interesting question..

[chondro13]

sadly i dont hold a DWA licence due to living in a teeny flat, but it is definately something on my 'far-in-the-future-when-finished-degree-and-have-big-house' list!

just wondered how many people have actually been bitten/stung by a venomous species - if so, what the did you do at this point!?

[ljkenny]

I'm not sure you'll have many people tell you they've been bitten on a public forum such as this.

The correct answer to your second question is; carry out pre-planned envenomation procedures.

[POAGeckos]

Well, I personally havent gotten bitten by the snakes, but a few employees have, and we have a fridge of anti-venom in the room with the snakes. I am the one with more the wolves, cougars, and bears. Havent gotten attacked by them though.

[chondro13]

hmm to be honest in my opinion people shouldn't be embarrassed to say if they have had experience with venomous bites/stings - the best keeper in the world cannot account for the freak accident. As youve all answered my question which was really me wondering if you kept the relevant first aid in your building and do people get trained to administer the relevant anti-venom injections (as it is my understanding these are either under skin jabs or intravenous and this would require a great deal of training) or do you simply stock anafalactic shock pens in order to keep you going till you get to a hospital?! lol!

[Chriseybear]

Originally Posted by chondro13

hmm to be honest in my opinion people shouldn't be embarrassed to say if they have had experience with venomous bites/stings - the best keeper in the world cannot account for the freak accident. As youve all answered my question which was really me wondering if you kept the relevant first aid in your building and do people get trained to administer the relevant anti-venom injections (as it is my understanding these are either under skin jabs or intravenous and this would require a great deal of training) or do you simply stock anafalactic shock pens in order to keep you going till you get to a hospital?! lol!

I Wouldnt say its so much about being embarassed by a bite/attack. It's more the spot light about it. Telling people, too many people you dont know how things could get about, last thing anybody wants is the Council investigating them and possibly seizing their animal/s by revoking their license. I'm sure many of them are just waiting for a slip up to get a Dangerous animal out of their district.

[southwest vipers]

Originally Posted by chondro13

hmm to be honest in my opinion people shouldn't be embarrassed to say if they have had experience with venomous bites/stings - the best keeper in the world cannot account for the freak accident. As youve all answered my question which was really me wondering if you kept the relevant first aid in your building and do people get trained to administer the relevant anti-venom injections (as it is my understanding these are either under skin jabs or intravenous and this would require a great deal of training) or do you simply stock anafalactic shock pens in order to keep you going till you get to a hospital?! lol!

You dont have a "freak accident" whilst handling venomous snakes. Keepers are bit through complacency,incompetence and stupidity..no excuses.

[mike515]

Originally Posted by southwest vipers

You dont have a "freak accident" whilst handling venomous snakes. Keepers are bit through complacency,incompetence and stupidity..no excuses.

of course a freak accident could happen. You can't control every single possibility. You can do your best to minimise 99.9999999% of the chance that something could go wrong.

Let's say you have a window in your hots room. It's all secured etc. While handling a hot, by the book not a single foot out of line etc, but something causes a brief glint of sunshine to make you blink. Bam snake could bite you in that very slight lapse. Highly unlikely but it COULD happen. No ones fault just a very very bad bit of luck.

[southwest vipers]

A very hypothetical answer, but that senario would be listed under"complacency".

[slither61]

Originally Posted by southwest vipers

You dont have a "freak accident" whilst handling venomous snakes. Keepers are bit through complacency,incompetence and stupidity..no excuses.

Hi all,

Southwest vipers whats it like to be perfect, you are so good you dare not give any info about yourself.

What do you keep, vipers is a clue and how long you have been keeping.

Any accident in life is one of the three things you say, complacency, incompetence, or stupidity but they still happen.

This sort of arrogance gets people nowhere.

slither61

[ljkenny]

God bless Reptile Forums. *shakes head*