Guest guest Posted August 12, 2006 Report Share Posted August 12, 2006 Hello! I understand your concern! Just went through a poisonous spider bit episode with my dog and while the vet was helping me she had two other labs in with snake bites to the face and nose. I live on 35 acres and, according to my vet, we're having a spider and snake population explosion here--I see bulls and rattlers three to four times a week either on nearby roads or on my property and we have hobo, black widow, and brown recluse spiders all over, too! To keep away rattlesnakes we have to be relentless at keeping the rodent population down, or at least away from the houses. Around the back of my house, which I thought was most vulnerable, we burn/pull all weeds, and bushy plants are not allowed. I put a line of lime, then tried Jerry Baker's idea of equal parts of builder's sand and diatomceous earth sprinkled 3 " wide, but, we're talking over 100 feet here, so that was tough. We get horrible winds out here and I doubt if that treatment lasted long. But, I haven't seen a snake back there ever, always out front. I did nothing on the front of the house and two days ago, when returning from the vet (re spider bite) found a 4ft absolutely beautiful rattler in the garden by my front door. I am tearing out all my branching sunflowers now and spacing the plants further apart so I can see between them. I would also recommend that you keep activated charcoal on hand to make into a quick poultice, or some kind of natural poison draw that you can quickly slap on in an emergency. Check the recipe files. I used activated charcoal poultices on my dog every hour, along with vitamin C cream and lavendar oil. She was purple from head to toe and so swollen her skin was splitting, and she was back to normal in two days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 12, 2006 Report Share Posted August 12, 2006 I've read many places that tea tree essential oil was used as a snake bit remedy (i.e,. the old snake oil salesmen), but that it really does work on spider bites (esp. brown recluse) and snake bites. Does anyone have actual experience using tea tree oil for snake and/or spider bites? And just curious where do you live to have such a population of snakes and spiders?! Thanks. Ann annrn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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