If you cannot get through to the Pet Poison Hotline, try these resources: ASPCA | Animal Poison Control Center (888) 426-4435 / Help available 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. A $65 consultation fee may be applied to your credit card. (Only Master Card, Visa, American Express, and Discover cards are accepted)
------------------------------------ OR ----------------------------------- Kansas State University Veterinary Teaching Hospital offers a FREE poison control hotline for pet owners and veterinarians
1+785-532-5679 (Monday-Friday 8-5pm).
Dr Oehme, a vet and professor in toxicology and pathology oversees the hotline. Dr Oehme offers these suggestions:
- Be patient. The person answering the phone may have to take a few minutes to consult the vet on duty.
- Call as soon as possible. Immediate attention might save your animal. But waiting to see if there is a reaction could cost your animal their life.
- Have any product labels available for answers. The vet might need to know milligrams and generic names.
- Know your pet. Drooling could only mean he is thrilled to see you!
- Know that the toxicologists are also taking calls from vets about other animals and other problems, including those problems with large animals.