Dog poisoned, eating tanalised timber?

[21TonyK]

Spent most of last night up with my aging golden retriever. Lots of panting and pacing around, going to the toilet etc.

Realised all yesterday she was chewing up the offcuts from the decking I've been laying, tantalised timber.

Ate a bit of food this morning and perked up mid-day had a run in the garden (after I removed all the offcuts!)

Tonight shes off her food and just lying by the settee.

Just looks very depressed and not interested in food or anything.

Any suggestions, plenty of water and some rice is all I can come up with.

[moorx]

I think I would be making a phone call to the vets....

All the best.

[Einion Yrth]

I'd never heard of tantalised timber, I looked it up.


Vets, I think. I've rarely come across a nastier chemical brew as a "preservative".

[21TonyK]

Cheers, shes just had a bowl of rice in chicken stock and shes bouncing round like a fool with half a brick in her mouth.

Will monitor her but the vet might get a call in the AM to check.

[Roscco]

Sorry but fk that,

If she was mine the vet would be here hours ago.

How would you feel if your kid ate rat poison but perked up a bit??

Or deathcap mushrooms, you get fuxked...... You get better..... And your organs fail.

Vet, NOW

[Mr GrimNasty]

Einion Yrth said:

I'd never heard of tantalised timber, I looked it up.


Vets, I think. I've rarely come across a nastier chemical brew as a "preservative".

Not allowed the really nasty stuff since c2006, Modern Tan E is pretty useless copper and triazole biocides.

[harrisp]

For the £30-40 cost of taking your dog to the vets is it worth the risk of not taking it.

[21TonyK]

Thanks everyone. Shes still bouncing round as the kids go to bed so must be feeling a bit OK.

I will however make a call or visit to the vet in the AM.

Just to add shes managed to steal several bits of pizza crust so probably feeling a bit better and no toilet issues since early AM.

[stuartmmcfc]

Hope things are fine but honestly mate, a lot of animals are poisoned, act strange, recover for a few hours and then die without medical care.
Let's hope your dog didn't digest to much and is fine.

[stuartmmcfc]

Is your dog ok today?

[CAPP0]

Mine, and my son's similarly-aged GSDs recently found a bottle of antifreeze, into which one of then sank their gnashers. There was nothing outwardly wrong with them but we called the vet and the two of them subsequently spent 24 hours in the vets being flushed out. They both appeared (and subsequently, both are) fine - but had we not found the bottle we wouldn't have known, and at least one of them would probably have died a nasty death.

[ali_kat]

How is she today Tony?

[stuartmmcfc]

Antifreeze is awful. It's like cocaine to animals, they can't get enough of it.
They act drunk for a while, then recover, meanwhile the antifreeze crystallisers in their kidneys and then kills them.
Owners of cats often don't see the first stage because they're at work and then can't understand what's happened to their pet.
I found this out the hard way

[Tattooboy]

stuartmmcfc said:

Antifreeze is awful. It's like cocaine to animals, they can't get enough of it.
They act drunk for a while, then recover, meanwhile the antifreeze crystallisers in their kidneys and then kills them.
Owners of cats often don't see the first stage because they're at work and then can't understand what's happened to their pet.
I found this out the hard way

Sorry to hear about your cat

I thought all Anitfreeze made now, and has been for a while, contains an ingredient to make it taste bitter so animals would not drink it if some tt put it down ?

[stuartmmcfc]

Possibly but this was only about 5 years ago. Itd be a good idea if it was.

[CAPP0]

Tattooboy said:

Sorry to hear about your cat

I thought all Anitfreeze made now, and has been for a while, contains an ingredient to make it taste bitter so animals would not drink it if some tt put it down ?

The one our dogs got hold of did, that may have been their saviour.

[stuartmmcfc]

Update???

[21TonyK]

Sorry, forgot to update.

Shes fine. As per last post she was bouncing round like a moron then had another day of moping around but eating and drinking fine.

Since then back to normal, acting like an idiot, walking into doors and tripping over her own paws. Shes an old gal and probably only got a few years left. Definitely going senile and just wants to be around us and sleep.

Thanks for the posts.