10/10/2026
🐍SNAKE ALERT🐍
Our friendly reminder that snakes are out as it's warming up and can be fatal to pets.
Snake bites can act as a:
- Neurotoxin (affects the nerves that control breathing and motor control)
- Haemotoxin (affects the blood clotting system)
- Myotoxin (affects muscles making them weak and can cause tremors)
- Cytotoxin (can damage cells)
Symptoms occur 0-24 hours after an animal has been bitten and can be life-threatening if not treated.
Snake bites (snake envenomation) can cause the following symptoms:
- Vomiting
- Drooling
- Lethargy
- Hind leg weakness/staggering gait
- Paralysis
- Enlarged pupils
- Bloody urination
- Collapse
- Rapid and shallow breathing
- Bleeding from the wound
🚨If you notice any of these signs or are concerned that your pet has come into contact with a snake please contact your local vet mmediately.🚨
Please be advised that snake identification is only reliable if done by a licensed snake catcher with years of snake experience. If your pet has been bitten by ANY snake, veterinary attention is always recommended.🏥
Methods to prevent snake bites:
- Regularly monitor your pets throughout the day, especially when they are outside
- Walk pets on paths and manicured area's
- Avoid walks during hot weather
- Always watch your surroundings when walking
- Keep your pet on a leash
- Reduce piles around the house
- Remove snakes food supply such as rodents🐀
- Keep lawns mowed and brush areas managed
- Store firewood away from the house and prevent pet access to such areas
🚫If you come across ANY snake, DO NOT try and touch it, kill it or trap it. These activities put you in very close proximity to the snake and increases the risk of being bitten.
Please DO NOT let your pets near ANY snake.🚫
🛑Please leave ANY snake alone. If you are very close to a snake please stay very still and the snake will move away on it's own.🛑
Always contact a local snake catcher to remove and relocate the snake.
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