Texas Snakes & More

Clint the Snake Man on Fox26 this week discussing spring emergence of snakes. fox26houston.com/video/919249?t…

🐍 Get ready for a live animal show with @TexasSnakes and More! 📅 Tuesday, July 12 @ 3pm in the Community Center across from the library entrance. . #srp22 #summerreading #HarrisCountyPL #HCPLSRP22 #snakes #liveanimals

Texas Snakes and More! Always a blast!!!

Nice to see our snake guide in a display at @REIHouston.

@GracePhDNurse @AnnYoungMD Yes they have been taught how to use the bucket

@TexasSnakes @AnnYoungMD Thank you this is amazing - but wait - what do you mean "to ensure the snake can escape?" you mean while in the ED? 😮 and do the charge nurses get an in-service on how to use this?

@GracePhDNurse @AnnYoungMD Sorry typo, so snake CANNOT escape

@GracePhDNurse @AnnYoungMD It is like this. With screw top lid to ensure snake can escape

@TexasSnakes @AnnYoungMD Inquiring minds want to see a picture of the #snakebucket! with or without a snake in it

@drphiliplee1 @AnnYoungMD He moved out of town. Nothing too exciting!

@AnnYoungMD Question on behalf of followers: what happened to Snakes of Katy?

@honeypony222 @AnnYoungMD It just means other reptiles: turtles, lizards, tortoises. We do a lot of education/entertainment with our animals as well.

@TexasSnakes @AnnYoungMD I may regret asking this but what does the "More" refer to? 😳

@LouKellett We use buckets with screw on lids. This ensures the snake cannot escape.

@TexasSnakes Tell us more about the "snake bucket"?!

Yes, here in Texas we have to go on snake calls in the hospital when someone decides to bring in the snake that bit them!

@Wilddaisys1 @AnnYoungMD The company that was in charge of removal before us may have done some training. If were were asked to do any training, we would of course do so.

@TexasSnakes @AnnYoungMD Do you give the charge nurse training on how to put the snake in the bucket?

@Wilddaisys1 @AnnYoungMD They are not dealing with loose snakes. People are bringing in snakes that are contained in something - jars, other buckets, even ziplock bags sometimes. A majority of the time the snake is dead when they bring it in. But the hospital still wants it picked up and disposed of.

@alanl1983 Bringing the snake is not recommended. A picture will suffice. Even without a picture, antivenom Crofab can be used for any pit viper envenomation (hemotoxin) (rattlesnake, copperhead, cottonmouth). There is no current FDA-approved antivenom for coral snakes (neurotoxin).

@TexasSnakes Serious q: in case of snake bite, is bringing the 🐍 to hospital still ‘recommended’, or are good quality high resolution photos sufficient these days for anti-venom identification?

@CLucenti5 @AnnYoungMD He didn’t do anything wrong. He was actually moving out of town so recommended us to take his place. 😀

@TexasSnakes @AnnYoungMD One question…actually so many questions but I’ll only ask one. What did snakes of Katy do wrong?

@robert_wiley @melaniewiley_ People were bringing in snakes to the ER that had bitten them. They thought it was necessary for the doctors to see what kind of snake bit them to get proper treatment (!?) So that’s where we came in, haha.

I REALLY want to know the backstory on why this hospital felt they needed a policy on how nurses should handle snakes that get into the ER. I am glad @melaniewiley_ didn’t see this before she started her nursing career last week.

Come see us at Kemah Boardwalk today and tomorrow from 1-4 for the School's Out bash!

You can see us at 2 festivals today! Sugar Land 12-4: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle & Rock Earth Day Celebration! Kemah Boardwalk 11-4 for Galveston Bay Day!