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Post by illinoisfisherman on Apr 22, 2024 8:12:38 GMT -5
Thank you for the info. 👍
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Post by anumber1 on Apr 23, 2024 6:07:24 GMT -5
cottonmouth bit 3 of my buddies walker hounds, one was dead when we got to it, one died at the vet, the third surived.
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Post by bullfrog on Apr 23, 2024 6:10:45 GMT -5
cottonmouth bit 3 of my buddies walker hounds, one was dead when we got to it, one died at the vet, the third surived. Bite locations?
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Post by anumber1 on Apr 23, 2024 8:21:51 GMT -5
face/neck on the two that died, not sure of the one that lived
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Post by slough on Apr 23, 2024 9:32:24 GMT -5
Friend had a black and tan get hit in the head by one multiple times. Head swoll big as a basket ball. Year later you couldn't tell it happened.
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Post by bullfrog on Apr 23, 2024 12:49:58 GMT -5
face/neck on the two that died, not sure of the one that lived That’s odd. I was guessing the legs or torso. All of mine get tagged in the head or neck and they pull through. I figured the deep muscle tissue of the body might let the venom do more damage than the relatively shallow meat of the head.
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Post by swampdog on Apr 23, 2024 13:58:55 GMT -5
I was thinking the more meat and tissue on some dogs allowed the bodies natural defenses win out. Some running dogs are a bit trimmer and the venom may get to their engine rooms sooner. We lost a few good hounds along the way from cottonmouths.
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Post by bullfrog on Apr 23, 2024 14:11:50 GMT -5
I was thinking the more meat and tissue on some dogs allowed the bodies natural defenses win out. Some running dogs are a bit trimmer and the venom may get to their engine rooms sooner. We lost a few good hounds along the way from cottonmouths. My catahoula was in hunting shape and she took it the same as the other dogs. My spread of dogs that have taken snake bites are 3 old English bulldogs, a redbone coon hound, and a catahoula. I would theorize that bulldogs are more resistant, but the Catahoula and the redbone bust that theory. Were all the lost dogs hunting with the time of the bite unknown? Maybe continuing to run after the bite distributes the venom more. All of my dogs are bit on the farm and they simply come home and lay down. I’m reasonably sure we’ve begun treatment within 30 minutes of the bite in all circumstances. Except on the yellow bulldog’s second bite. We didn’t know he had been bit because he didn’t swell. He got lockjaw over the course of a couple of days and then swelled up. Once the infection set it, the bite marks bled freely and were plain to see.
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