Month: April 2018

snake bike on a cat

Snake bites on cats: when nine lives can run on empty

While snake bites on cats are an unfortunately too common occurrence in Australia, the cat’s chances of survival are good, especially when given antivenom. Certain rural and urban areas are harbingers of snake bites.  Cats are most frequently bitten by the Eastern brown snake, tiger snake, death adder, copperhead, black snake and the red-bellied black