Sick Dog.......Poisoned??

[shiftySLE]

Hi all,

I'm not hoping this hasn't happened to someone but they know about it anyway, I've got a little Maltese dog cross with something, anyway, after a long weekend at the beach-house, which always has ratsak, he seems a bit crook, I'm pretty sure that I moved it all but there was a time when the relatives were there and one of them left the shed door open (which I didn't move as I don't go in there). I'm pretty sure I'll take him to the vet, are there any telltale signs. The other dog who is meant to be a chihuahua but ended being 6 kgs is fine, he's a fat shit that would definitely eat anything.

Any help/ideas/telltale signs?

[southy]

Im sorry tht i cant help, but my sisters dog ate rat sak and died within hours so id probably take it too the vet asap

[Kikki]

Nosebleeds, drooling, fatigue, diarrhea, vomiting, ticks/tremors and can cause internal bleeding. I'd be getting him/her to the vet asap coz normally they have to be treated within 12-14 hours after eating it.

We thought our cat ate it (it was either that or she drank coolant) and she ended up having to have some of her intestine removed, ended up with a $3000 vet bill

[MasterOfReality]

If you think its eaten it, get it to the vet ASAP, even tonight.

It happened to my border collie when he was 13. At 3pm he was fine, I went down to feed him at 6pm and he was lying on his side and his stomach was visibly distending. He was obviously in pain. We hadn't used any ratsak, but my dad said he had sprayed the plants. So he either got it from that or was poisoned by our neighbours.

Took him to the vet straight away where he nearly died from multiple organ failure. He had severe diarrhea, was always vomiting and was drooling from the mouth and nose.

The vet kept him for a week and it ended up costing us over $2k. After that he was never really the same and kept going for another 3 years before he passed away.

[shiftySLE]

he doesn't have any side affects besides being off his food, I'm not trying to cheap out as I'll be taking him in about half an hour, also if he had it, it would have had to of been about 3.00pm yesterday. He is also a real jumpy dog ALL the time, now he seems stuffed like he cant be bothered.

[sircruisealotVS]

Easiest way to see if they've been poisoned is to look at the gums, if they are white and not a healthy pink then there is something wrong.

[Tim Smtih]

I've no idea where this beach house is but you would be surprised at where ticks will turn up. It could be anything, dehydration, ate something that didn't agree with him/her, or it could be a tick. Hopefully it wasn't ratsak!

[shiftySLE]

thanks, Im off to the vet now anyway, I'll see what he reckons.

[Vee-ard]

there are pleny of varieties of ticks that wont hurt dogs apart from sucking blood, the only ones you need to worry about are paralysis ticks.

[BXHD]

is ur doggy ok today?

[Julie]

Should give the dog some vitamin k if ratsak poisoning is suspected but I'm glad u took it to the vet, hopefully all is ok

[Dum*P*ster]

how is the pooch?

I'd be lost with out my doggy

[Scooter79]

Maybe it's just the Maltese breed? We have two. Sometimes one will wake up in the morning, go outside and throw up (for no apparent reason) and then she's fine.