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Offline kimber_ss

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Poor Guy King Cobra
« on: January 18, 2026, 08:30:59 AM »
He survived but eeeaaaarrrggghh.... :o


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Re: Poor Guy King Cobra
« Reply #1 on: January 24, 2026, 01:34:26 AM »
Ooof, sounds like he should have had a relaxing incision made. Might have prevented some of that necrosis.

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Re: Poor Guy King Cobra
« Reply #2 on: January 24, 2026, 09:34:30 AM »
Yes Widdle an incision should have been made. He also didn't receive antivenom.

Widdle is a trained Cobra handler by me.

 2nd day of bite.... 😱

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Re: Poor Guy King Cobra
« Reply #3 on: January 24, 2026, 02:49:16 PM »
Yeah, I looked up this case because it looked fake to me. Not fake. He done goofed. He was saved by his fancy glove of his own invention, but could have been ten times better off if he had taken a few extra steps after the rather moderate (compared to what it could have been) bite.

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Re: Poor Guy King Cobra
« Reply #4 on: January 24, 2026, 07:31:05 PM »
If he had a course of antivenom injections immediately he could have saved that finger.
Very unwise!....🤔
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Re: Poor Guy King Cobra
« Reply #5 on: January 24, 2026, 07:41:47 PM »
Ruby the cobra Widdle trained with...    😀


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Re: Poor Guy King Cobra
« Reply #6 on: February 09, 2026, 10:04:38 PM »
Poor Ruby is dead. 12 years old. I bury her on Thursday..      😪


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Re: Poor Guy King Cobra
« Reply #7 on: February 10, 2026, 11:12:01 AM »
Poor Ruby. Gonna get another one?

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Re: Poor Guy King Cobra
« Reply #8 on: February 10, 2026, 10:03:18 PM »
Out of 54 venomous I had over the years, Ruby was the last one. I was never bitten by venomous and neither was anyone else Widdle........🙂
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Re: Poor Guy King Cobra
« Reply #9 on: February 13, 2026, 02:07:33 AM »
I buried Ruby in my sister's yard. Made me sad.....🤢


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Re: Poor Guy King Cobra
« Reply #10 on: February 16, 2026, 03:35:45 PM »
(insert puke emoji)

You guys are nuts for handling those things.  Dude lost his trigger finger because he wanted to play with venomous snakes?

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Re: Poor Guy King Cobra
« Reply #11 on: February 17, 2026, 09:32:10 AM »
You guys are crazy!