Could a poisonous snake kill an adult chicken?

[BigBlueHen53]

Yup, dogs are not immune. When my brother lived in Tucson, his dogs would go after snakes and got bitten more than once. At first he would rush them to the vet but it got too expensive so he finally just said the heck with it and if they survived, great and if not, too bad. Eventually one of them died and the other one wised up and learned to leave snakes alone.

 

[David61]

rattlesnake venom is different than copperhead/moccasin venom.
Dogs fair well as far as death with copperheads and moccasins. my six month old American bull dog got tagged on the nose by a moccasin. The vet gave her a cocktail of Benadryl, antibiotics, steroids and got it in check.
Anti-venom is reserved until needed.
Her face was swelling and blood test showed venom. being a pup was a concern but she was 40lbs already. The vet said adult dogs do well and generally do not need more than benadryl with copperhead/moccasins but not so with rattlers as the venom is different.
I have a ISA Brown that will stomp a mudhole in a small snake and turn it up like a pelican. I hope they are garder snakes but don't know. She will grab it and sling it , stomp it and down the hatch before i can do anything.

 

[BigBlueHen53]

rattlesnake venom is different than copperhead/moccasin venom.
Dogs fair well as far as death with copperheads and moccasins. my six month old American bull dog got tagged on the nose by a moccasin. The vet gave her a cocktail of Benadryl, antibiotics, steroids and got it in check.
Anti-venom is reserved until needed.
Her face was swelling and blood test showed venom. being a pup was a concern but she was 40lbs already. The vet said adult dogs do well and generally do not need more than benadryl with copperhead/moccasins but not so with rattlers as the venom is different.
I have a ISA Brown that will stomp a mudhole in a small snake and turn it up like a pelican. I hope they are garder snakes but don't know. She will grab it and sling it , stomp it and down the hatch before i can do anything.

Lol, Suzi, the Snake Stomper?

 

[Fallenone05]

Venom is not poison.
Poison harms if it's ingested, venom is injected.

If your chicken eats a snake but doesn't get bit, they'll be fine. If it gets bit, then it will definitely be affected by the venom.

Snakes are venomous. Some frogs and toads are poisonous.

 

[Leftcrazybehind]

I don’t think a chicken would survive a bite with venom. Cooper heads are made to produce enough venom to than find their pray and swallow whole once the toxins have taken full affect. They can harm a dog, they are lower on the venom scale as a pose to a diamond back rattle snake. But there is still a great risk and if your dog is bitten, seeking a vet is recommended. I’ve always been told to stay away from copperheads and not to mess with them. The black snakes in the south? If it’s just black and skinny, can be a black racer.

best method to keep snakes away, is keep the area clean, reduce bushes, wood piles, and try not to leave grain that would attract mice. Also, snakes will eat eggs.

https://doggysaurus.com/can-copperhead-snake-kill-dog/#:~:text=Can a copperhead kill a dog? It is,and where the bite on the body was.

In our run, I removed all ivy bcz I figured snakes could hide in it. And there's no low hanging bushes. And the chickens usually eat all the lettuce n snacks I give them. Sometimes there's alittke feed left on ground-thyre messy eaters! But I will try to keep area free of fallen feed.

 

[JacinLarkwell]

No one here said dogs were immune. Very, very few mammals are immune to certain (not all) snake venoms.

Chickens are warmblooded, which means venom more than likely would still cause damage.

 

[BigBlueHen53]

No one here said dogs were immune. Very, very few mammals are immune to certain (not all) snake venoms.

Chickens are warmblooded, which means venom more than likely would still cause damage.

I think I heard that pigs are immune to snake venom. Anyone verify that?

 

[MTKitty]

There is another attractant for snakes most don’t think about - water. If there are sufficient water sources around you, it may never be an issue. But in a dry year (or desert environments) water can draw snakes to places where human contact is possible.

Nothing to panic over, but good to be aware.

 

[Fallenone05]

I think I heard that pigs are immune to snake venom. Anyone verify that?

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/scie...hedgehogs,to developing a universal antivenom.

They have resistance, but I'm not sure if it's full resistance or if it doesn't affect them as strongly?

 

[BigBlueHen53]

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/animals-venom-cant-touch-180960658/#:~:text=In the mammalian realm, hedgehogs,to developing a universal antivenom.

They have resistance, but I'm not sure if it's full resistance or if it doesn't affect them as strongly?

A-googling I shall go.