Craig and Maree Power are all too familiar with the danger of snake bites.
The couple were forced to make a mercy dash to the vet after their five-year-old dog Koada had a particularly close call with a brown snake at their Gosnells property last month.
The golden retriever was playing alongside a creek on the family property when he discovered the snake and brought it to the house.
Less than 20 minutes later, Koada had collapsed.
“His front legs just gave way and he went all glassy-eyed and couldn’t get up,” Mrs Power said. “I never even thought Koada might have been bitten — I was more worried about the kids.
“It was lucky they had seen the snake because 25 minutes later when we were on our way to the vet he just stood up and we thought he was all right – if we hadn’t known (he had been bitten) we would have turned around and gone home.”
Luckily, the family continued on to the vet, where Koada was given a dose of anti-venom.
Murdoch University senior lecturer in veterinary emergency and critical care Katrin Swindells said staff had seen a spike in the number of snake bites around Perth since October as the weather warmed up.
RACHEL DONKIN
as posted on TheWest
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