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[bigguy]

As stated, the first rule of snakebites is not to try and suck the bite site or wash the venom away. However, I knew what had bitten me so I could wash the bite site, and I had immediate access to water to rinse my mouth after sucking the site. I do not recommend this practice with deadly snakes or in the wild. I do not consider RBB's as being deadly, just potentially dangerous.

Greg, I have been tagged many times over the last forty years or so, how many times is my secret , but I can say like Graeme Gow, I have built up a resistance to many elapid bites.

This is the only reason I did not go to hospital as I knew how I reacted to RBB bites in the past. I would recommend anyone bitten by these to go straight to hospital to be on the safe side, as most people become violently ill from them.