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Originally Posted by China  This is a heads up for you and any of your animal loving friends......
..............I had a horriable disaster one week ago today. I lost one Yorkie female and one was at the vet from Thursday night until Tuesday evening.
Later the culprit was found to be wild (Poison) mushrooms and it was confirmed by the vet. Apparently the girls ate or played with the mushrooms and ingested enough it killed one (within 30 minutes or less) and put the other in ICU for 3 days and other 2 days for observation. Mia is only about 4 lbs and Maggie was right at 5 so it wouldn't have taken much.
My husband had let the girls out in the back yard for a while right before he went to work so they could do their bathroom duties and get a breath of fresh air. When he called them in all came back but Maggie.
Our son was over and he started looking over the yard for her and couldn't find her anywhere. To make a long and terrible story short, Travis did find her lying on the ground under the boat dead.
Mia was showing signs of some kind of toxin when I got home and that is why I rushed her to the vet as soon as I suspected what had happened. My vet said I was just darned lucky I didn't lose both girls cause the first day even he had his doubts Mia would make it.
I was in the yard the evening before trimming plants and cleaning up and I never saw a single Mushroom. Of course when I was looking for the problem the next day as soon as I got home to investigate what happened they were all over the back yard under the oak tree and down along the fence line. My goodness how quickly they formed and sooooo many. We have been in a drought for months and just recived quite a bit of rain over a few days, I guess that is what triggered them.
Folks please watch your dogs and let all your friends that have pets and small children know what could happen. (these are just as deadly to a child)
Maggie was my favorite and I raised her from a puppy and she was with me constantly as soon as I hit the ,she is so missed and I am still just mortified about her death. |
I am so very sorry to hear about your loss. The mushrooms you are talking about are called death cap mushrooms. My nephews little Wheaten Terrier ate some of them and he didn't know it...he was acting funny and started to throw up. When he started to throw up blood they rushed him to the ER vet..He threw up so violently(all blood) they had to have their car professionally cleaned. Unforturnately little Benny didn't make it. He died in his wifes arms before they got there. I really worry about my girls when they are outside...I never take my eyes off them them..especially Lillie...she is 3 yrs old and STILL grabs everything off of the ground and in her mouth it goes!!!