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We noticed our dog barking today and he wouldn't stop so went out and checked and he was barking at a 2-3 ft. rattle snake. His pen is right by our covered cat pen. I had my house kitty, Oreo, out there for a few hours so she could breath some fresh air. After ds shot the snake with a 22, I opened the door to the pen, Oreo was right by the door. I picked her up and put her inside the house and didn't notice anything wrong. My ds came and told me an hour later that the side of her face was swollen. Damn, she got bit by that snake right below her eye. I just know she was trying to play with it.
We looked through the phone book and called every vet that had an emergency number listed and....nothing. Why they advertise 24-hr. emergency care is beyond me. You sure cannot reach them when you need them.
Oreo was lucky. She got bit in a place that the fang couldn't go in too far before it hit bone and we could only find one puncture wound, so she only got half of the poison. She sure looks funny, but she is eating and playing, so I guess she will be alright.
We looked through the phone book and called every vet that had an emergency number listed and....nothing. Why they advertise 24-hr. emergency care is beyond me. You sure cannot reach them when you need them.
Oreo was lucky. She got bit in a place that the fang couldn't go in too far before it hit bone and we could only find one puncture wound, so she only got half of the poison. She sure looks funny, but she is eating and playing, so I guess she will be alright.
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Both times we were alerted by the barking, and were able to kill them. Both were 3-4 feet long and fat.....{{{{shivers}}}}
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