Tassie97
Very Well-Known Member
staple? lol
id say given that it is that far apart and the two holes like they are, as well as your not sick (or dead, i would say if it was a king brown that is fairly common in Victoria and you left it this long you would be pretty sick or worse) it is most likely a spider bite and by spider i mean a huntsman spider or even a large wolf spider. these are the only two spiders in Victoria that are large enough and non-venomous.
however i am slightly concerned why your asking for medical advice from a forum and not a emergency ward?
the op said he had no ill effects
Just had a thought, another thing that would be close to 2cm apart is the prongs on a single twist of barbed wire, something which would be fairly common laying around in many paddocks, given there is some bruising it occurs to me that maybe its more likely to be something a bit more blunt, snakes teeth are pretty sharp and I would think that other than being due to venom? it would be unlikely for themt cause bruising like that from a simple bite(as opposed to a chomp and chew) A good whack on to the ground which happened to connect with some barbed wire opn the other hand could certainly cause a puncture as wel as a bruise.
Interesting waruikazi, ive never bruised but i would imagine it would depend on the snake itself and also how reactive you were persopnally to the saliva.
id say given that it is that far apart and the two holes like they are, as well as your not sick (or dead, i would say if it was a king brown that is fairly common in Victoria and you left it this long you would be pretty sick or worse) it is most likely a spider bite and by spider i mean a huntsman spider or even a large wolf spider. these are the only two spiders in Victoria that are large enough and non-venomous.
however i am slightly concerned why your asking for medical advice from a forum and not a emergency ward?
Interesting waruikazi, ive never bruised but i would imagine it would depend on the snake itself and also how reactive you were persopnally to the saliva.
Snake saliva can cause bruising that you wouldn't expect from a normal puncture wound. I used to notice it alot with carpet and BTS bites. I would bruise and swell up significantly.
Certainly a valid consideration. I have also experienced significant bruising from larger python bites, I always chalked it up to force. I had a water python that would launch hersef, full bodied, into her strikes and it always bruised. Also have a few adult jungles that tend to leave bruises and localized swelling when they get ya, but again, they strike hard enough to rip the tail off an adult rat.
As far as the OP goes, could be a dry elapid bite, just as likely though to be a two pronged pointy stick wound.
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