ridecamp@endurance.net: [endurance] rattlesnakes
[endurance] rattlesnakes
karen clanin (kclanin@fix.net)
Mon, 10 Jun 1996 15:50:57 -0700 (PDT)
Last Friday I spoke with the gal I buy my hay from about rattlers, they are
more exposed to rattlers than we are (area they are in), she had just been
to her doctor and they had talked about rattlesnake bites, he said he'd
treated 4 bites (to humans) in the past 3 days and told her that a bite by
a rattlesnake (to a human) was an automatic 2 week stay in the hospital. I
wouldn't a treat a bite by one to lightly and of course the young ones are
much more potent.
Karen Clanin
Atascadero, CA (central part of the state)
>p.s. Rattlesnake bites is people are generally speaking quite harmless as
>well. For most healthy adults, a rattlesnake bite that goes completely
>untreated with hurt like hell and make you pretty sick for a couple of
>days (and it will swell up like a balloon).