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The symptoms your pet develops depends upon the type of poison it is exposed to.
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Gastrointestinal symptoms from poisoning
Gastrointestinal symptoms, including loss of appetite and vomiting, result from eating poisons like garbage or lead paint and from toxic plants, such as English ivy and English holly. Diarrhea is caused by eating old garbage, medications, some snake bites, chocolate, and many toxic plants, including Chinaberry, iris, poinsettia, pokeweed and daphne.
Seizures and neurologic symptoms from poisoning
Seizures and neurologic symptoms are caused by several poisons including strychnine, tobacco, aspirin, antidepressants, alcohol, marijuana, flea repellents, insecticides, gasoline, drain cleaners, dishwasher detergent, and furniture polish. Some frogs, toads, spiders, and snakes also cause seizures, including Coral snakes, the Florida marine toad, the Colorado River toad and the brown recluse spider. Some plants also cause neurologic symptoms, including horse chestnuts and buckeyes.
Bleeding and anemia from poisoning
Bruising, nosebleeds, blood in the stool, and anemia are caused by rat and mouse poisons. Excessive amounts of onions and garlic, sweet clover, and bracken fern cause anemia and possible death.
Heart symptoms from poisoning
Irregular heart rhythm and cardiac symptoms are caused by many medications and plants including oleander, milkweed, jimson weed, kalanchoe, and mountain laurel.
Kidney symptoms from poisoning
Kidney failure and the inability to produce urine is caused by antifreeze poisoning. Many plants cause kidney damage, including caladium, pigweed, dieffenbachia, Easter lily, and philodendron.
Liver symptoms from poisoning
Liver damage is caused by many medications including acetaminophen (Tylenol) and by many plants including tansy ragwort and rattlebox.
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How quickly will a pet become ill?
How quickly your pet becomes ill depends upon how much your pet consumed and which poison is involved. Strychnine causes immediate symptoms, but lead paint and many anticoagulant rat and mouse poisons cause delayed symptoms.
Example Of Cat Given Wrong Topical Medication
Cats are not small dogs and can be poisoned by dog flea medications.
A fluffy, flea-infested Persian was dipped with a flea product intended for use on dogs. Within 2 hours, the Persian was salivating and had muscle tremors. The family called the veterinary clinic and the technician helped them through the emergency. First the family read the technician the information on the label from the dip. The package said, “for use in dogs” and identified permethrin as one of the ingredients. Now, the technician had something to go on. She described symptoms caused by permethrin: drooling (ptylism), staggering, vomiting, and depression. The family thought their cat had these symptoms.
Next, the technician told the family that the dip had to be removed immediately because permethrin can cause seizures and death in cats. The family quickly washed out the dipping basin, filled it with shampoo and gently washed the cat for a full ten minutes. Then they rinsed it three times. This might have been a difficult, but their little cat was too sick to protest.
The next step was to gave the cat activated charcoal (1/2 gram/lb) through a syringe between its back teeth. The charcoal protected the cat from permethrin it swallowed as it licked itself when first dipped.
The family paid close attention to the pet for the next three days. The cat had black diarrhea from the charcoal, but like most cats, it recovered fully. The mother asked the oldest girl, who wanted to grow up to be a vet to read the labels of all medications, dips and flea treatments in the future. The cat lived happily--flea-free with cat flea medications--for ten more years. The girl went to vet school. She never scolds people who use the wrong medications on their cats.
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The articles here were answered by a variety of pharmacists and veterinarians
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Vomiting
Nausea
Seizures
Any signs are possible depending upon the poison
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10 pets are poisoned every hour.
3 ounces of baking chocolate can kill a 15-pound dog.
Poison proof your home for your pet just as you would for your child..
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Active, inquisitive, unsupervised pets
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