My son and I raised snakes for years. Mostly non-venomous. I had him collect some copperheads for me to teach a class with. While moving them from one tank to another, he wasn't paying attention and one of the copperheads tagged him on his middle finger.
He called and told me about it. Hospital won't give anti-venom shot unless you begin showing signs of Anaphylactic shock.
I went to his house and also found him raising two Gaboon Vipers. They say, if this snake bites you, it's best to just take off running as fast as you can. That way your heart will pump faster and the venom will kill you faster, usually 15 minutes. The closest anti-venom for the Gaboon is 3 hours away.
As for the Gaboons, I chopped their heads off.
Copperhead bit on my sons hand....well his hand swelled up and looked like he had a catchers mitt on. We doctored him ourselves. Removed a lot of dead tissue. He still has areas that are still numb.
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