08/18/2026
We had a bit of a scare a week ago Friday night, a first for us. Our newest gang member Tillie, Parker x Libby, got bit by a baby rattlesnake. We had just gotten home from a day at the cabin around 930pm. It was coiled by the edge of the garage where we park. Tillie got out and immediately saw it before anyone else. It struck her high on the nose under the right eye. We ran her to Cody Vet Hospital. She needed antivenom and an overnight stay at our vets. She still had swelling the day we picked her up but her spirit wasn't broken lol. A week before Tillie tried to take on a young badger out where we run the dogs.
All the years we've spent in the outdoors hunting and hiking with the gang, rattlesnakes have always been a major concern. But we have never encountered any snakes around or on our property until now. The vets said they have had 9 snake bite cases already this year.