Snakes are out, what to do in case of a bite (1 Viewer)

[alia176]

This link has a good "how to" in case of a snake bite. It talks about the usual things we hear on the internet that we shouldn't be doing!

We're seeing snakes up here in Tijeras sunning themselves on the roads. I have a six foot pvc pipe I carry in each of my vehicle to help them "cross the road" and not get run over

I wanted to print out this article and toss it in the glovebox but the formatting makes it come out with too many pages.

Link to article.

 

[clrussell]

Good read

 

[Poupon]

Thanks Ash. Here is a 4 page version of the article if that helps.

 

[Quantumkiwi]

Great article, thanks!

Also, as I've found from plenty of personal experience with snakes, they really aren't out to get you.
I've never had a snake strike at me that wasn't really stressed out, which can always be attributed to YOUR presence. (Now some of the snakes I've run across in South Africa and Central America are a totally different ballgame!)

Also, learn how to identify our most common snakes, and how they are different from a rattlesnake. Most years, I see 10 times as many bullsnakes and garters as any other snake, and they are usually quite calm when handling.

 

[pappy]

Most years, I see 10 times as many bullsnakes and garters as any other snake, and they are usually quite calm when handling.

Just because I'm a curmudgeon ... technically, in New Mexico, bullsnakes are on the very far eastern plains. They are not in the central mountains going west. What folks around here call bullsnake is Sonoran gophersnake. Oh, and frankly, I don't care what you call them. If you say bullsnake I will know what you are talking about.

 

[NMBruce]

Thanks guys, I added it to my notes on my iPad & phone

 

[Mauser]

People will tell they aren't around here especially at my place, but I have killed 2 Mojave rattlesnakes here on my property. They are mean and will come after you.

I also will help a bull snake across the road, but will usually just give them a good fling with my foot. Rattlesnakes can piss off as far as I am concerned. I used to kill every one I saw, but I am getting soft in my old age and only kill them if they are close to the house. My daughter squished a little prairie rattler with her 4runner the other day so they are out for sure.

 

[alia176]

People will tell they aren't around here especially at my place, but I have killed 2 Mojave rattlesnakes here on my property. They are mean and will come after you.

I also will help a bull snake across the road, but will usually just give them a good fling with my foot. Rattlesnakes can piss off as far as I am concerned. I used to kill every one I saw, but I am getting soft in my old age and only kill them if they are close to the house. My daughter squished a little prairie rattler with her 4runner the other day so they are out for sure.

Snake invoke that primal instinct in us humans and in my case, I "want" to handle them but the body doesn't react properly.

Last year Juan told me what to do when I came across a large one on the road but man, O man, I really wanted to but just couldn't get near it so I helped it cross the road. Stopped traffic for a bit and they didn't seem to mind, was kind of entertained I guess.

Thankfully I haven't come across a rattler around the house but I do live on Rattlesnake Ridge road

 

[Dumpolina]

So you guys with a sharp eye and mad editing skills put up a few pics of the gopher snake and rattlers.
Like this one
I THINK this was in the Rio Puerco last year, or it was up by Gallina/El Vado

 

[Dumpolina]

And yep your warning is timely, lost of racers on the rocks in embudito area… if they’re out, the rattlers prolly are too. Watch your pups!

 

[Mauser]

The biggest prairie rattler I have ever seen:

This guy was sunning himself in front of my garage:

Decent size bull snake:

 

[LX450JC]

Just a heads up to everyone in case you are unaware. A dead rattlesnake is not a safe rattlesnake. The head can still bite and inject venom for some time after the snake is dead.

Decapitated Rattlesnake Head Nearly Kills Texas Man—Here’s How

Scientists warn that rattlesnakes can remain dangerous long after they are dead.

www.nationalgeographic.com

 

[NMBruce]

I saw this the other day, Rattlesnake handler dies after being bit by snake - https://news4sanantonio.com/news/local/rattlesnake-handler-dies-after-being-bit-by-snake-serpent-texas-freer-roundup
And USAToday had the article also and this about what to do incase of a bite Cary Elwes was hospitalized for a rattlesnake bite. What to do if you get a snakebite - https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/health-wellness/2022/04/26/what-know-venomous-snakes-bites/7442277001/. Except about
#2 Reduce movement and apply a pressure dressing to the bitten limb. Any movement will assist venom in entering the blood stream. For example, if the bite is to your ankle, wrap the leg with an elastic or pressure bandage starting at the foot and progress up the leg as high as possible. Which the original article says to only use on neurotoxic snake,

 

[marcfj60]

I came across this beauty crossing my driveway as I pulled in with the Land Cruiser on Sun. I should have left it alone and driven right by. Instead I called the kids over to look it, tried to coax it off the driveway with a stick and then was horrified as it took refuge initially under the LC and then eventually slithered up a tire and disappeared into the undercarriage. I could not figure out where it went. Later I tried to get it to come out by spraying water from the hose all over the belly of the cruiser. I never saw it leave. I left it parked outside the garage for 2 nights hoping it eventually left when I wasn't around.

 

[Dumpolina]

I came across this beauty crossing my driveway as I pulled in with the Land Cruiser on Sun. I should have left it alone and driven right by. Instead I called the kids over to look it, tried to coax it off the driveway with a stick and then was horrified as it took refuge initially under the LC and then eventually slithered up a tire and disappeared into the undercarriage. I could not figure out where it went. Later I tried to get it to come out by spraying water from the hose all over the belly of the cruiser. I never saw it leave. I left it parked outside the garage for 2 nights hoping it eventually left when I wasn't around.

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Ohhh no, Marc!! That’s my worst nightmare! I hope it didn’t take up permanent residence!!

 

[Dumpolina]

Comparing pics, Marc is that a bull snake?

 

[alia176]

I had a snake crawling up the 4Runner two years ago and it stayed there. So, I just went about my business and never did see it again. I might've relocated it!

 

[marcfj60]

Comparing pics, Marc is that a bull snake?

Well, I mean, lots of people call it that, although where I live it's more likely a Sonoran Gopher Snake (per the graphic/education Jon posted), unless the little grey strip that indicates where the subspecies intergrades exist between bull snakes and gopher snakes covers the east mountains.

 

[bonner01]

Just because I'm a curmudgeon ... technically, in New Mexico, bullsnakes are on the very far eastern plains. They are not in the central mountains going west. What folks around here call bullsnake is Sonoran gophersnake. Oh, and frankly, I don't care what you call them. If you say bullsnake I will know what you are talking about.

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5' Bull snake made a home in my FJ62 few years ago. It took me over four hours to get it out after blocking his various escape routes with rags. He was scared but I got him out safely and returned him to freedom. I was lucky it was only a Bullsnake...

 

[Mauser]

Little prairie rattler by my driveway just a little while ago. From around 6:00 in the evening until dark is the best time to see them.