Has anyone here ever been bitten by a cotton mouth? I probably have over a dozen close encounters a year, and have never been bit. Just wondering what to expect if I do? If you have been bitten, what would you compare the pain to?
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Never bit and hope to never do. I heard that's the one that's the worst of all of them that we have in the US. -
Not a walk in the park but not near as deadly as a rattlesnake.Originally posted by BBReezen View Post
A good friend, Denis Billings of Billings Jewelers, got hit on the ankle. Couple days in the hospital for observation, no anti-venom. Black and blue swelling and limped for a week. I went back to the South Houston rifle range and found the little vermin under the shooting shed, a 2ft water moccasin.Comment
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That crazy arse Shelby got bit by one then bit it's head off for biting him.Comment
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Maybe I'm thinking backwards, I sometimes doOriginally posted by Thumper View Post
. Anyway, I don't want to get bit by any of them
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It takes a lot to get a cotton mouth to bite in most cases. Probably very few people in the country bite by one in a year.
Non the less, probably not a fun experianceComment
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When I was in High School in Oklahoma a girl in my class got hit by a rattlesnake. She equated the pain to "someone hitting my leg with a crowbar then shoving a lit blowtorch in my calf". She got several doses of horse serum and a helicopter ride to OKC where she spent a couple of weeks in the hospital. She came out OK in the end, just had a pretty gnarly scar from the escharotomy on her calf.
In 17 years as a paramedic I've seen quite a few envenomations. Some dry bites, some full on severe. My advice is take every precaution you can to NOT get bit. The only horror story I'll tell ya is this, the average ER visit alone from a moderate to severe envenomation is in the neighborhood of $30,000-$50,000. It can easily be double that if an ICU or rehab stay is involved. Cheaper to not get bit.Last edited by jesterdoc; 08-20-2013, 07:09 PM.Comment
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yeah we had a guy get bit by a copperhead at our lease and he said the bill ended up a little over 100k!!Comment
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Everyone acts different. Guy that lives couple miles from me got bit by small copperhead while weed eating in crocs - called his son over and told him what happened and fell over dead- Most don't die. I know two local people recently bit with little to no problems. One little girl.
Just never know !Comment
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Where did this happen? Seems I heard about that last summer maybe. Didn't he have a heart attack?Originally posted by Howard View PostComment
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I can ASSURE you that guy did not die within a matter of minutes from a copperhead bite.Originally posted by Howard View Post
Possibly a heart attack?Comment
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I can assure you are wrong- He had a reaction and killed him instantly. A small copperhead -I too said no way and must have been heart attack etc ...
He was checked for heart attack I was told by a close family member and after a couple weeks the only result was still reaction to the snake bite. We eat dinner and hang out with his first cousin weekly- Point is you never know how an individual will react
Friends little girl was recently bit by huge copperhead and is fine but went through a lot of treatments and hospital time-Comment
I had no clue it was that much!!!
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