Anyone been bitten by something venomous?

[guzzo]

Has anyone out there been bitten by a venomous creature? and if so what creature, what were the circumstances and what effect did it have?

I just thought it might make an interesting thread.

 

[redbellybite]

I've been stung by a bee ...it hurt ,,,,,and I am allergic to them so the sting on my middle toe ,swelled up to my knee

 

[kupper]

Tiger snake about 3 foot long when I was 16

Local swelling shortness of breathe almost instantly followed by a week and a half in hospital and local soreness for about five months

Was helping my grandfather at his farm and got hammered in his shed

 

[syeph8]

Most memorable was a red back on the back of my hand. bloody killed for weeks and i felt crook for days.

 

[carbs]

i was bitten by a red bellied black snake about 4ft long whilst bushwalking must not have copped a full blow cause i was only sick for 3days but i still love red bellies

 

[guzzo]

Tiger snake about 3 foot long when I was 16

Local swelling shortness of breathe almost instantly followed by a week and a half in hospital and local soreness for about five months

Was helping my grandfather at his farm and got hammered in his shed

Wow!! Where did it get you? any long lasting effects?


Hey redbellybite....does the reaction get worse with each time you get stung??

 

[kupper]

The tiger got me just above my wrist and got me good

 

[Jay84]

I was bitten by what i assume to be a spider when i was in my late teens. The area (inside of forearm near elbow) swelled up and became raised. This area was then pitted with lots of little holes and became pussy and weeping. It was quite gross. Now i have a circular scar about the size of a 20c piece with lots of little dots in it where the holes were

 

[redbellybite]

yep to the bee question .if I get stung on torso or face .its a hospital job straight away..

oh and my husband got a fully loaded hot ven bite from an eastern brown snake..back in March ...ICU lots of fun and games ,3 heart attacks ,we are now seeing a specialist ,on going medical care and he is still not good ...but he does not hate snakes,but gets a little nervous and is now extra careful when getting around outside

 

[carbs]

wow very lucky man to have survived !

 

[waruikazi]

BTS is the worst that has got me. Although i did get a dry bite from a dead Gwardar so i guess that kinda counts lol.

 

[Elapidae1]

How did you manage the Gwardar bite.

 

[redbellybite]

BTS is the worst that has got me. Although i did get a dry bite from a dead Gwardar so i guess that kinda counts lol.

ha ha ha ...as good as me Gordo, copping a bite from a white crowned snake,which was in a hospital, on a callout

 

[Peterwookie]

Green Ant today in the Yard still Stings

 

[guzzo]

BTS is the worst that has got me. Although i did get a dry bite from a dead Gwardar so i guess that kinda counts lol.

How did you a dead one get you Gordo??

 

[guzzo]

yep to the bee question .if I get stung on torso or face .its a hospital job straight away..

oh and my husband got a fully loaded hot ven bite from an eastern brown snake..back in March ...ICU lots of fun and games ,3 heart attacks ,we are now seeing a specialist ,on going medical care and he is still not good ...but he does not hate snakes,but gets a little nervous and is now extra careful when getting around outside

A wild or captive brown?

 

[giglamesh]

there was a thing on here a while ago a farmer in the states cut off a rattle snakes head and then went to kick the head away and the nerves in the head/ jaw made the snakes head jump and bit him on the leg.

 

[Jay84]

yep to the bee question .if I get stung on torso or face .its a hospital job straight away..

oh and my husband got a fully loaded hot ven bite from an eastern brown snake..back in March ...ICU lots of fun and games ,3 heart attacks ,we are now seeing a specialist ,on going medical care and he is still not good ...but he does not hate snakes,but gets a little nervous and is now extra careful when getting around outside

Thats crazy! I hope he continues to improve. Very very lucky to have survived 3 heart attacks. Do they know if there is any long term / permanent damage?

 

[waruikazi]

How did you a dead one get you Gordo??

How did you manage the Gwardar bite.

I was the snake catcher in Darwin working out of a vet clinic. I was asked to ID a snake a dog had killed which was in a plastic bag. I didn't need to pick it up but i grabbed it by the skin on the nape and lifted it up i guess just cause i wanted to play with it lol. The snake was covered in spit and the tiny ammount of skin that i had pinched in my fingers just slipped out, it's head head hit my hand that was holding the bag when it fell. There was a tiny spot of blood where the snake hit me.

Went to hospital for 8 hours but there was no evidence of envenomation (funnily enough they didn't do a VDK) so i got sent home.

 

[redbellybite]

Thats crazy! I hope he continues to improve. Very very lucky to have survived 3 heart attacks. Do they know if there is any long term / permanent damage?

was a wild eastern brown snake ,it was under a roof tile on a second story house (he is a carpenter)

He has to have heart scans and a brain scan ,after seeing the specialist last week,he seems to think my husband may have some damage to his heart as he fitted 3 times after he was bitten and they had to start his heart up with the paddles so basically he was clinically dead there for a moment ,there maybe some brain damage done too ..so its going to be a bit of a waiting game to see how he goes ..he isnt himself and is still suffering from a variety of things ..but has the help of a good specialist now so we will take it one day at a time ..