Girl, 4, bitten by snake in Bangkok condo toilet

[snoop1130]

Girl, 4, bitten by snake in Bangkok condo toilet

By The Nation

 

 

The resident of a Bangkok condominium has described how her four-year-old daughter survived a bite from a snake while sitting on the toilet, proving that nowhere is safe from reptiles that lurk in Thailand’s sewers.

 

Facebook user Audy Punnada Leung-Aram warned other parents after reporting the horrifying incident at her condominium near Onnut BTS Skytrain Station on August 1.

 

At about 5am, the mother took the girl the toilet and placed her on the seat. As she was lifting her off, a snake struck out from the bowl and bit the child on her bottom before disappearing back down the pipe.

 

Alerted by his wife’s screams, the husband ran to the toilet and attempted to suck the venom from the child’s wound.

 

The parents then rushed the child to hospital, where doctors confirmed there was no venom in the wound. However, the incident left the girl traumatised and in fear of going to the toilet.

 

Source: https://www.nationthailand.com/news/30392610

 

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[bodga]

7 minutes ago, snoop1130 said:

the husband ran to the toilet and attempted to suck the venom from the child’s wound.

HILARIOUS!

[Stadtler]

It's not HILARIOUS.  Surely, you do not have children. 

[xtof2]

I am sure it is a farang snake.

A Thai one would never do that!

 

[mizzi39]

Hilarious??? What are you a sociopath?

Edited August 8, 2020 by mizzi39

[PatOngo]

14 hours ago, xtof2 said:

I am sure it is a farang snake.

A Thai one would never do that!

 

I think it was a Thai snake, they bite each other regularly! ????

[ChakaKhan]

Gotta say Id never put the seat back down again......not like I ever did to begin with

[thequietman]

Because of this story and others, I always have a look into the bowl before settling down to park a turd in the toilet. When it comes to a face-off between the snake in the toilet, and the snake in my trousers, I know which one is going to win. ????

[2 is 1]

Good have septic tank and close system! Not any snake can get in. But in our farm house frog's come always in shower room to stare my d...i...c..k!

[bkk6060]

I usually squat above the toilet anyway.

If one of them snakes wants to bite something, it can eat S...

[Jingthing]

What floor? 

I really need to know what floor! 

[Mac98]

I remember stories of teens flushing cherry bombs (equal to about 1/4 stick of dynamite) down school toilets for a laugh. Flushing one onto that snake would be a real laugh, if the pipes weren't blown apart.

[scorecard]

So do snakes regularly live long-term inside closed drain pipe systems?

[fondue zoo]

17 minutes ago, scorecard said:

So do snakes regularly live long-term inside closed drain pipe systems?

No, but they are good swimmers and can hold their breath for a considerable amount of time. They mostly follow rats into the sewers, and on a ground floor there is not always a lot of distance between the sewer and your throne.

[Bender Rodriguez]

We once had a baby cobra showing up in the children's shower / bathroom and no idea how it came there.... but I know how it left ...

[Grumpy one]

I don't blame the kid for not wanting to go back to the toilet.

If it happened to me, I might be tempted to use a bucket or move house.

Quickly 

[Curt1591]

I always check before dropping the twins of at the pool!

[holy cow cm]

Closed systems are a must. I remember years ago in Issan had scorpions pop up into the stand up and pinch a loaf off into bowl.

[FritsSikkink]

18 hours ago, xtof2 said:

I am sure it is a farang snake.

A Thai one would never do that!

 

Always somebody who needs to twist it in Thai bashing.

[AgMech Cowboy]

2 hours ago, Jingthing said:

What floor? 

I really need to know what floor! 

I was wondering the same thing. Nice hat...

[hotchilli]

19 hours ago, Stadtler said:

It's not HILARIOUS.  Surely, you do not have children. 

I do have children, and a first aid certificate that states trying to suck out venom from a bit is useless.

 

[AgMech Cowboy]

1 hour ago, Grumpy one said:

I might be tempted to use a bucket

Might be time to re-introduce the commode. 

[Myran]

Exact same thing happened in our apartment building in Hua Hin a few days back. A kid on the second floor got bitten while on the toilet. Luckily, it wasn't a snake dangerous to humans.

 

And please spread awareness among the Thai population that trying to suck venom out of a snake bite is 100 % impossible and will only cause problems.

Edited August 8, 2020 by Myran

[Tarteso]

19 hours ago, bodga said:

HILARIOUS!

Long time ago a friend of mine sucked the venom in my foot when I was bitten by a emperor Scorpion in Africa... Thanks that he was at my side at the moment.. I’m alive and kicking!

[JulesMad]

Her bum was bitten, so why is her hand bandaged?

[Dap]

12 minutes ago, JulesMad said:

Her bum was bitten, so why is her hand bandaged?

Holding the IV in place.

 

[Gandtee]

6 hours ago, bkk6060 said:

I usually squat above the toilet anyway.

If one of them snakes wants to bite something, it can eat S...

" It's no good standing on the seat. The snakes (crabs) in here can jump six feet!"????

[Gandtee]

2 minutes ago, Gandtee said:

" It's no good standing on the seat. The snakes (crabs) in here can jump six feet!"????

 

[utalkin2me]

I have trouble believing these ass biting snake stories. 

 

The snake has got to make its way up there, which I do find believable if it is maybe 2nd story or below. 

 

But then the toilet sitter has got to see nothing in the toilet upon sitting, which seems would be rare. 

 

But then, the snake has to get aggressive and attack when it obviously has a way out (the way it came).

[Myran]

2 hours ago, Tarteso said:

Long time ago a friend of mine sucked the venom in my foot when I was bitten by a emperor Scorpion in Africa... Thanks that he was at my side at the moment.. I’m alive and kicking!

You can't suck out venom with your mouth. At the moment someone's stung or bitten, it enters their bloodstream. You might get a tiny fraction out, but you only run the risk of swallowing or absorbing it into your own bloodstream if you've got a wound in your mouth. On top of that, the human mouth is very dirty, and you run the risk of infecting the sting/bite.

 

Ask any doctor and they'll tell you that you should never, ever try to suck venom from a wound. It simply doesn't work.