Sticky traps are excellent for live capture of rats and mice, but they will catch anything. Even you. Even your pets will adhere to sticky traps. If your dog or cat gets stuck on a rodent sticky trap, don’t panic. There is an easy fix. As is true with many glues, glue traps’ adhesive will [...]
Delilah writes, “HELP ME DOC MY CAT REALLY ATE A RAT POISON!!!! I don’t know what to do. It’s midnight and the local veterinarians aren’t available. I heard rat poisons aren’t that deadly to cats, but Blondie is just a baby so I thought it might kill her if I don’t do anything. What should [...]
Mandy writes from Florida: I found my 11 year old 25 pound Pembroke corgi, Dot, standing over open bag of diphacinone (a type of rat poison). Amount consumed unknown but assumed to be small. 30 hours later I took her to local veterinarian who took blood for PT/PTT test and started 25 mg pills twice [...]
Rajnish writes from India: Dear Doctor, My 4-1/2 month old lab bitch swallowed rat bait around 7 hours back. As I noticed that immediately, I induced vomiting around 15-20 minutes after she actually took it. I gave her 3 doses of spoonful of salt. After 1st dose she threw out all the solid food she [...]
Rajiv writes from Kalra, India: Doctor, my Lhasa Apso, 2 years old, ate a rat which had suspected to eaten rat poison. We tried vomiting with salt water and took to our veterinarian who gave injection to induce vomiting however Scooby slept so he gave Vitamin K injection and gave purgative pills for night. Dog [...]
Katherine writes from Canada, “Hi, my cat, Magnum P.I., ate a small amount of rat poison (bromadiolone), and was prescribed Vitamin K1 as an oral liquid. He HATES the taste and foams at the mouth. I don’t think I can keep this up for 26 days. Plus, I think I might have gotten some in [...]
Rachita writes: Do most dogs that recover from rat poisoning, do so completely and without any long-term residual symptoms? In addition, do any precautions need to be taken when she is taken back home and is with her sister (who is healthy, no ingestion of poison)? Thanks again for all your efforts here! (For the [...]
I get this question a lot. This time, Alicia writes: My 13 week old puppy, Tank, ingested rat poison at my in-laws’ house last week. My mother-in-law did not tell me he did because she wasn’t sure. A few days ago he started getting really sick so I took him to the veterinarian and that [...]
How often do you stop to think about how well our pets have it when it comes to modern veterinary medical care? Read this letter from Albania and you will know it’s not the same everywhere: Hi Dr Randolph. I just wanted to drop you a quick email to let you know my cat (Monty) [...]
Rat poison. Be afraid. Be very afraid. If your pet is in any way exposed to modern rat poisons it is a medical emergency that you cannot put off. “Exposed” includes having been in the vicinity of the poison and you’re not sure whether he actually ate any or not. Most of today’s rodenticides work [...]
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