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Originally Posted by buddybear  A friend of mine who lived on a farm/ranch back east had the family dog get into rat poison in their barn. They called the local vet. He was miles away and couldn't get to them. His instructions were....get as much table salt into the dog as possible which will make him vomit. Poor dog vomited all day but it saved his life.
I don't know if the vets today would recommend this. |
I read online that you should give them a few teaspoons of hydrogen peroxide to induce vomiting and afterwards, activated charcoal to reduce absorption. This is all if you can't get to a vet right away. I think the window is just a couple of hours to induce vomiting. After a certain time it's harmful.
The vet will also give them Vitamin K1, which is stronger than the Vitamin K you get at the pharmacy, and is also the antidote to the anticoagulant properties of most types of rat poison. But there are different kinds of ingredients in some rodent poisons, so if you know what the pet consumed, bring the box/ingredients list to the vet.
I guess we were lucky our dogs (or dog) vomited. The good news, hopefully, is they want to play now.