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How do you recognise that your dog has been bitten by a snake and how do you give the dog first aid?<\/p>\n
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When walking through nature with the dog, it can happen that the dog sniffs in the tall grass or under stones and startles a snake. Although snakes usually avoid confrontation, a startled snake may bite.<\/p>\n
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Snake bite symptoms in dogs<\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n A dog that has been bitten by a snake may show these symptoms:<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Drool<\/p>\n Vomiting<\/p>\n Weakness<\/p>\n Orientation problems<\/p>\n Balance disorders<\/p>\n Trembling<\/p>\n Shallow or irregular breathing<\/p>\n Point-like wounds with bleeding, swelling or discolouration<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Dogs that have only a small amount of snake venom in their body may only show these symptoms after two or three days.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n First aid for snakebite<\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n A bite from a poisonous snake can be fatal for the dog. A dog bitten by a poisonous snake needs help from the vet as soon as possible. If an antivenom is injected within a few hours of the bite, it is very effective.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Keep the dog still, carry it if possible, as movement accelerates the distribution of the poison in the body.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Handle the dog carefully because the pain caused by the poison makes the dog bite immediately.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n If the bite is on the leg, the leg is immobilised in its natural position.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Do not put ice on the wound or apply a pressure bandage.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Do not suction or cut the wound.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n If possible, try to identify the snake to be able to give the veterinarian more precise information for the antivenom.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Take the dog to the vet immediately.<\/p>\n <\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" How do you recognise that your dog has been bitten by a snake and how do you give the dog first aid? \u00a0<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1641,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_thumbnail_id":["1641"],"_fgj2wp_old_id":["838"],"rank_math_focus_keyword":["schlangenbiss bei hunden"],"rank_math_analytic_object_id":["2650"],"_trp_automatically_translated_slug_en_GB":["snakebites-at-dogs"],"rank_math_internal_links_processed":["1"]},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1642","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tiere","entry","has-media"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.neuropool.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1642","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.neuropool.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.neuropool.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.neuropool.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.neuropool.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1642"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.neuropool.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1642\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.neuropool.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1641"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.neuropool.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1642"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.neuropool.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1642"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.neuropool.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1642"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}