Tuesday: OMG!! I think I would of fainted! We dont have any poisonous snakes here. Do you think Gracie got bitten today? Eww the head swelling part is very scary! 

Tuesday: We only have a couple of types of snakes I think...the grass snake & adder, which thinking about it I think is poisonous??? I must say though I have never seen a snake in the wild here & I love the country side.
Yes I think Ireland & Newzealand are the only countries without any snakes.

Tuesday: Ok just looked up about snakes here as I was curious! lol
We apparently have 3 species of snakes in the UK (but not Ireland)...
1.adder, poisonous, native of Scotland & has reported to have killed 10 people in last 100 years!
2. grass snake, none poisonous, mainly in the south of England
3. smooth snake, very rare, none poisonous, southern UK
 

Tuesday: Maybe it's just me, but if my pet animal got bit by ANY wild animal (snake or otherwise), I'd take it to the vet, or at the very least consult with them on the phone about it.....

srnity: I agree but I am a bit over protective..but a sanke bite,yes,I would definatly take it...what if it had a reaction to the venom....BUT....lol...Tuesday is right..when I was growing up,sure I liked our dogs and stuff but we never had one long enough to get attched to it because it wasn't treated like family..it was just as she said,something that ran around the yard,sometimes ran off for days at a time,never really felt they were part of the family.NOW though...OMG,if my dog runs towards an open front door I panick that what if they get out and run off,lol...The way my parents acted towards animals was not cool.