Thursday, August 02, 2007

ACCIDENTAL POISONING: DECON

Hi all. I have had a request to write about rat/mice poison and what injestion by a dog or puppy can do. I understand that recently there was a talk about this on the radio. I wish I had heard it, however, I did do some research so I could at least give you some correct information. I am going to write about Decon Mice/Rat poison.

Decon, an animal bate for mice, rats and moles has been on the market for quite a long time. It usually is a yellow, blue or a green pellet type bate. Decon is poisonous to domestic animals in the right dose and quantity. This poison is an anticoagulant. It tastes sweet to your pet.
A poison is any substance in the right dose or quantity that is harmful to the body. Mice get poisoned easily by injesting just a few pellets because of their low body weight. The larger the animal, the more poison it will take to affect the animal.
Decon is made of a substance called Warfarin. Warfarin affects the blood clotting mechanism and causes the animal to bleed to death. Injestion of this substance leads to spontaineous bleeding throughout the body.
If a dog or pup should injest Decon, depending on the amount, no signs of poisoning may show until the dog/pup passes blood in the stool, urine or bleeds from the nose. This actually may not happen for 12-24 hours. Hemmorrhaging may be seen in the gums of the mouth and skin as well. If you believe your dog or pup may have eaten some Decon, treatment is necessary right away. Take your dog/pup immediately to the vets.
This is a medical emergency.!!!
Get your dog to vomit if you can. Once you have reached the veterinary clinic, the doctor may induce more vomiting. They also will inject Vitamin K intramuscularly. In low doses of this type of poisoning the prognosis may be good, but for those animals who have injested large amounts and treatment has been delayed, the animal may not fair so well. Death may be eminent.
If you have a dog/pup dont leave mice or rat poison where they can get into it. Remember, they are inquisitive, their noses are always on the ground and if it is to be found, they will find it.
Thank you Julie for this request.
Holly

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