A two-year-old central Queensland boy, who was bitten three times by one of the deadliest snakes in the world, has been left with brain damage, his mother has said in a statement.

On September 26, Eli had to be revived by paramedics when bitten by a coastal taipan while collecting eggs from the chicken pen in the backyard of his parents’ central Queensland home at Agnes Water.

In a statement posted on a crowdfunding website for the boy, his mother said he was no longer considered to be fighting for his life.

She said he was to be moved to a neurology ward from the intensive care unit.

“Eli has suffered some brain damage as a result of his cardiac arrest and subsequent lack of oxygen to the brain,” his mother wrote.

“We don’t know the extent until he starts to come too (sic) a bit more. He is very sensitive at the moment, easily overstimulated.”

She said Eli’s rehabilitation could take months.

“The area of his brain that has been affected the most is the occipital lobe, responsible for interpreting what he sees,” she said.

“So our spectrum is from Eli being unable to recognise objects, to hallucinations, to blindness. He may also have some motor function impairment.

“The past is the past and he is changed forever. So are we.”

Snake experts said Eli is lucky to be alive as the coastal taipan is among the six most venomous snakes in the world, and children are far more susceptible to their bites.

It is thought the snake was likely searching for rats and mice when caught off-guard by the toddler.

Family friend Blake Hyland, who lives nearby in the rural township, has set up the GoFundMe page to help Eli’s parents stay in Brisbane to assist his recovery.

By Tuesday afternoon, it had raised more than $27,000.