Dog bitten by snake on Arran makes it through as Ayrshire owner cautions of risk

An Ayrshire dog owner has actually informed how her animal pooch endured a nasty bite from a toxic snake on Arran.

Mahri and Colin Paterson’s dog Kaia needed to be hurried to the veterinarians after an Adder dug its fangs into her face.

The couple, from Galston, were taking their 2 Vizslas, six-year-old Kaia and five-year-old Bree, out a walk in among the island’s leading charm areas on Saturday.

But their day out taking pleasure in the sunlight quickly ended up being “really major” with Kaia taking unhealthy simply thirty minutes after they identified 2 Adders far from the course.

Within minutes Kaia began retching and was “not able to move” with the venom taking control of body and leaving her in “serious discomfort.”

The couple then discovered 2 fang marks on her muzzle and instantly called the nearby veterinarian.

Two dog owners close by likewise hurried to their help, with Colin needing to bring Kaia for one mile up until they were provided a lift to the veterinarians thanks to a kind couple who hurried to help them.

Now Mahri is prompting other dog owners to be cautious of the harmful reptiles.

Posting on Facebook, she said: “I wasn’t going to publish on our personal pages however after many discuss the Vizsla page that I published on we were amazed at the number of individuals didn’t understand we had poisonous snakes in Britain.

“Please please make yourselves familiar with the risks of a snake bite and what to do if it occurs

“Unfortunately on Saturday when we were walking up Glen Rosa in Arran Kaia was bitten on the face by an Adder, we didn’t see it happening but had seen two snakes on the path.

“Within 30 minutes her walk started to slow down, she then started retching but couldn’t be sick and that’s when we noticed the fang marks on the side of her muzzle we tried to encourage her to drink but she couldn’t and she then lay down and couldn’t move.

“The Vet later told told me this was all due to the severe pain she was in as the venom started to spread through her blood stream.

“I called the vet to check if she had any Anti venom which thankfully she did and we were heading her way as quickly as possible.

“We knew not to touch the wound and we had to keep her as calm as possible so Colin had to lift her and carry her over a mile to the car of a couple who live on the island that offered to help, they then ran me straight to the vets who was waiting on me with the anti-venom that she needed.

“She spent the next couple of hours in the surgery on a drip getting anti venom , pain killers and fluids put into her .

“Thankfully she is recovering well but she is still a sick girl so has to stay home for the next week with strict instructions to rest.”

Mahri has since thanked the couple and vets for helping deal with an emergency situation.

She told Ayrshire Live: “It was very serious.

“We were able to stay calm in the situation but the distance we had to walk was panicking me.

“We knew it was a snake bite right away and we were lucky that the vet we called had anti-venom.

“The vet was amazing with Kaia and the couple that helped us were absolute stars.”

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