Im at a loss, please help.

[freemotion]

I want to apologize for going off topic on this important thread. I was worrying about my dog as I was typing. He is much much better this morning and most of the swelling is gone. He has had plenty of copperhead bites and this is the first time he has ever responded in that silent way that dogs do to hide pain. He was down for about 7 hours. Again, I am sorry.

This is how normal conversations go....there is the occasional diversion. I'm so glad your dog is ok!


Back to our regularly scheduled programming.....

 

[rockdoveranch]

I want to apologize for going off topic on this important thread. I was worrying about my dog as I was typing. He is much much better this morning and most of the swelling is gone. He has had plenty of copperhead bites and this is the first time he has ever responded in that silent way that dogs do to hide pain. He was down for about 7 hours. Again, I am sorry.

This is how normal conversations go....there is the occasional diversion. I'm so glad your dog is ok!


Back to our regularly scheduled programming.....

 

[helmstead]

This is how normal conversations go....there is the occasional diversion. I'm so glad your dog is ok!

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[kerrihornenc]

Hi guys! Just an update. So, the doe that was paralyzed was euthanized on Tuesday. I took her to an animal diagnostic lab for necropsy. Yesterday, I found out that there were no intestinal parasties and nothing obvious on the initial exam. They sent off samples of her brain, spinal cord, kidneys and liver for furthur testing. The vet performing the necropsy actually said he was pretty stumped. He said she was severely anemic, which I knew from Tuesday, and that the anemia, coupled with her other symptoms made no sense. So, thats where we're at.


As for topic diversion, how's the snake bite dog now? Snake bites are nasty and in the veterinary field, we get pretty alarmed about rattlesnake bites. Those are the ones that always recieve antivenin due to their nature. The mechanism behind snake venom is the attack on the clotting factors. A successful invenomation can cause your dog to lose its clotting factors and to bleed to death internally. We call it a few things, DIC is one mechanism, stands for disseminated intravascular coagulation, and is basically bleeding out (without a long explanantion), so just watch your snake bite guy pretty close! I recommend fluids to diurese that toxin out at a minimum! Thanks again everyone! - Kerri

 

[ksalvagno]

I'm sorry about you losing your girl. I hope the necropsy comes back with answers for you.

 

[helmstead]

 

[SDGsoap&dairy]

Sorry for your loss.

 

[rockdoveranch]

I am so sorry for your loss. I hope the necropsy will give you some answers.

Thanks to all who sent good energy our way about our Boxer. He is fine now so we figure it has to have been a copperhead. It is a mystery as to why this bite gave him more trouble than the others, especially since it was on his leg and not his face or neck. Maybe the snake hit a vein? One of the vets we see is the only vet around that keeps rattlesnake anti-venom on hand. He only keeps one dose as it is really expensive.

Kerri, when I dog is down because of a venomous snake bite are the fluids given by IV? When my dog was at his worse, he would not even eat a hot dog. I had to pill him the old fashioned way . . . fingers down his throat.

People laugh at me, but in the summer when I have to go out into the woods I wear high rubber mud boots. A copperhead and cottonmouth could not strike above the boots, but a timber rattlesnake could. YIKES! Why do I live here?