nasty as fuck, tbh I wouldnt want to get bitten by any hot but I would rather lose a digit and have to take trips to hospital than lose my life.

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Dont mean to be funny but that is very poor advise, an Elapid for a first snake is not a good choice. I know of a certain person in the UK who got nailed by a large elapid and now has no thumb, many Elapids also can still cause tissue damage.

also as already said keeping A/V is not a good option as local hospitals wont have a clue how to treat you, if you were to take your A/V along with you, this also goes against the advise of P Warrell.

There was another occasion in the UK where sombody got bitten and to cut a long story short due to the hospitals low level of knowledge a certain person nearly lost their arm but after the profesionals stepped in they were treated accordingly.

That wasnt meant to sound stroppy but after speaking to many keepers and profesionals to get my step by step bite protocal in place i feel i should speak out as i wouldnt want somebody to have a bad experience.

my advise is to know who to contact, understand exactly what to do in the event of a bite and have all relevant information at hand, we have some of the best snake bite doctors in the world located in the UK.

But most of all keep safe and never meet them

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That was meant to be tongue in cheek.......sorry if it got taken as serious advice.

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My Reptiles1.1.0 Corallus caninus (Northern variant) 1.1.0 Boiga dendrophila dendrophila 1.0.0 Bitis gabonica gabonica [option 0.1.0 Trimeresurus trigonocephalus [/option]1.0.1 Morelia viridis (Wamena & Biak) 3.0.0 Furcifer pardalis (2 Ambilobe, 1 Nosy be) 1.0.0 Gecko gecko

My Amphibians2.2.0 Litoria caerulea 1.1.0 Kaloula pulchra

My Inverts0.0.1 Heterometrus longimanus

Others0.1.0 cats 1.0.0 son (very expensive to keep)

basic what to do?

secure the snake, ring an ambulance, wrap your arm with a compression bandage, grab the envenomation protocol, unlock the front door and sit and wait with your arm (assuming thats where youve been bitten) lower than your heart and try and stay calm, that is what I would do.

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Tut Tut Tut Si!! Ringing the ambulance is the priority, your back up handler can secure the snake, you then administer any first aid. Nothing should stop you ringing for that ambulance, what if you lose consciousness after 2 minutes? Those precious 2 minutes you could've rang for help, if you're on your own you're screwed! Ring the ambulance FIRST!!!

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there you go, fixed it

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normally get it from the liverpool school of tropical medicine. Think you can buy it but its $$$$$.