talk to me about rat poison

[weimpups]

So apparently my ignorant neighbor put out some mouse bait (D-con) on top of our shared fence (“because I didn’t want my dogs to eat it!!” - OMG, please tell me you aren’t serious???!!!!!) and voila, it blew over into our yard, and at least one of our dogs chewed on the box. I don’t know how much was in the box. Stupid neighbor said that he split

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[catyak]

It depends entirely on how much was eaten. After all, it's given to humans in small doses to prevent clotting, so there's obviously a safe level.

Are you going to ask the neighbour to pay the vet bill, given that it was his fault. If he does it again, drop the box back on his side of the fence...

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[maryidarren]

this! vetbill!!!

[ssterikoff]

He doesn't want his dogs to eat it, but didn't think that it might blow off the fence in to your yard? Also, if the dogs had chewed on a dead rat that died from the rat poison ... ?

I think he should definitely pay the vet bills and *not* put this stuff out again. What if the girls had gotten hold of it?

[ext_291540]

I've sent webhill a message for you with a link to this.

[frizbeemom]

Wow. I would be so pissed. I'm sorry. I hope everything turns out okay and that they pay the bills for you without hassle.

[webhill]

You basically don't do anything while you wait. You keep the dogs quiet, don't allow roughhousing, running around maniacally, etc. No kids jumping on them, no jumping on each other, etc. You watch for signs of bleeding, which could include the obvious (nosebleed, coughing up blood, peeing blood, bloody diarrhea or vomit) or the less obvious (limping from bleeding into a joint, abdominal distension from bleeding into the belly, difficulty breathing or shortness of breath from bleeding into the chest or lungs). If anything strange is noted, seek veterinary care immediately. You should be ok if you're giving the K, though.

[weimpups]

just so I'm overly prepared (I'm a firm believer that if you are well educated in what to expect, then it usually isn't needed!!) - what would they do if there is noticed or suspected internal bleeding?

right now I'm checking poop after every visit - to see if we can figure out who ate it - and because I read somewhere online that rat poison can give them neon green poop 24-48 hours after ingestion. so far, no cool colored poop. Maybe they just licked the residual container.... yeah, maybe that's it.

[webhill]

If active hemorrhage is occurring & can't be controlled, you'd give fresh whole blood and possibly fresh frozen plasma to replace the clotting factors & red cells.