Registered: Oct 2008
Location: South Carolina
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My 110 pound rotti got hit in the face/neck area by a copperhead this afternoon sometime,he is swollen up so I gave him a anti inflammatory . He is eating drinking and alert. What can I do for him?

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Registered: Feb 2006
Location: SC
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Penicillin and Benadryl, but if hes that swollen I dont know if it will help.

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Registered: Oct 2008
Location: South Carolina
Posts: 99

Thanks for your reply

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Registered: Jan 2012
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BE SURE AND TAKE IT'S COLLAR OFF IF YOU HAVEN'T ALLREADY . dogs hardly ever die from the actual bite it's normally a secondary infection that gets them keep it on antibiotics for a few day and all should be well .

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Registered: Nov 2009
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Plenty of bacon grease and a few raw eggs.
Pope Barry leaves ground to juice and sweet milk works to.

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Registered: Jun 2003
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for a copperhead lots of benadryl and it should be fine.

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Registered: Jul 2011
Location: tennessee
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make sure hes got a cool place to lay in with plenty of water around. ive had alot of dogs bitten by copperheads and this is what i do. i had a cur dog bit on the neck one time and thank goodness i always kept his collar real loose and he was able to make it back to me, if i kept his collar snuged i dont know for sure if he could have made it back.

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Registered: Jul 2009
Location: Delbarton, WV
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There was an old timer that packed a cattle prod in his truck and when his dogs would get bit he would stick the prod in the phang holes and zap .........Most of the time he would hunt them the next night...

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Registered: Oct 2008
Location: South Carolina
Posts: 99

Thanks for all the information and help. He is still swollen up pretty bad ths morning, but he is drinking water and using the bathroom. Bout to give him some more meds. Thanks

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Bacon grease, egg, milk warmed on the stove feed it to him, turpentine up over the bite to pull infection out ( maybe to late for this) we had a golden lab bit once and this is what we did and he was fine. Good luck with your rotti.

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