I think my cat just got bitten by a snake.

[Tanya]

My DH is freaking out saying it could have been a baby brown snake, we live on a property just north of the sunshine coast, inland.

Well I have little idea cause I live all the way down ion cold Vic Do you have any snake wranglers nearby who could come over and see if they can find it for you to relocate it?

[Trillian]

if she was bitten, she would be starting to show signs of it by now. Do you think that she is still herself, or do you think she is getting sick? Fingers crossed she wasn't bitten

[Cassius2]

cats are pretty awesome snake hunters. i'd say she'd be ok, but would keep her inside and watch her vitals.

(my 6 month old cat took out a brown snake 9 years ago...)

[beckoes]

Her paw became swolen while i was on the phone to the vet and she wasnt her self, they said they would arrange a payment plan for us so we took her in, they did a blood clot test and they think it was a brown snake bite, we decided to give her the antivenom, even though it costs $800. god knows how we will afford it but she is part of our family! hopfully she will be ok.

I have no idea what im going to do now,she caught the snake and bought it to the house!! not ideal! and we live in such an area where im sure she will come across another one again! now i cant stop thinking that the bloody snake is living in the sort of rock garden bit outside the back door where DD and i play every day!

Poor little puss! Im going to ring in an hour and see whats going on. thanks for the replies

[miss.cinders]

I was going to say a baby brown, we had one come under the laundry door into the loungeroom last season.

Don't be fooled by small snake "just being a baby".
A young snakes venom is more toxic that a grown snake.

I hope your cat is okay.
I have saved my mad cat from 3 snakes so far, she is intrigued by them!

[Tinks]

My sister's cat was bitten by a snake, it didn't show any signs of being sick for a couple of days and they had no idea until it was too late . Apparently cats can last quite a while before they get sick and some cats don't even need anitvenom at all.

I'm glad you got to it early and I hope your cat makes a quick recovery. Poor little thing.

Perhaps it might be a good idea to get someone out to see if they can find the snake, if it was young there might be more around.

[beckoes]

thats what the vet said, they are just as deadly from the second they are born!!!

Miss.cinders, how did you go about getting your cat away from the snake, think i need a different approach, it was so stupid of me to go up to the cat...and snake...and pick her up!

Think it might be a good idea to get a snake person out! if there is one baby im sure there are more! and for some reason the owners of the house build some lovely snake habitat around the place!

The vet said she could be fine without the antivenom but probably would need it, we could have waited for a few hours to see but by then the anti venom wouldnt work anyway and she would die.

the things we do for our pets....looking for pet insurance!

[miss.cinders]

The rake lol Or DH's hoe, whichever is closest at the time. The hoe works well because of the hooked end.
Because she gets so focused on the snakes she kind of is in a trance and backs up with the hoe pulling her back.

The dogs on the other hand, they are tough to get away. They [well 'she' now, we lost one to a tick or snake last year] are foxieX so natural snakers. They have killed a brown in the house yard, found a huge red belly in my side garden, chased a king brown away from DS & me at the clothes line.... and last week another huge red belly from my front door. Get yourself a foxie, I can't recommend them enough if you live in an area with snakes. They are great with kids too, well mine always have been

Do you own a brick house? The air holes around the base are a hiding spot we have discovered they LOVE. And they love having babies in there. If your house is brick, pack the holes with newspaper or steel wool near your doors. One of the ones that came in through the ouside toilet door was in the wall and was coming in and out betwwen the bricks & doorframe. We jammed a stick in them ones and broke them off.