in life.
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07-25-2017, 08:55 AM #20
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Aussies are pretty thick skinned and stubborn as hell. We could shock ours all day till you smell his hair burn (the bark setting will keep increasing the shock on ours) and he'll ignore it.
Turn it to vibrate and that is a whole new game, he hates that and will react most times with barking at it for the first zap... But if I verbally threaten to put the collar on or zap him he amazingly listenes quickly.
We never did get the vaccine, the entire series to be effective would not have been complete for that trip. Luckily we never ran into any rattlers.
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