Snake bites

[captain ken]

Just returned from pico de Europa Spain and on our last day in the accommodation my dog was bitten by a viper on her face, luckily I saw the viper attack her, 1 hour later her face was like a football. Luckily I had a vet appointment for worming(needed to return to the uk) when I got there the vet gave her anti venom injections she said she was lucky to have survived. So as you may know getting a vet in a emergency in Spain is not easy, so I recommend anyone taking their dog to rural Spain to take a anti venom treatment with them

 

[filzee]

Well I never. I had no idea they had venomous snakes in Spain.
Glad your dogs ok

 

[Selous]

What sort of viper is it?

 

[Andyquadra]

What sort of viper is it?

A dead one now by the looks of the picture

 

[captain ken]

seoanes viper

 

[captain ken]

It's a seoanes viper

 

[deerstalker.308]

Looks like the snake had a worse day I’d say…

 

[captain ken]

After biting the dog it went on strikeing anything that moved

 

[sussexyeoman]

Just returned from pico de Europa Spain and on our last day in the accommodation my dog was bitten by a viper on her face, luckily I saw the viper attack her, 1 hour later her face was like a football. Luckily I had a vet appointment for worming(needed to return to the uk) when I got there the vet gave her anti venom injections she said she was lucky to have survived. So as you may know getting a vet in a emergency in Spain is not easy, so I recommend anyone taking their dog to rural Spain to take a anti venom treatment with them

Perhaps my ignorance, but I thought anti venom was snake specific, and had to be kept refrigerated, etc. is there a general one you can get from a vet?

 

[Bandit Country]

Perhaps my ignorance, but I thought anti venom was snake specific, and had to be kept refrigerated, etc. is there a general one you can get from a vet?

I think most antivenins are polyvalent?

 

[captain ken]

I'm not sure what the vet gave her all I know is that had Rosie not gotten the shot she would've died

 

[bullet chucker]

What sort of viper is it?

WIND SCREEN?

 

[takbok]

Some interesting info on antivenom, maybe more of an African perspective:

Everything you need to know about antivenom

Everything you need to know about antivenom

www.africansnakebiteinstitute.com

 

[Moray]

Just returned from pico de Europa Spain and on our last day in the accommodation my dog was bitten by a viper on her face, luckily I saw the viper attack her, 1 hour later her face was like a football. Luckily I had a vet appointment for worming(needed to return to the uk) when I got there the vet gave her anti venom injections she said she was lucky to have survived. So as you may know getting a vet in a emergency in Spain is not easy, so I recommend anyone taking their dog to rural Spain to take a anti venom treatment with them

This is a reminder to anyone who has working dogs .
And I am glad your dog is well
We used to stalk and shot an area around South Ayrshire. And a couple of times we had problems with adders nipping our WHP,s
To the point that my vet at the time gave me the anti venom to take with me .
Fortunately never had to use it . As u would expect.
Regards Willie