03/10/2025
๐๐๐๐ ๐ฌ๐๐๐ฉ๐๐๐ง ๐๐จ ๐ฌ๐๐ง๐ข๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ช๐ฅ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐จ๐ฃ๐๐ ๐๐จ ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ฃ๐๐ฉ๐๐ก๐ฎ ๐ค๐ช๐ฉ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐๐ค๐ช๐ฉ๐
Whilst many of our team members love snakes, we have already seen several pets come into our clinic in the last few weeks after being bitten by a venomous snake including red bellied black snakes and even a tiger snake!
One such patient is Arlow a handsome 11 year old tabby cat. Arlow's mum called our hospital late one night a few weeks ago after returning home to find 2 small holes surrounded by blood on one of Arlow's legs' and the leg was already starting to swell. Arlow had been outside for about 6hrs and whilst his Mum thought it may have been a dog bite, our staff actually clued onto the fact that Arlow may have been bitten by a snake. As it turns out, Arlow lives right near a creek (snakes are often found near a water source as they need to drink water) and his Mum has seen a red bellied black snake in the area before.
Arlow's Mum brought him straight into the hospital at the thought of a potential snake bite and whilst Arlow was still quite bright, an initial blood test for CK (creatine kinase) levels showed that these were quite elevated which is in fact a pretty telling sign that Arlow had in fact been bitten by a snake.
Arlow was admitted into hospital where he received snake antivenom, fluid therapy, pain relief, and ongoing care. Arlow is one of the lucky ones and after 5 days with us, he was able to go home much to the relief of his family.
๐๐ ๐ถ๐ ๐ถ๐บ๐ฝ๐ผ๐ฟ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ ๐๐ผ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐บ๐ฒ๐บ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ฎ๐ป๐ถ๐บ๐ฎ๐น ๐๐ถ๐น๐น ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ฝ๐ผ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ณ๐ณ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐น๐ ๐๐ผ ๐ฎ ๐๐ป๐ฎ๐ธ๐ฒ ๐ฏ๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ต ๐๐๐ฝ๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ผ๐บ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐๐๐ฒ๐ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ณ๐ณ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐๐๐บ๐ฝ๐๐ผ๐บ๐ ๐ฏ๐๐ ๐ฒ๐๐๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ถ๐ฎ๐น๐น๐ ๐ฎ๐น๐บ๐ผ๐๐ ๐ฎ๐น๐น ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ผ๐บ๐ผ๐๐ ๐๐ป๐ฎ๐ธ๐ฒ ๐ฏ๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ฏ๐ฒ ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐น๐ ๐๐ผ ๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐๐. ๐๐ ๐ถ๐ ๐ถ๐น๐น๐ฒ๐ด๐ฎ๐น ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐๐๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐น๐ถ๐ฎ ๐๐ผ ๐ธ๐ถ๐น๐น ๐๐ป๐ฎ๐ธ๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ผ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐ณ๐ฒ๐๐ ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ผ ๐ฑ๐ผ ๐ถ๐ณ ๐๐ผ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ป๐ฒ ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ป๐ถ๐๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ ๐ถ๐ ๐๐ผ ๐ฏ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐/๐ ๐ถ๐ป๐๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐น๐น ๐๐ต๐ฒ Illawarra Snake Catcher ๐๐ต๐ผ ๐๐ถ๐น๐น ๐ต๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐ฎ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐บ ๐บ๐ฒ๐บ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐ ๐ผ๐๐ ๐๐ผ ๐๐ฎ๐ณ๐ฒ๐น๐ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐บ๐ผ๐๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐น๐ผ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ป๐ฎ๐ธ๐ฒ ๐ณ๐ฟ๐ผ๐บ ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐.
