Thursday, December 13, 2007
Rat Poison
So PiRo got herself into some trouble yesterday. K and I were upstairs for a few minutes and when we came back downstairs a box of rat poison was spilled and across the garage floor. Rat poison is a blood thinner that eventually causes internal bleeding and usually takes a few days to take effect. We actually called poison control who informed us that about 1 oz. of rat poison was considered an emergency. The box of rat poison was 3 oz. and it didn't seem like PiRo came close to eating 1/3 of that (so it wasn't an 'emergency'). We tried inducing vomit with salt water (that is a whole separate story in itself) and based on another blood specialist's consultation, we went out and bought protein shakes for Piro (which she loved... it was vanilla flavored). She seemed totally fine but K still took her to the vet today for some blood work, vitamin K injection, and brought home some vitamin K tablets to supplement PiRo's diet for the next few weeks. [Vitamin K is the direct antidote for rat poison - mild cases; severe cases could result in blood transfusion] Ultimately K spent a little over $200 on vet bills. I guess that was necessary to ensure PiRo's safety. I think K may want to do some more blood work in the next few days; at $100+ a pop, I veto that - YES to protein shakes; NO to more useless vet visits...
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Haha, dogs are too funny. They eat whatever is around. Mutsy (my old dog) ate a packet of those dessicant pellets store in some stuff and we called PC and they said to make her vomit. We did nothing and she seemed fine. I was too cheap for the vet but I wasn't working back then so I had no money.
If it were now, I'd definitely take the dog to the vet. It's a small price to ensure the dog is fine.
Throw that stuff away. I don't want Aiden even having access to them. Speaking of which, we should throw away mom's old meds.
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