(Snake related ask!)
If a cat died of an adder bite then how would it take for them to die?
My Autistic brain is trying puzzle out The Mystery That Is Snakes lol.
5 - 7 days! Frecklewish's death was actually, I have to give it credit, very accurate!
...........if they'd correctly described A FUCKING ADDER
BECAUSE THE SNAKE THAT BITES HER IS GREEN, they call it an adder but they said its color is "dark green". So, you know, there just happens to be a wild Boomslang in England, Australian fans stay winnin'
But the symptoms she's displaying are perfectly accurate to an untreated adder bite
She is bitten on the face, which would cause painful swelling
That describes how she's "blinded" very well, with Bloomheart being mistaken that they could "wash the venom out."
Her "foaming at the mouth" is not actually in the book, from what I remember
Because she was bitten in the face, that wasn't direct envenomation to a major artery. She would have died over several days or had a good chance of survival
She leaped at Mapleshade and landed in a snakehole, which is exactly the kind of situation where an adder would lunge to bite
When trying to understand snakes, it helps to remember that the venom of every snake is unique, with different potency and way of killing. This is because snake venom's purpose is to kill its prey as quickly as possible so it doesn't hurt the hunter. Venom is a perfect concoction to quickly neutralize specific animals.
So you get some quirks with snakes of various species where "1 drop of venom can kill 10000 elephants immediately no miss," because the animal they're hunting is evolving resistance to THAT SPECIFIC TYPE of venom, forcing them to use deadlier and deadlier strains! Most venomous snakes aren't in a Tom and Jerry ass evolutionary arms race with one particular animal that Won't Fucking Die.
And Vipera Berus is a good example of that. It's the only venomous snake that can live in the arctic circle, and it eats all sorts of small animals that die fast when bitten. That venom wasn't meant to kill cats or dogs, just be painful enough that they would leave the Adder alone.