Toxic Potpourri
Quote: Permission to cross post is granted by Karen Cantner. Karen Cantner, karencantner@aol.com, writes:We have suffered a terrible, terrible tragedy last Wed. Two, belovedCavaliers of mine, Haley and Zoe both ate potpourri from a decorative basketin my living room . Within hours, they were vomiting it, convulsing andgoing into total body rigidity and shock. We took them to the after hoursclinic, they had no idea what it could be and wouldn't listen to me aboutthem vomiting potpourri at home and how I had such concerns about the toxiceffects of it. They treated symptoms. We transferred them to our day vet. Healso wouldn't listen to me about the potpourri theory. He said they had"strychnine" poisoning symptoms. I kept telling him that thepotpourri wasMade In India, sold by a company in California and sold at my local WalMart.My heart told me that it was the culprit of their condition. They declinedrapidly throughout the day and we transferred them back to the after hoursclinic for a second night. At midnight, I made the agonizing decision to putthem to sleep. Haley was in constant seizures that wouldn't stop, fluid wasfilling up in her lungs, body temp was dropping on both of them, Zoe waslying almost lifeless on the table, struggling with every breath she took.Every muscle was completely rigid, you couldn't even move her. I havedevoted the last couple of days (now that I can get out of bed and function) to researching my concerns with the potpourri and have since found out Iwas right............there is a lab in England that has case studies ontoxic potpourri from India!! The toxin....strychnine, which in it'scommercial source, comes from a certain tree grown in India. I am completelyheart broken over this. Please be aware of the potential toxins in any andall stuff like this in our homes. I would've never guessed this couldhappenbut when I saw them both "playing" in the potpourri and then afterabout twohours saw the symptoms of a poisoning, I just put two and two together. Hugyour babies, Love them and always take lots of photos along the way...ithelps later on, trust me. Karen Cantner, Heartland Kennels, Evansville, Indiana USA |
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OMG that is just awful. 
I feel so sorry for the poor owner to have lost them both and not be listened to is terrible. It scary how dangerous all sorts of stuff can be. A small child could eat the potpourri too. She's so right, lots of hugs and photos. |
 How awful! |
That's scary and so so sad! The liquid kind is pretty bad too. We had a little decoration piece on the wall that had a candle that warmed up liquid potpourii. Jakob was throwing a soft ball in the house when he was around 2, and he accidently spilled the liquid. Some of it went into his eye. I flushed it for 20-30 minutes like poision control told me to do. His eye kept getting redder and started swelling so we took him to the ER. They gave him drops, pain meds, and scheduled an appointment with an eye specialist (It's too early to try and spell that word  ). Those few drops of potpourii ended up burning his cornea. He was in a lot of pain for a couple of weeks, we had to fight him to put eye drops in, but his eye is fine thankfully.
I imagine if it could do that to a little boy, it'd be even worse if an animal got into it. |
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