Dugite bite

[glacey]

Helped treat a snake bite down the beach this morning - a dugite had latched onto a guys foot, apparently unhappy that he was standing on it!

Thats what you get when you don't look where your going

 

[moosenoose]

hahaha dumb surfy! 8) :lol: (j/ks)

 

[reptililian]

What's a dugite? Are they venemous? I almost never look where I'm going. Too busy finding cloud pictures. Saw a really cool one of a daffodil today!

 

[glacey]

Dugites are in simple terms, Brown Snakes west of Port August/Ceduna (I think) very common in Perth - apparently less tolerant than other brown snakes, although the majority of ones that I remove are tailed and bagged before they realise whats going on.

Although I'm sure they do lose their tolerance when being stood on!

 

[reptililian]

Ew. Is the person ok?

 

[glacey]

Yeah, compression bandage works a treat

He didnt seem to have any allergic reaction, so should just have the normal snake bite symptoms and anti-venom should fix that.

He didnt seem overly fussed about the whole thing

 

[Jonathon]

Are dugites common at beaches? I've only ever seen one near the beach and that was at city beach.

 

[alexr]

He didnt seem overly fussed about the whole thing

Bet he is now though lol... (hope is ok of course)

 

[Magpie]

Are dugites common at beaches? I've only ever seen one near the beach and that was at city beach.

I think they are fairly common in the dunes that have vegetation on them.

 

[glacey]

Are dugites common at beaches? I've only ever seen one near the beach and that was at city beach.

Yeah, heaps in dunes at Scarb/Trigg. Have had removal callouts this summer from Nth Cott - Mullaloo.