Extreme Reaction to Hognose Bite

[Andy_G]

What are the chances of this being more of a result of infection rather than a reaction to the bite, especially considering that she's a diabetic? Did she let him chew on her for a bit(I see that she did to get the pics, but for how long)? I saw a similar reaction in regards to swelling in the late 90's, but not quite like this, and that snake was allowed to chew for a good two minutes. Nobody should ever let this happen...these guys don't have the dentition to latch on like other species and can be easily removed. A rear fanged colubrid, which make no mistake, are definitely venomous by definition, albeit with a clumsy delivery system and debatable toxicity (which is why people struggle with the classification of the species) is NOT something to let chew on you for the sake of a few pics. As far as FWC being treated as a hot...I won't really get into that one much...but...they really gotta chew too. Nothing wrong with being handy with a hook.

Although it truly bothers me and is totally beyond me as to why your friend would allow that little guy to chew on her, thanks for the interesting post!