Snake poop in my sleeping bag

[drache]

By now I'm thoroughly bored of being sick.
So this morning I got out my little mystery snake to see whether I could get anything better with the camera in my palm pilot (of course not).
The little guy pooped all over the inside of my sleeping bag. I did get it cleaned up and the sleeping bag is now draped over a chair to dry. I keep thinking I smell it on stuff though - is it my hand? my sweater? the couch?
Probably just scent stuck in my nose.
It did make me think of people waking up with Rattlers in their sleeping bag. Then, by association, about that kid who was bitten by a Rattler in Yosemite and posted the blow-by-blow photos of the process he has to go through to save his arm (eleven times surgery).

[KITKAT]

Yikes!

Try baking soda sprinkled on the bag, then vacumn it off.

[abcat1993]

What do you do when you wake up with poisonous snakes? Carefully slide out and HOPE they don't attack you. And I also, have seen those pics; DISGUSTING.

[drache]

Sleeping bag no longer stinky - thanks for the baking soda reminder.

I actually thought the snake bite pictures were really interesting, but I'm a health practitioner and we're weird that way. You know - scientific interest outweighing the gross factor.
Also - they managed to leave that boy with a functional arm and hand, which is a pretty amazing feat of medical science.

[Thamnophis]

Yeah, they really can stink

Is there a link to the pictures of the rattler-bite?

[drache]

Yeah.
Go to:
Justin's Rattlesnake Bite
That's where the whole story is with a link to the pictures.

[Thamnophis]

Yeah.
Go to:
Justin's Rattlesnake Bite
That's where the whole story is with a link to the pictures.

Thanks for the link. These pictures were already known by me.
Great pictures to show to people who want to keep venemous snakes and are not ready for it.

[adamanteus]

That's grim!

[Lulu Bennett]

I feel quite queezy now after looking at those pictures!!!

[Snaky]

Very interesting story and pictures. One of the reasons I'll probably never start with venomous species, or they must have a very mild venoum.