This morning i was walking along the bayou as i usually do looking for herps, well this morning i found an eastern ribbon snake. As i was holding him he began to chew into my index finger and held on for about 2 minutes. After he let go and i walked back to my house my finger was itching pretty bad and then had some localized swelling (a whelp about the size of a dime). I think i've heard of this before but im not sure...and really caught my interest so i thought that I'd post it on here.
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Eastern Ribbon Snake Invenomation???!!!
LaHerper
Jun 21, 2005 11:45 AM
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LaHerper
Jun 21, 2005 12:24 PM
a little update...the swelling and itchings gone...but the forearm is extremely sore :-/ and after the first post was having slight tingling in my hand.... do hognoses or other mildly venomous rear-fangs cause these symptoms? lol i wonder if i can add this to my list of envenomatios ..haha
TomDickinson
Jun 21, 2005 02:29 PM
They have rear fangs like hognose.Just shaped differently.To call either one mildly venomous is a stretch.I have had the same reaction from a garter bite.They have to really chew on you to get any effect.
