Elliot may be entirely right in his assessment of his dogs' reaction to
bites from copperheads, but we were, after all, talking about human
beings!

Check out: http://pulm.imed.missouri.edu/ER/art..._38_1_p055.pdf

Lastly, I'd rather "err on the side of caution," myself. And most of
what I found on the subject of copperhead bites mentioned necrosis.

Anne Lurie
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Elliot Cramer wrote:

Tom Gauldin wrote:

: What I was told was that while the bite would probably not be fatal, it
: could easily cause the loss of a finger or toe due to necrosis from the
: poison, swelling and restriction of blood supply to the extremity.

That seems unlikely. I give my dogs some ampicillin and antihistamine and
they do fine