snake bite

[Bisley Man]

A young lady I know was bitten by a Copperhead several weeks ago. Has anyone else been bitten by a poisonous snake in Indiana recently? Want to share your story with us?

 

[Mgderf]

We used to shoot copperheads with our BB/pellet guns when I was a kid. Water moccasins too!
I know they are(were) in Indiana, but I've not heard of anyone getting bit.

Are they protected? (copperheads)

 

[Jack Ryan]

There used to be a lot of snake bites during the ABATE rally down here. I haven't heard much about it the last couple years. May be better since they have a permenant grounds now.

I don't know if they are protected or not, I don't think so but I never kill 'em. I hate mice, chipmunks, and vermin worse than snakes. Found about a 3 foot long snake skin in the garage yesterday where a black snake scraped one off on the shelf over my work bench.

When they are begining to shed is when they are most likely to bite because they can't see very well through the cloudy skin.

 

[Bisley Man]

Copperheads themselves are not "protected" that I know of. In the young ladies case , she was in a "Nature Preserve". She said this means you don't kill anything there.Timber Rattlesnakes are protected, I've read.

 

[RelicHound]

Ive never been bitten by a poisonous snake.
90% of the claims you hear about folks seeing copperheads or other poisonous snakes in IN are cases of misidentity.

 

[tyler34]

what people don't see didn't happen, if a snake bit me it is dead no questions asked.

 

[Jack Ryan]

Ive never been bitten by a poisonous snake.
90% of the claims you hear about folks seeing copperheads or other poisonous snakes in IN are cases of misidentity.

They always think a water snake is a deadly copperhead, lol.

 

[Dogman]

Did she go to the hospital for treatment?

 

[pgw0321321]

what people don't see didn't happen, if a snake bit me it is dead no questions asked.

 

[Bisley Man]

Did she go to the hospital for treatment?

Yes she did,received anti-venom.

 

[Dogman]

Yes she did,received anti-venom, was off work more than a week. When she came back she limped badly. Foot too swollen for a reguler shoe. By Thursday she was walking better.She told me she since has had dreams about,waking up in a jolt.The bite "stung" real bad and her leg went numb.

Hope she does OK, My uncle and aunt had a 150 acres down by Spencer back in the 1960's and one of the first things they told us kids was if we thought we had been bitten by a snake to tell them immediately. The water moccasins seemed to be the worst, they're come after you.
It's a wonder one of us didn't end up bitten, we were always around the lake or stream never looking where we were going.

 

[FordMan08]

I have been bitten a few times but never by a poisonous snake. ALL the times I was bitten, it was MY FAULT.

 

[hc4sar]

same here ford man ! used to catch em' as a kid lo those many years ago.

 

[RJF]

havent seen any around but then agian I dont go looking for them

 

[Bill of Rights]

I was always told water moccasin/cottonmouths had nasty dispositions and would actually attack, not just defend themselves and slither off somewhere to hide. Copperheads, not so much. I've never been bitten, but I wonder as to the "nature preserve" and "no killing" rule; do they truly mean you can't defend yourself there?


Hmm... I guess that would make schools and gov't buildings "criminal preserves", wouldn't it?

We now return you to your regularly-scheduled INGO, already in progress.

Blessings,
Bill

 

[RJF]

i would have to say that a snake trying to bite me wouldnt be alive to try to bite someone else

 

[Indecision]

i would have to say that a snake trying to bite me wouldnt be alive to try to bite someone else

+1, I have this habit of killing things that try to kill me first.

 

[AFA1CY]

I have been bitten many times.... by nonvenomus snakes. Prarie King, De Kay's, and a few others.

 

[caneman]

My grandson was running in a cross country meet in the Evansville area two years ago and was bit by a copperhead. They had a really hard time finding a hospital with anti-venom med and after getting guidance by phone from a professional snake milker ended up in Indy for treatment. The foot swelled huge, turned black, couldn't walk on it for several days and was generally pretty nasty.