Madeline Mills rushed staffies Milly and Tonka to vet after brown snake attacked at Deebing Heights home

A dog owner has issued an urgent warning to the community after she had to rush her two staffies to the vet, with one still not in the clear.

Milly the staffy is still being treated after being bitten by a venomousbrown snake on Monday afternoon.

Despite seeing some confronting scenes on the job, paramedic Madeline Mills said rushing her beloved staffies to the vet after they were bitten by a highly-venomous brown snake was the “worst thing” she had ever deal with in her life.

Five-month-old Tonka is now back home but five-year-old Milly took the brunt of the attack on Monday and is not out of the clear yet.

Mrs Mills, who was home after finishing a night shift at 4am that morning, sprung into action when the snake bit her two dogs about 2pm.

Staffies Milly and Tonka are best mates.

Milly fought the snake off to protect her “best mate” Tonka.

“Milly got all the venom,” she said.

“I’ve seen some pretty shocking things at work. I deal with emergency situations all the time.

“I did have to go into paramedic mode. I wanted to fall apart but in the moment I knew I had to get them (to the vet).

“I’ll get through it hopefully, if Milly does. Milly is in good spirits but not out of trouble yet. She was critical but she’s been upgraded. She had antivenom (on Monday) and she will need to be in for a few days still.

Milly fought the snake to protect her best mate Tonka.

“She’s stabilised at the moment. We need to be hopeful but they can’t promise anything. She’s also got an underlying liver condition so that could cause issues with the toxin.”

The brown snake in the Mills’ backyard.

Mrs Mills managed to get her two dogs to the vet within 10 minutes, with the vet just five minutes from her Deebing Heights home she shares with husband Matthew.

She said unmaintained parks and bushland around her home had become “breeding grounds” for snakes and the slithering reptiles were “everywhere”.

It was a similar story over the summer with council struggling to keep up with the huge mowing demand.

Mrs Mills urged the community to remain vigilant and stressed how important it was for people to learn basic first aid just in case of situations like these.

Madeline and Matthew Mills and with Milly.

“For animals, just knowing where your closest vet is so important,” she said.

“Now it’s spring time they’re coming out.

“Children walk out and don’t expect to see that big brown snake to be sitting there.

“I’m just preparing for the worst, I’ve cried too much about it.”

The snake catcher told Mrs Mills the brown would be euthanized as it was badly injured.

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