Krista
12-08-2000, 07:14 PM
I left work early today and went home to help my hubby with some landscaping in the backyard. The boys were out there with me. I realized they hadn't run by me in a few minutes and looked around for them. They were muching on something....as I got closer I realized it was one of those ant poison feeders.
We have never used these kinds of things for this very kind of danger -it must have been here from whoever lived in the house before we bought it. It has been out in that shed for 2 years now, and we never saw it, but they found it in five minutes and had gotten some of the stuff out of it.
I called the vet -frantic of course. They asked me some questions and determined that I needed to make them vomit IMMEDIATELY.
They reccommended using hydrogen peroxide to do that since it goes down easiest. I bought one of those oral medicine dosage syringes a few weeks ago and it was a lifesaver. I would have never managed to get the solution down them with out it. Within a few moments they were both vomiting. I didn't see any of the ant bait in their vomit thankfully, which means they didn't ingest much of it, if any. Of course they are still under close observation.
I called the vet back and described the vomit, and told him how old the stuff was, and that it had been outside in our shed. The vets felt there was no need to bring them in, unless I saw anything unusual. I guess that stuff loses its properties with age and exposure, and the main reason was of course that I saw it happen and got them to vomit quickly.
I am still really shoook up. Needless to say, I scoured that shed over for more, but found nothing.
Anyway, if you don't have an oral syringe to administer liquid GET ONE -you never know when you may need it. It also helped to force water into them after they vomited. I think I used 2-3 teaspoons of the regular hydrogen peroxide solution (3%) per dog and it worked very quickly and very well. I held their mouths shut with the syringe in the corner of their mouths while I pushed the plunger -forcing them to swallow it.
FYI: you can also use regular mustard to make a dog vomit according to the vet if nothing else is available in a pinch. They said jsut keep making them swallow a spoonful at a time till you hear them heave....
Oh my....I'm so drained. I don't know what I would do without my boys. I'm relived that they seem to be fine -in a panic that I let something bad happen to them, and obsessed with making sure nothing even slightly abnormal is happening with them now...one sign and I'm on my way to the Emergency vet.
Everybody, hug your puppies, and make sure you have the right tools on hand should you need to induce vomiting.
We have never used these kinds of things for this very kind of danger -it must have been here from whoever lived in the house before we bought it. It has been out in that shed for 2 years now, and we never saw it, but they found it in five minutes and had gotten some of the stuff out of it.
I called the vet -frantic of course. They asked me some questions and determined that I needed to make them vomit IMMEDIATELY.
They reccommended using hydrogen peroxide to do that since it goes down easiest. I bought one of those oral medicine dosage syringes a few weeks ago and it was a lifesaver. I would have never managed to get the solution down them with out it. Within a few moments they were both vomiting. I didn't see any of the ant bait in their vomit thankfully, which means they didn't ingest much of it, if any. Of course they are still under close observation.
I called the vet back and described the vomit, and told him how old the stuff was, and that it had been outside in our shed. The vets felt there was no need to bring them in, unless I saw anything unusual. I guess that stuff loses its properties with age and exposure, and the main reason was of course that I saw it happen and got them to vomit quickly.
I am still really shoook up. Needless to say, I scoured that shed over for more, but found nothing.
Anyway, if you don't have an oral syringe to administer liquid GET ONE -you never know when you may need it. It also helped to force water into them after they vomited. I think I used 2-3 teaspoons of the regular hydrogen peroxide solution (3%) per dog and it worked very quickly and very well. I held their mouths shut with the syringe in the corner of their mouths while I pushed the plunger -forcing them to swallow it.
FYI: you can also use regular mustard to make a dog vomit according to the vet if nothing else is available in a pinch. They said jsut keep making them swallow a spoonful at a time till you hear them heave....
Oh my....I'm so drained. I don't know what I would do without my boys. I'm relived that they seem to be fine -in a panic that I let something bad happen to them, and obsessed with making sure nothing even slightly abnormal is happening with them now...one sign and I'm on my way to the Emergency vet.
Everybody, hug your puppies, and make sure you have the right tools on hand should you need to induce vomiting.