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Hey all. So yesterday our neighbours had a snake in their yard. It was so close to mine. I wasn't here, and was told it was a "Rinkals", but thy guy who killed the bastard said he's not sure if it was, because it didn't make that "Bak kop" (my english is bad), so we're not sure if it was a rinkals.

So I thought today, I'm always fiddling in my garden, and what if that bastard is there, and bite me. What must I do? Where to then? And can I buy Serem for Rinkals at a pharmacy to keep in house for such an occasion? Or what is the best to do?
 
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Rinkhals will most probably spit before they bite...so wear glasses. Keep calm and rinse your eyes out, get to a hospital asap. I'm not sure where you can get serums but I think I remember the snake park in Durban sold snake bite kits.

If it didn't have a hood it was probably a harmless mole snake or brown house snake. Rinkhals are usually found in the veld and not in urban areas.

There are a lot of snakes around looking for water because it's so hot.
 
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IIRC the hospitals in sa aren't really very well prepared for things like this....however, i could be wrong...
 
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There are quite a few Poison Information Centres, or Poison Control Centres in the big cities in SA.

Try to Google their numbers and keep it with the rest of your emergency numbers.
 
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So Pharmacies wont have it? Is snake serum something you use with a injection, cause I'm just as scared for that...
 
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they don't give serum anymore. (except if you bring the snake with for positive identification)
They just treat the symptoms.
 
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If they give you the wrong serum it can kill you..

Once bitten try remember what the fusking thing looks like or get someone to spade it asap for later when they need to identify it.
 
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PythonFSi said:
Why did they kill it? Could have just called a snake catcher!
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Was thinking the same thing. In the last year I have caught 3 baby red lipped heralds one night adder and one puff adder, although I didn't have the balls to catch the puffy so phoned someone for that one, I used to live in Hluhluwe for a year we used to get Mozambique spitting cobras in the house all the time, used to catch them and then release them on the other side of the farm.
 
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PythonFSi said:
Why did they kill it? Could have just called a snake catcher!
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Appart from that we all aren't snake lovers, it was on its way to underneath a wendyhouse. And right next to that is their braai area and a bushy garden. So I think imo it was the safest to kill it right away. But I know you guys would differ.
 
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