Picture: Sanook

 

Sanook reported that there was an urgent call for AB blood after a little girl called Kanpatch, aged 10, was bitten by a "ngoo gapa" or Malayan Pit Viper at her home.

 

She had an allergic reaction ton the anti-venin that was given and needed to stay in ICU.

 

Reporters caught up with her mum at the Sirikit hospital in Sattahip near Pattaya.

 

Jairaporn, 44, said she heard screams after her daughter went out to play outside. 

 

She had been bitten on the left hand and there was a lot of blood. 

 

Her dad killed the snake. 

 

She thanked the donor of the blood after the appeal was successful and her daughter started her recovery.

 

Information online suggests that bites from pit vipers can sometimes prove to be fatal.

 

A characteristic of the species is that they often stay in one place. 

 

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Very few snakes that I’d kill on sight if I saw it in the garden but the Malayan pit viper is definitely one of them. The length of their fangs is quite terrifying.

3 hours ago, lemonjelly said:

Very few snakes that I’d kill on sight if I saw it in the garden but the Malayan pit viper is definitely one of them. The length of their fangs is quite terrifying.

There is absolutely no need to kill it! Get a proper snake hook, the kind that has jaws you can close with the handle, grab it, put it in a box, drive it away from your home and release it. If you do it the right way there’s zero chance of you getting bitten. You can’t watch videos on YouTube on how to do it. Alternatively you can call snake catchers and they’ll do it for you. The Malayan Pit Viper isn’t any more dangerous than any other type of venomous snake when it comes to handling it and yes, vipers in general have the largest fangs, the Gaboon Viper taking the cake with 2 inches. 

You bite my 10 yo daughter, you're dead.

That situation, no time to be concerned about the snake, kill it, before it slithers away to be a threat another day, bag/box it, and off the hospital, ASAP.

 

 

I knew a guy from Germany; he insisted he'd seen a Vindshield Viper. 

pleased KILLED  snake   10/10 dad

4 hours ago, pacovl46 said:

You can’t watch videos on YouTube on how to do it

Why not?

5 hours ago, pacovl46 said:

There is absolutely no need to kill it! Get a proper snake hook, the kind that has jaws you can close with the handle, grab it, put it in a box, drive it away from your home and release it. If you do it the right way there’s zero chance of you getting bitten. You can’t watch videos on YouTube on how to do it. Alternatively you can call snake catchers and they’ll do it for you. The Malayan Pit Viper isn’t any more dangerous than any other type of venomous snake when it comes to handling it and yes, vipers in general have the largest fangs, the Gaboon Viper taking the cake with 2 inches. 

You have a good point, not about trying to catch it myself though, but yes, should just call Por Tek Tung, they remove snakes for free,  but obviously  gave a tip last time when a juvenile cobra turned up in the garden 

10 hours ago, pacovl46 said:

There is absolutely no need to kill it!

Actually it's advisable to kill the snake if you've been bitten and take it to the hospital for a proper ID so the correct treatment can be administered. If you're faced with a large snake in your house, no one is going to pause to consult a CITES manual, if it's me or my kids, the snakes head comes off. . .

 

Before any tree huggers get onto my case, I capture and release whenever possible.

 

Since we're on the topic, if you're ever dealing with a snake, and I deal with A LOT of snakes (don't ask), the best advice I can offer is don't take your eyes off it, not for one second. If someone's handing you a stick or a broom, keep watching the snake and ask the person handing you the stick/broom to place it into your hand, just keep your eyes on the snake constantly. If they're longer than a metre, don't deal with it yourself if you're not comfortable with the act, get someone else. Adult King Cobras for example have an enormous strike range, look the other way for a split second and it's got you.

 

 

 

18 hours ago, PETERTHEEATER said:

Why not?

That’s a typo. Obviously you can…