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[erica]

Yesterday our cat was acting weird, he wasn't his usual spritely self. he spent half the day sleeping, and when he woke up he was really slow.
he went outside and started vomiting, white foamy vomit.

we took him to the vet and they said he'd been bitten by a snake! they had him on a drip over night, and gave him some antivenom, and apparantly he has perked up a bit.

whats scary is the fact that there must be a brown snake (very deadly) lurking around our yard....and we live in town!

Edited by erica, 28 October 2008 - 10:00 PM.

[sazal]

Awww, poor kitty Hope hes ok.

[Mini-Mad-Craig]

Me No Like Snakes

Poor Puddy cat.
We Found this really weirdy snakey slug thing in our garden, like a colourful slug with MASSIVE eyes, was well cute ... kind of. Nobody liked it so my brother put a Chair on it and it got squashed.

Edited by Mini-Mad-Craig, 28 October 2008 - 10:02 PM.

[*DJH*]

Brown snake eh, lets hope it's not a common brown

[MGMT]

Me No Like Snakes

Poor Puddy cat.
We Found this really weirdy snakey slug thing in our garden, like a colourful slug with MASSIVE eyes, was well cute ... kind of. Nobody liked it so my brother put a Chair on it and it got squashed.

Lol your brother sounds like a nice person

[erica]

Brown snake eh, lets hope it's not a common brown

well actually it is.

Common or Eastern Brown Snake Pseudonaja textilis

The Brown Snake may be found all over Australia. It has extremely potent venom, and although the quantity of venom injected is usually small, this snake causes more snakebite deaths in Australia than any other. Sudden and relatively early deaths have been recorded. Its venom causes severe coagulation disturbances, neurotoxicity, and occasionally nephrotoxicity (by a direct action of the venom), but not rhabdomyolysis.

[*DJH*]

oh bloody hell sorry i thought you was here in the UK

apologies.

[Mini-Mad-Craig]

Sorry, Couldnt Resist.

[erica]

[nurseholliday]

Sorry to hear that!

But you have reminded me of an interesting story my housemate told me,

His friend had a Cobra or something similarly deadly that had been de-venomed or something, so it was allowed to roam around the house freely. One day this friend noticed the snake hadn't been eating very much at all, in fact barely enough to live. Then one morning she woke up to find the snake lying rigid on her bed next to her. She tried moving it, but it stayed rigid, completely straight, basically like a stick. She got very worried, that incident, and the lack of eating, made her think the snake was very ill.

She put it in a box and took it to the vet and explained the situation. So the vet says, "He hasn't been eating and he's lying on your bed, full length, rigid like a stick...? Going to have to put him down. Sorry." She's naturally upset and thinks it's because he's really ill and asks what's wrong.

"It's not because he's ill, it's because he's sizing you up! Every now and again, some snakes (not all) will just suddenly flip, and realise that you are essentially food. So what they do is starve themselves for ages to empty themselves out, then straighten themselves out next to you to see if they're long enough to fit you inside them. You're lucky you noticed, another couple of days and he could have tried eating you..."

Makes you never want to have a house snake again....

[Mini-Mad-Craig]

Sorry to hear that!

But you have reminded me of an interesting story my housemate told me,

His friend had a Cobra or something similarly deadly that had been de-venomed or something, so it was allowed to roam around the house freely. One day this friend noticed the snake hadn't been eating very much at all, in fact barely enough to live. Then one morning she woke up to find the snake lying rigid on her bed next to her. She tried moving it, but it stayed rigid, completely straight, basically like a stick. She got very worried, that incident, and the lack of eating, made her think the snake was very ill.

She put it in a box and took it to the vet and explained the situation. So the vet says, "He hasn't been eating and he's lying on your bed, full length, rigid like a stick...? Going to have to put him down. Sorry." She's naturally upset and thinks it's because he's really ill and asks what's wrong.

"It's not because he's ill, it's because he's sizing you up! Every now and again, some snakes (not all) will just suddenly flip, and realise that you are essentially food. So what they do is starve themselves for ages to empty themselves out, then straighten themselves out next to you to see if they're long enough to fit you inside them. You're lucky you noticed, another couple of days and he could have tried eating you..."

Makes you never want to have a house snake again....

The hell??? thats well bad
A Snake just slivering around your house like a cat or somthing? yuk.

[erica]

bloody hell...imagine being eaten by your own pet!

snakes and reptiles in general are probably my most favourite animals. i have always wanted a pet python, but i will have to wait til i move out of home...and be well cashed up!

[*DJH*]

Sorry, Couldnt Resist.

you div

sorry for craigs hijack Erica

[makka]

hows Albert going? I was talking to mum today and she said he was getting better

[Mini-Mad-Craig]

bloody hell...imagine being eaten by your own pet!

snakes and reptiles in general are probably my most favourite animals. i have always wanted a pet python, but i will have to wait til i move out of home...and be well cashed up!

Wikid, Ive Got 3 Marbled toads, there Not that active in the day but at night they play DIY in there tank and keep me awake

Sorry, Couldnt Resist.

you div

sorry for craigs hijack Erica

Sorry, Was Quite effective though wasnt it