has my dog been poisoned??

[Lulliloo]

i just went outside and on the verandah there was a tub of off mince that wasn't there when i got home earlier.
do you think someone has thrown it over the fence, and what are the chances that there is poison in it??
im really worried. he had eaten about 1/2 the pack which looked to be about 1kg.
why would someone have done this to my baby. he still seems ok at the moment but what do i do??

help!!!!!

[christy]

If you are concerned I would be taking him to a vet ASAP, they can get him to vomit and hopefully eradicate anything, bring the rest of the mince with you and see if there is anything inside it... if there are green/blue pellets you should be very wary... If you want, you should chuck some gloves on and check the rest of the mince to see if you can find something before taking him to a vet (it can get expensive at this time of the night, but then again life saving). If I were at where I used to work (an emergency after hours vet) I would suggest bringing him & the mince in.

Toxins can be deadly and there are some things that can be seen ahead, however if its something like rat bait, it would be too late if you did see the signs.

Signs of a toxin can be: shaking, excessive drooling, eating grass, vomitting, diarrhoea, excessive drinking, seizures, lethargy, reduced awareness of surroundings, depression, inability to settle and unconsciouness....

I hope that helps....

[Lulliloo]

thanks christy.
he ate rat poison when he was younger and ended up in emergency. i will have a look through the mince(its very very smelly).
im hoping maybe the neighbour just threw it over to get rid of it and not to poison my boy.
my dh isn't even home yet from work so i have no car atm.

[Eenee]

Hopefully no poison and just someone wanting to get rid of off meat. People are weird like that and think its ok to chick over the fence. Hope all is ok with your dog.

[Lulliloo]

i just looked through it and there was nothing that looked like rat bait.
is there much else that would poison him that people could easily get their hands on??
man it stunk sooooo bad.. i now have incence on and had to spray all around the house with air freshener.....
he is being very normal at the moment.

[peanutter]

wtf??

who throws mince over the fence?

or gives off food to animals??

I'd be worried ... sounds awfully suss to me ...

do you have any neighbours who you think might have done it (with good or bad intentions)? can you ask them?

[Lulliloo]

i know the ones on either side of us wouldn't have done it....
but the ones at the back might have.... so glad we are moving this weekend
i think if it was toxic he would be reacting by now and he is ok.

[sahbear]

wtf??

who throws mince over the fence?

or gives off food to animals??

I'd be worried ... sounds awfully suss to me ...

do you have any neighbours who you think might have done it (with good or bad intentions)? can you ask them?

Exactly what I was going to say.

How odd.

Hope hes ok.

[Dansta]

wtf??

who throws mince over the fence?

or gives off food to animals??

I'd be worried ... sounds awfully suss to me ...

do you have any neighbours who you think might have done it (with good or bad intentions)? can you ask them?

Mine used to. he'd throw bones n stuff over to my dog (and bopped him on the head with a rabbits head) and the two dogs on the other side of the paddoc too.
maybe they thought they where helping out by not wasteing the food? and FIW - i give my used by meat fairly often...he'll eat it over the tinned food

hope the smell clears soon.