Oh my........poor Merry Myrtle.......I do hope she is recovering ok, just never know with snakebites, but at least a Copperhead is less venomous than a Water Moccasin or the Rattlesnakes we have in our area......and yes, I know Happy Hannah had her paws of protection on miss Merry Myrtle, please give her a kiss on the nose from me.....And YAY for ice cream.......!!

I will keep you and her in my thoughts today.....
Much Love,
Bonnie & Angel Polly

Myrtle, Myrtle, Myrtle! What are we going to do with you? You look soooo pathetic. Is your mom going to have to take you to snake avoidance class? Or did you learn your lesson the first time?

So glad there was a happy outcome.

Kathi and Murphy

Oh wow!  Glad she is ok - I know it was the ice cream that pulled her through - it solves everything

We have copperheads here, too. Yikes!  You be careful yourself........

Gamom & Emma

Oh no.  Sally, I have been there.  Honest.  A number of years ago, Brendol and Aissa were playing in the yard and started barking.  When I looked their direction, I could tell it was probably a snake.  They had had their occasions to find gardner snakes.  I started heading their direction, and then I saw the snake strike.  At that point, I knew it wasn't a simple little gardner snake.  So I grabbed a long stick on my way and when I got to them, sure enough, there was a 2 foot copperhead ticked as all get out.  Meanwhile, Aissa grabs the thing and is thrashing it about.  Once she dropped it, I figured yay, dead snake.  Then it moved.  Crud.  To speed through this, I finally managed to get both girls to the house and the snake out of the yard.  Then found a second copperhead only a few feet away.  That one got removed as well.  Back in the house, I did a pat down on both girls and neither one acted funny or hurt.  I figured drama averted.  Within the next hour, Brendol was panting more and more and drooling and acting sluggish.  I did another pat down and this time she yelped when I was near the side of her mouth.    Like you, it was now like 9pm on a Friday.  Off to the ER we go.  They said they only saw a puncture at the side of her mouth, gave her steroids and antibiotics and sent us home with a protocol of benadryl.  Once home, it turned out she also had gotten bit near her armpit.  The entire side of her ribs turned black that night and she was in so much pain she wouldn't sit or lay down.  She stood ALL night long, which means I sat next to her, awake, all night long.  Very first thing once morning came, I took her to our regular vet and insisted on pain meds.  They only gave us rimadyl, but it did help.  She was finally able to lay down and get some rest.  Her ribs healed pretty quickly, but the bite at her mouth had turned black and ended up leaving a scar about an inch long and a quarter inch wide.  

Stupid snakes.  

SOOOOO, after all that.... Miss Myrtle May!  You leave those snakes alone.  They are not toys and no bueno.  Glad you are feeling better little girl.

Karma, Adelaide and the crew, and our special angel Brendol