Venom Allergies.

[brodieizzard]

Hey all. After the unfortunate passing of Dingo Dinkelman, I’ve only just for some reason heard of being allergic to snake venom.

I’ve got a couple questions regarding this as I keep some mildly venomous snakes at the moment and eventually going to get some R3 elapids after doing my snake handling courses.

For starters, how will you know if you’re allergic to snake venom before you’re actually bitten and find out the hard way?

If you’re not allergic to venom, is it possible to become allergic in the future? After speaking to the australian reptile park in somersby, they mentioned some of their workers have become allergic over time due to all the milking of venomous snakes they’ve done. But for the regular person not milking snakes, is it still possible to become allergic at some point in time.

This post is pure curiosity as Im always interested in things reptile related and this is something I have no knowledge on.

 

[Herpetology]

It’s be rare to be allergic for the first bite. You can become allergic after your first antivenom.

Dingo had many bites and many anti venoms