Snake Bite Recovery
Posted: Mar 12 2016 4:13 pm
The dog, Charlie, got tagged on his front foot on one of our recent trips. Since were fairly far into the backcountry Brian home remedied him and he made it ( probably mostly on his own). We really didn't see the snake fully, but once back at the car a bloody and grossly swollen paw told the story. Brian started him on oral Vit C, milk thistle and benedryl. We then packed his paw in a poultice of Vit C, toothpaste for a thickener, neosporin, placed that on a paper towel, taped that to his paw then put a small sock over it and taped that to his foreleg. It was on about 12 hours then we removed it, it was pretty gross but did take some of the swelling out and helped the bite site.
He was pretty weak and not moving much for 2-3 days. The swelling proceeded up his leg and to his chest. One night ( we now had him in the truck with us to monitor him) he had trouble breathing but the benedryl seemed to help that.
It has now been about 14 days and he is doing well. I haven't seen him in the last week but Brian says he is trying to chase the ball, has a slight limp, but it looks like he will not have significant flesh loss on the foot.
Online has some other home remedies that ranchers and native americans use and we will probably stock up with that.
He was pretty weak and not moving much for 2-3 days. The swelling proceeded up his leg and to his chest. One night ( we now had him in the truck with us to monitor him) he had trouble breathing but the benedryl seemed to help that.
It has now been about 14 days and he is doing well. I haven't seen him in the last week but Brian says he is trying to chase the ball, has a slight limp, but it looks like he will not have significant flesh loss on the foot.
Online has some other home remedies that ranchers and native americans use and we will probably stock up with that.