I admitted 2 patients with snake bites yesterday, both from puff adders. Puff Adders can cause some serious, painful damage! Fortunately, my understanding is that puff adder bites are not deadly, unlike black momba envenomed bites. One of the patients even brought in the decapitated culprit (pic below). I also saw a snake right by our house last night, but didn't get close enough to figure out what type. :) I have my snake scoping walk perfected; it’s a slow, high stepping walk while sweeping the light back & forth, and so far it seems to be working. No bites yet.
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| Left hand bite |
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| Puff Adder minus head |
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Puff Adder
Happy Thanksgiving dear friends! I am grateful for you--for your friendship, support and encouragement! Thank you for journeying with me on this challenging adventure, you all are so loved. :)
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I was screaming like a little school girl when I found a garden snake on my porch a few weeks ago, so I think I would definitely have a problem with a snake that looked like that!
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