Thanks Waynep, That's most interesting. I know the treatment for snake bites has changed over the years. Some of the reason is because the anti venom is so expensive. Another reason is that a lot of people have reactions to the anti venom that is as bad or worse than the bite it's self.


As luck would have it while we were stopped in WV, my son did see a banded water snake. he assured me that the one he saw close up in the river was not the same. It had different makings and a different shaped head.


Experience is what you get when you didn't get what you were after in the first place.


Rusty <><