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So my parents took the dog to my grandma's today to clean out her house. Apparently they weren't watching him, because while they were doing whatever it is they were doing, Caesar ate rat poison.
She calls me to ask what to do. Like I've been in this situation numerous times. I called the vet and he said to bring him in immediately, because he wanted to take a look at him and induce vommitting. She calls back, on the way to the vet, crying hysterically. I tell her if she doesn't stop, they're both going to die when she gets into an accident. I don't think that made her feel any better, but she stopped crying.
I started to check online for something we could do in order to help Caesar. This is what I read:
"Signs of poisoning are so typical that the diagnosis can be made almost at once. Onset is sudden (less than two hours). The first signs are agitation, excitability and apprehension. They are followed rather quickly by intensely painful tetanic seizures that last about sixty seconds, during which the dog throws the head back, can't breathe and turns blue. The slightest stimulation, such as tapping the dog or clapping the hands, starts a seizure."
"It is so potent that cats and dogs can be poisoned just by eating the dead rodent. The onset is sudden and begins with vomiting followed by excitation, straining to urinate or defecate, an aimless staggering gait, atypical fits or true convulsions and then collapse. In more protracted cases the signs are thirst, drooling, vomiting, staggering, intense abdominal pain, cramps, diarrhea, paralysis and death."
"It causes death by interfering with the blood clotting mechanism. This leads to spontaneous bleeding. There are no observable signs of warfarin poisoning until the dog begins to pass blood in the stool or urine, bleeds from the nose or develops hemorrhages beneath the gums and skin. The dog may be found dead with no apparent cause."
Needless to say, I didn't read her that part.
So, pretty much, my dog has about a snowball's chance in hell to survive.
Please pray for Caesar.
She calls me to ask what to do. Like I've been in this situation numerous times. I called the vet and he said to bring him in immediately, because he wanted to take a look at him and induce vommitting. She calls back, on the way to the vet, crying hysterically. I tell her if she doesn't stop, they're both going to die when she gets into an accident. I don't think that made her feel any better, but she stopped crying.
I started to check online for something we could do in order to help Caesar. This is what I read:
"Signs of poisoning are so typical that the diagnosis can be made almost at once. Onset is sudden (less than two hours). The first signs are agitation, excitability and apprehension. They are followed rather quickly by intensely painful tetanic seizures that last about sixty seconds, during which the dog throws the head back, can't breathe and turns blue. The slightest stimulation, such as tapping the dog or clapping the hands, starts a seizure."
"It is so potent that cats and dogs can be poisoned just by eating the dead rodent. The onset is sudden and begins with vomiting followed by excitation, straining to urinate or defecate, an aimless staggering gait, atypical fits or true convulsions and then collapse. In more protracted cases the signs are thirst, drooling, vomiting, staggering, intense abdominal pain, cramps, diarrhea, paralysis and death."
"It causes death by interfering with the blood clotting mechanism. This leads to spontaneous bleeding. There are no observable signs of warfarin poisoning until the dog begins to pass blood in the stool or urine, bleeds from the nose or develops hemorrhages beneath the gums and skin. The dog may be found dead with no apparent cause."
Needless to say, I didn't read her that part.
So, pretty much, my dog has about a snowball's chance in hell to survive.
Please pray for Caesar.