Dog poisoned by slug pellets or fertilizer
Discussion
Took my trio out for a run this afternoon and my youngest GSP Pippa decided some blue stuff in the entrance to a field looked really appetizing. Didn't have any imediate affect as she brought me a very dead rabbit as a present shortly afterwards.
After getting home I noticed her twitching which worsened, a quick call and a trip to my old school vet and she's had a soap powder to make her vomit, some valium to relax her muscles and some activated charcoal type stuff to line her stomach. Also have some anal tube diazapan if she fits in the night.
Apparently there is no antidopte for this poisoning so be careful as the farmers are busy putting slug pellets all over the fields at this time of year.
After getting home I noticed her twitching which worsened, a quick call and a trip to my old school vet and she's had a soap powder to make her vomit, some valium to relax her muscles and some activated charcoal type stuff to line her stomach. Also have some anal tube diazapan if she fits in the night.
Apparently there is no antidopte for this poisoning so be careful as the farmers are busy putting slug pellets all over the fields at this time of year.
An old post of mine from last year:
It's nasty stuff and needs to be taken seriously.
BOR said:
I think any case of poisoning needs to be taken seriously. Time is of the essence, due to the short time window available for stomach pumping, before the toxin enters the body.
About a month ago, our Whippet ingested some sort of poison - Metaldhyd - found in slug pellets (amongst other products).
The symptoms were listlessness followed by epileptic fitting. She was sedated by a local vet, then rushed to an animal clinic at the university. Intensive care and a "prepare for the worst" conversation with the doctor. The problem with that toxin, iirc, is that it's a nerve agent, but, they managed to pump out what they could, and stabilise and treat her over the next 48hrs.
She survived what is often fatal, and appears to have no long term damage.
I did read a suggestion to get the animal to each charcoal(the carbon adsorbs the toxin), but I don't know how you would use that.
We subsequently watched a vet tv programme here, where a dog had eaten a slug, which had eaten the pellets. Deja vu time. Sadly that dog didn't make it.About a month ago, our Whippet ingested some sort of poison - Metaldhyd - found in slug pellets (amongst other products).
The symptoms were listlessness followed by epileptic fitting. She was sedated by a local vet, then rushed to an animal clinic at the university. Intensive care and a "prepare for the worst" conversation with the doctor. The problem with that toxin, iirc, is that it's a nerve agent, but, they managed to pump out what they could, and stabilise and treat her over the next 48hrs.
She survived what is often fatal, and appears to have no long term damage.
I did read a suggestion to get the animal to each charcoal(the carbon adsorbs the toxin), but I don't know how you would use that.
It's nasty stuff and needs to be taken seriously.
Edited by BOR on Thursday 18th October 21:03
Got to be honest. I'm surprised she's back home with you. Hopefully it means she didn't ingest too much, which is a relief. Normally they have to be kept in on fluids and heavily sedated to stop them fitting. This is usually for 2 days and then woken up slowly, hopefully no longer fitting. If they are it's bad news and not likely to recover 
Glad to say I've not seen a case for a long while.
Fingers crossed she is going to be fine.
Glad to say I've not seen a case for a long while.
Fingers crossed she is going to be fine.
To be honest the vet was surprised just how much she had gobbled up when he checked her vomit. She seems a lot brighter now and has been staggering around the house on her own. I think she'll be fine in the morning. I only assume it wasn't more serious as I spotted the symptoms very quickly and got her to the vets ASAP.
boy said: To be honest the vet was surprised just how much she had gobbled up when he checked her vomit. She seems a lot brighter now and has been staggering around the house on her own. I think she'll be fine in the morning. I only assume it wasn't more serious as I spotted the symptoms very quickly and got her to the vets ASAP.
Thank goodness.Hugs from us.
boy said: To be honest the vet was surprised just how much she had gobbled up when he checked her vomit. .............
.... I only assume it wasn't more serious as I spotted the symptoms very quickly and got her to the vets ASAP.
Hopefully a good sign as the pellets were still retrievable. It's apparently much worse if they have travelled further into the digestive system and are then harder to retrieve before releasing the toxin..... I only assume it wasn't more serious as I spotted the symptoms very quickly and got her to the vets ASAP.
ASAP indeed.
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