 Rat Poison Danger
Our mini schnauzer ran into the attic while we were getting something out of there and we had placed packs of rat poison in it to get rid of the Norway rat problem we had at the time. I was devastated, but thankfully saw her pounce on the poison and eating it as fast as she could. I called the vet and he told me to immediately give her hydrogen peroxide until she vomited. I did that and I was shocked at how much poison she had ingested in so short a time! If I hadn't noticed, she would have been dead. We then rushed her to the vet for some Vitamin K pills that we had to give her for the next few days. She survived without any ill effects, but anytime she saw us come at her with a brown bottle (like a hydrogen peroxide bottle is brown), she would run the other way, as fast as she could! Our precious companion animals can be very quick to eat and dash away! They give no thought to how it might affect them. It is up to us to try to eliminate dangers or potential harm in their environment. We switched to having a pest control company take care of our rodent problem (we live in a farming community) and have since been able to repair and eliminate any rodents entering our crawl spaces or attics. Whew! I hope your puppy will be okay. I have to keep my little Kipper from eating the alpaca and goose poo when I go out to feed and water the other animals. I find it difficult to kiss his furry little face when it smells like poo! |