my sister's dog ate rat poison
I had rodent problems back in Dec of 2006 in the garage, so I put some rat poision in the garage where my OES cannot reach. However, I forgot how small my sister's dog is (terrior). That poor thing is so homesick and scared, he went under the small space I have in the garage when I opened the door to get something, and there is where I have the poison. I didn't think he ate any, but I took him to the vet just in case. They induced vomit and found some pallets in him, so they admitted him right away. This all happened within 2 hours. He is 6, so I worry if the poision would have more effect on him than on a younger dog. They are going to giving him active charcol and Vitamin K, which suppose to preven internal bleeding and help blood clotting if he is to bleed. Ah!!! They said he should be OK, but I am scared to death. I searched online for information, but all they say are scary stuff on how the poison works! And now I read about wild life eating poisoned animals and die form it, and I worry about my own dog eating something when he is in the yard. I am getting paranoid! What to do??? I feel horrible about this whole thing and the future! K |
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Phlufie's mom wrote: Ah!!! They said he should be OK, but I am scared to death. I searched online for information, but all they say are scary stuff on how the poison works! And now I read about wild life eating poisoned animals and die form it, and I worry about my own dog eating something when he is in the yard. I am getting paranoid! What to do??? I feel horrible about this whole thing and the future!
That is so scary but you are lucky that you've acted quickly and he is getting medical care. Did the Vet indicate how long he needs to stay there? You just have to trust that he is going to get better. |
| He will be fine, you got him to the Vet. Tasker did that when he was just about 6 months old. I was moving and gettting things out of an attic crawl space that was off the bedroom. I had forgotten that the fall before I had put down rat poisen.
My back was turned and I was busy packing things, Tasker went into the crawl spcae, found the rat poisen and ate it. We got right to the Vet and went through Vit K shots and pills and other than being a rather costly mistake he was fine. GOOD LUCK! |
| Thank goodness you got the little dog to the vet in time.
Now get rid of the poison....from what I understand if your dog eats a rodent that died from the poison that is the same as your dog eating the poison....so put traps instead of poison. Another thing that works is those sonic things you plug in the wall....I used them with great luck for years now. |
| It is costly for sure, but at this point I am more wrroed about him and how long I would live (a little joking here, but I think my brother in law and sister would want to kill me).
The vet called and said he should be fine. The medicine (Vit K) would need to be giving for 30 days, and I will need to take him back for another blood test to make sure nothing is wrong. I can pick him up after work today. Just to think that I was not going to take him to the vet (since he acted so normal and barked as usual) and he might have died is making me upset. Good thing I worry too much and always think better to be safe than sorry. I forgot to ask if this event would have lasting effect on him, like weak organ? |
WizardMerlin wrote: Thank goodness you got the little dog to the vet in time.
Now get rid of the poison....from what I understand if your dog eats a rodent that died from the poison that is the same as your dog eating the poison....so put traps instead of poison. Another thing that works is those sonic things you plug in the wall....I used them with great luck for years now. Thank you for the information. Yes I should try this device. Do you buy them online? I also realized that rats/mice like to store food, and they might move the poison to where my dog can get to. When I first realzied I have rodent issue was when I found all my shoes in the garage were filled with food. That was a 'nice' surprise. |
| GOOD THINKING to get your sister's dog to the vet right away!
Accidents happen -- you followed up very appropriately. I'm sorry this happened to you and your brother's dog, but you handled the situation very well, and learned a good lesson along the way. Thanks for sharing your story. |
| Nope, he will be just fine!!
Had you not taken him to the Vet the effect would have been for him to bleed to death internally, so GOOD JOB. WIth the Vit K he will be JUST FINE!!! |
Sooo scary... I know how awful you must feel but you did good. 
It's always a concern that poisons might inadvertently find their way into areas that are accessed by dogs/cats/etc. so we use humane traps. Last year we picked up a couple at the local feed store to use outside because of voles under the deck. We trap them, then take them to the woods and release them along with a handful of seeds. Jim jokes that maybe we should paint numbers on them to see if we're simply trapping the same ones   I admit... I have a hard time killing anything.
These are like the ones I got- http://www.redhillgeneralstore.com/A12050.htm Here are a couple other products- http://www.redhillgeneralstore.com/A67023.htm http://www.redhillgeneralstore.com/B13863543.htm |
| Oh, I'm sorry. I can just imagine how upset you are. You reacted quickly which was a good thing. |
| We had that happen several years ago. We used to put out poison for the mice. Dino the Min Pin ate a poisoned mouse. We ended up with a clot wrapped around his esophagus. He acted strange for a few days - like he had a small stroke or something. His mentation was a bit off. He did recover totally from it, thankfully. No more mouse poison here since then! |
| So glad the doggie is going to be allright.
As val said no more rat poison, use traps. Dead rats that have died of the rat poison and injested by a dog can do the same as them eating the rat poison. What a scary time, so glad you rushed the doggie to the vets. |
| Wow, that had to be scary, glad he'll be okay. Always better to overreact. |
6Girls wrote: Sooo scary... I know how awful you must feel but you did good.
These are like the ones I got- http://www.redhillgeneralstore.com/A12050.htm Here are a couple other products- http://www.redhillgeneralstore.com/A67023.htm http://www.redhillgeneralstore.com/B13863543.htm Those are cool! I will get some for sure!! Thank you for your help. |
| I am so glad things turned out okay!!!!!!! |
lisaoes wrote: As val said no more rat poison, use traps.
Wasn't me -- that was Kim. But I agree it is good advice. Also it is good to find out where they are entering your house or moving about and patch or screen any holes or other entry points. I had to do that in Philly and it helped alot. |
WizardMerlin wrote: Another thing that works is those sonic things you plug in the wall....I used them with great luck for years now.
We have used these successfully too...they have a short range though, so the trick is to get a LOT of them, and plug them in everywhere you can think of! We just got ours at the local hardware store. |
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