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<blockquote data-quote="( deleted account )" data-source="post: 217864" data-attributes="member: 5993">Yep, the Mohave greens are different with their partly neurotoxic and partly hemotoxic venom. The vaccine apparently does a not too bad job against the hemolytic&nbsp; part, but the neurotoxic stuff which it is not effective against, is what makes them so lethal to small animals and cause do much necrosis to arms and legs of humans. Fortunately they are not nearly as common as plain old diamondbacks and other rattler species.&nbsp; They are all a bit different, but are first cousins. Like MSA says, there are so many variables in snakebites, location on the body of bite, depth, venom load, vascularity, etc. , it’s hard to compare one with another, especially not knowing the venom load.&nbsp; Still, my attitude towards immunization if your best friend gets nailed is “ every but might help! “&nbsp;&nbsp; MSA you can induce immunity towards viruses, but venom, feathers, cat hair, anything and everything.&nbsp; Snake immunity is sensitizing the dogs immune system towards the venom, and hopefully some of its first cousin venom with common antigens.- - - Updated - - -2400 I don’t think there is much. They are pretty lethal and to my limited knowledge supportive treatment is about it. Nothing specific. Maybe massive steroids, but this is a last ditch shot in the dark. ,saw a guy who get hit in the hand - almost lost his arm. Got gangrenous, sloughed a lot of it, paralyzed the rest.&nbsp; Unusable now.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="( deleted account ), post: 217864, member: 5993"] Yep, the Mohave greens are different with their partly neurotoxic and partly hemotoxic venom. The vaccine apparently does a not too bad job against the hemolytic part, but the neurotoxic stuff which it is not effective against, is what makes them so lethal to small animals and cause do much necrosis to arms and legs of humans. Fortunately they are not nearly as common as plain old diamondbacks and other rattler species. They are all a bit different, but are first cousins. Like MSA says, there are so many variables in snakebites, location on the body of bite, depth, venom load, vascularity, etc. , it’s hard to compare one with another, especially not knowing the venom load. Still, my attitude towards immunization if your best friend gets nailed is “ every but might help! “ MSA you can induce immunity towards viruses, but venom, feathers, cat hair, anything and everything. Snake immunity is sensitizing the dogs immune system towards the venom, and hopefully some of its first cousin venom with common antigens. [COLOR="silver"][SIZE=1]- - - Updated - - -[/SIZE][/COLOR] 2400 I don’t think there is much. They are pretty lethal and to my limited knowledge supportive treatment is about it. Nothing specific. Maybe massive steroids, but this is a last ditch shot in the dark. ,saw a guy who get hit in the hand - almost lost his arm. Got gangrenous, sloughed a lot of it, paralyzed the rest. Unusable now. [/QUOTE]

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