ribbon snake

[TylerxToxic]

my brother got bit by one today. so we kept it if we had to take him to the hospital. but I wasnt there when it happened so I couldnt tell them. lol
so now we have a wild snake thats actually pretty calm. we're probably releasing it later though.

[Neal]

Why would you have to keep it incase you had to take him to the hospital? Just curious?

Actually, why would you have to take him to the hospital?

[kc261]

I would assume because they either could not identify the snake for sure, and/or even if they knew the species, didn't know if it was a venomous species.

Not a bad idea, but it still relies on the people at the hospital to be able to identify the snake.

[Neal]

I would assume because they either could not identify the snake for sure, and/or even if they knew the species, didn't know if it was a venomous species.

Not a bad idea, but it still relies on the people at the hospital to be able to identify the snake.

What's the chance of a person at a hospital being able to identify a snake. Even when I didn't know anything about snakes, I still knew a ribbon was venomous.

[aSnakeLovinBabe]

If you are in any doubt at ALL that you may or may not have been bitten by a venomous snake, and remember, some people simply DON'T KNOW.... it is a very good idea to attempt to collect the specimen, live or dead, for identification if you yourself can't ID it. You would rather have a monovalent anitvenin (species specific) as opposed to just a polyvalent (less specific) one and you must be able to ID the species somehow if you are to receive a species specific antivenin. If you can't ID it, hopefully you can find someone who can. A person like me would know the species if I were bitten, but many people simply have no clue, especially when they are total, out of the blue accidents!

[Neal]

I know, it's just kinda rather funny. I know the ins and outs trust me. I was just commenting.

[TylerxToxic]

I still knew a ribbon was venomous.

they're not venomous.


you take them just in case b/c he didnt know what kind of snake it was. so yea

[Neal]

they're not venomous.


you take them just in case b/c he didnt know what kind of snake it was. so yea

Yea, that was a typo. I meant to put wasn't. Glad somebody noticed that, I definately wouldn't of.

[TylerxToxic]

mhmm. =]

[Neal]

LOL, if you thought a ribbon snake was venomous, my niece would know more. I've been messing with snakes a very long time. She doesn't know anything about snakes but she knows for U.S. Snakes the spade shaped head = venomous like on most vipers throught the world because of the enlarged venom glands, she also knows that the only 2 venomous snakes that don't have the spade shaped head are the 2 coral snakes found in the u.s. and she knows to stay away from them even though she knows the color saying, which only holds true to north american corals.