Poisoning

AMERICANI · 10-06-2010, 18:24

My Elsa almost died recently. She escaped my yard the day before I came home and found her half dead. Her water was dumped, so at first I thought she was severely dehydrated. Then out came melena, which sent me into a "state of emergency" ignoring all forms of law enforcement and anyone else in my path towards the ER. I have all the analysis results and would like to discuss with anyone who is familiar with canine toxins (or has had something similar happen to them) about the possibility of this being intentional. The doctors said it was not rat poison. Her kidneys were failing; she was not suffocating... It wasn't antifreeze. The miracle workers at "Villa Felice" deserve recognition for saving her! My vet said she would probably not make it through that first night.

Vaiva · 10-06-2010, 20:46

Oh my god, this is really horrible

How is she now?
Not long time ago here in Vilnius some dogs got poisoned by... phosphorus

This is what vets said, nobody knows about the form of it that was used

Wish your girl the best and to recover as soon as possible.

AMERICANI · 10-06-2010, 21:44

She Is better. She recovered rather quickly! I just want to find out if my results look like someone else's who has had an intentional poisoning. There are so many things including plants which are poisonous....It is hard to tell.

Vaiva · 10-06-2010, 21:50

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Originally Posted by AMERICANI

She Is better. She recovered rather quickly! I just want to find out if my results look like someone else's who has had an intentional poisoning. There are so many things including plants which are poisonous....It is hard to tell. Thanks, Jason

Well, animals usually do not eat poisonous plants. My cockatiels (their brain is not too big and many many generations were born in captivity) used to eat my orchids, suculents, other plants, but never got even close to the possibly dangerous ones like euphorbia

Have any angry neighbours?...

Sorry, maybe I am too suspicious but this sounds like

doing it on purpose.

AMERICANI · 10-06-2010, 22:07

When Ecaterina was a puppy, she was eating these little yellow flowers (in my yard) which stopped her blood from clotting, but the vet noticed it and we stopped it before it became a big problem. Two weeks later, my friend at the nearby motorcycle shop asked me how my dog was, because he saw a car hit her..... he caught her and put her back inside my yard because she was walking. I noticed her nose had some blood coming out. I thought she fell from my carport.

Angelika · 10-06-2010, 22:38

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Originally Posted by AMERICANI

... she was eating these little yellow flowers (in my yard)

I think you mean these little yellow flowers

http://www.botanikus.de/Gift/schoellkraut.html

but I bet an adulte CsW doesn´t eat them.

Best wishes to Elsa.

koboldine · 12-06-2010, 14:03

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Originally Posted by AMERICANI

She Is better. She recovered rather quickly! I just want to find out if my results look like someone else's who has had an intentional poisoning. There are so many things including plants which are poisonous....It is hard to tell.

Hello AMERICANI,

first, I´m very sorry for your loss - hoping that your Elsa will recover really soon.

Concerning your question...please descibe the symptoms more closely, that may help to figure out whether it was a plant/herb or poisening by intention.

Nevertheless, you live in Italia, that´s right? I´ve learnd that in some parts of Italy it is not that uncommon that people lay out/throw poisened meat balls or stomaches of smaller vertebra filled with a mixture of strychnine and locally used pestizites. The Problem is that many Vets cannot help an animal who ate one of these as it is difficult to figure out what exactly has been mixed into them.
Strychnine itself is quite common poison used even by "hunters" in at least one part of Italia. Many dogs die that way....which is horrible!
Which Region do you live in?

regards,
koboldine

AMERICANI · 13-06-2010, 21:22

I live in the Campania Region.... between Caserta and Napoli.. As for describing symptoms, I came home and found her laying down. I picked her upand she stumbled and wobbled to a shady place... Late is when I saw melena and immediately stormed off to the vet's office. There she had a fever (41) but they shaved her stomach and tail and put ice packs on her.

koboldine · 13-06-2010, 22:33

Hei,

I think you could check several possibilities:

- can anyone throw / put some kind of "treaty" (filled with whatever a sick person has on hands which means Do you or your dog have "enemies"), than it will be impossible to trace the poison in her blood now

- has it been one of the first really hot days? If so it might as well have been a sunstroke

- if you walk her out in the morning may she have eaten something unseen/ unrecognised - like a bait?

- has she eaten gras or herbs that morning - perhaps next to a field (my experience is that in the more rural parts peasants do not care what kind of pesticide/rodenticide they use as long as it helps) - which might have been contaminated?

- have you/your family lately started to protect yourselves against gnats, biting houseflies, zecce...? There are repellenti con Dietiltoluamide which human beings use... a dog licking this might take in too much of this poisening substance.

Three years ago it has been some kind of fashion sports in a regione next to your place - right up the Majella and next to the national park - to display poisened baits next to dog owners places...

Hoping that you will find out that your dog has not been poisened intentionally and perhaps you will find some evidence that she knows what went wrong - and now will avoid it....Our dogs are quite special concerning this ability.

ti auguro una bella serata
have a nice evening
koboldine

10-06-2010, 18:24	#1
AMERICANI Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Planet Earth Posts: 111	Poisoning My Elsa almost died recently. She escaped my yard the day before I came home and found her half dead. Her water was dumped, so at first I thought she was severely dehydrated. Then out came melena, which sent me into a "state of emergency" ignoring all forms of law enforcement and anyone else in my path towards the ER. I have all the analysis results and would like to discuss with anyone who is familiar with canine toxins (or has had something similar happen to them) about the possibility of this being intentional. The doctors said it was not rat poison. Her kidneys were failing; she was not suffocating... It wasn't antifreeze. The miracle workers at "Villa Felice" deserve recognition for saving her! My vet said she would probably not make it through that first night.

10-06-2010, 20:46	#2
Vaiva ir Brukne Join Date: May 2006 Location: Vilnius Posts: 1,768	Oh my god, this is really horrible How is she now? Not long time ago here in Vilnius some dogs got poisoned by... phosphorus This is what vets said, nobody knows about the form of it that was used Wish your girl the best and to recover as soon as possible. __________________ Walkiria Girios dvasia

10-06-2010, 21:44	#3
AMERICANI Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Planet Earth Posts: 111	Elsa She Is better. She recovered rather quickly! I just want to find out if my results look like someone else's who has had an intentional poisoning. There are so many things including plants which are poisonous....It is hard to tell. Last edited by AMERICANI; 10-06-2010 at 21:48.

10-06-2010, 22:07	#5
AMERICANI Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Planet Earth Posts: 111	Plants When Ecaterina was a puppy, she was eating these little yellow flowers (in my yard) which stopped her blood from clotting, but the vet noticed it and we stopped it before it became a big problem. Two weeks later, my friend at the nearby motorcycle shop asked me how my dog was, because he saw a car hit her..... he caught her and put her back inside my yard because she was walking. I noticed her nose had some blood coming out. I thought she fell from my carport.

13-06-2010, 21:22	#8
AMERICANI Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Planet Earth Posts: 111	Italia I live in the Campania Region.... between Caserta and Napoli.. As for describing symptoms, I came home and found her laying down. I picked her upand she stumbled and wobbled to a shady place... Late is when I saw melena and immediately stormed off to the vet's office. There she had a fever (41) but they shaved her stomach and tail and put ice packs on her. Last edited by AMERICANI; 13-06-2010 at 21:23. Reason: spelling

13-06-2010, 22:33	#9
koboldine Junior Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 472	Hei, I think you could check several possibilities: - can anyone throw / put some kind of "treaty" (filled with whatever a sick person has on hands which means Do you or your dog have "enemies"), than it will be impossible to trace the poison in her blood now - has it been one of the first really hot days? If so it might as well have been a sunstroke - if you walk her out in the morning may she have eaten something unseen/ unrecognised - like a bait? - has she eaten gras or herbs that morning - perhaps next to a field (my experience is that in the more rural parts peasants do not care what kind of pesticide/rodenticide they use as long as it helps) - which might have been contaminated? - have you/your family lately started to protect yourselves against gnats, biting houseflies, zecce...? There are repellenti con Dietiltoluamide which human beings use... a dog licking this might take in too much of this poisening substance. Three years ago it has been some kind of fashion sports in a regione next to your place - right up the Majella and next to the national park - to display poisened baits next to dog owners places... Hoping that you will find out that your dog has not been poisened intentionally and perhaps you will find some evidence that she knows what went wrong - and now will avoid it....Our dogs are quite special concerning this ability. ti auguro una bella serata have a nice evening koboldine __________________ Kein Mensch darf mir meine Schwächen so deutlich zeigen, wie meine (Wolfs-)Hunde es tun.