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10-11-2013, 12:42 #21
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Now that is the hottest debated topic in snake venom at the moment possibly good advice possibly bad advice. At the recent snake bite symposium in swaziland it was discussed at length still not sure what the best treatment for cytotoxic wil be. Beat bet in any case is get to a hospital asap
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10-11-2013, 13:24 #22
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Re: Snake season is here!
The plans are moving a bit slow at the moment.Dealing with lawyers and insurance companies plus some not very helpful consular officials..so right now I am pretty much in the dark as to when it will be either middle to late next year or early the following year.
Gets a little frustrating really.But IT WILL HAPPEN and then it will be
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10-11-2013, 13:46 #23
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Apologies I forgot to differentiate, the theory is quite correct about allowing cytotoxic venom to "spread" somewhat however there is not a set protocol with regard for pre-hospital cytotoxic venom treatment, until the academics decide upon such I'll be doing it the same way you described it.
Thanks for clearing that up M.
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10-11-2013, 18:17 #24
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10-11-2013, 20:21 #25
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Re: Snake season is here!
[QUOTE=CorditeCrazy;534564]By default being an Australian already has you in minus points :D
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agreed, and all the rest of us can say is "Ag Shame", and watch out for the Taipans (a fair amount of them around WA, BTW)
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10-11-2013, 20:46 #26
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Re: Snake season is here!
[QUOTE=Sweet;534742][QUOTE=CorditeCrazy;534564]By default being an Australian already has you in minus points :D
agreed, and all the rest of us can say is "Ag Shame", and watch out for the Taipans (a fair amount of them around WA, BTW)
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11-11-2013, 08:14 #27
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Re: Snake season is here!
I was nailed by one of these about 10 years ago in Nelspruit. I was under the impression it was a brown house snake (it was dark) and picked it up by the tail. It got me twice on the right hand, middle finger.
You do not want a bite from that snake (or any other). I can still remember the pain, it is the worst I have ever experienced.
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11-11-2013, 08:25 #28
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Re: Snake season is here!
Was at Mountain sancyuary park this weekend and had a run in with a Mozambique spitting cobra. We all went on a hike and me leading the I notice a body of snake next to my foot. When I looked back the cobra was upright giving me the stare. Nearly kaked myself! I just told everyone to stop moving and I moved away from the cobra and it happily moved along and away from us. I am just glad it was a cobra and not an adder becuase I would have probably been bitten if it was an adder.
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11-11-2013, 08:27 #29
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Another way we know its snake season is seeing many run over on the roads. When cycling/running.
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11-11-2013, 08:35 #30
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