I set out some mouse poison last night for the obvious reasons and now I am worried that my dog may get sick if she happens to eat a poisoned mouse. I have since removed the poison. Some of had already been eaten. The poison I used was D-Con Mouse Pruf II. It may not even be any good, it's over ten years old. Thanks guys, Alan

But I would keep the dog in close for a while and lessen the chances. Here in the north Fl woods, we have large rats that wreak havoc with old cars or anything else. We call them wood rats, south Floridans call them wharf rats. Anyway, the farm coop sells poison for them. I know of some of this poison being scattered around a general area. A dog came along and was seen eating a few of these pellets, and the next day he died. Vet said the rat poison was what did it. I hope you have no problems from it. RonW

Most products (and IIRC D-Con) are "anticoagulent" rodeniticides, which have no secondary toxicity. What this means, is that it takes 2-4 days to kill the mouse/rat after it eats the bait by interfering with the rodent's blood clotting ability. There is no "secondary" toxicity, because the product has been metabolized and is gone, when the dog or cat eats the dead mouse. The only time these types of product cause problems, however, is when the mouse/rat goes back and eats the bait every day. When it then dies with a full stomach of undigested bait and your dog or cat eats the dead mouse/rat, the pet is effectively eating the "fresh" bait in stomach. This is actually pretty common.

Since you took the product away, you are probably fine since the vermin won't be able to keep going back and eating it daily until it croaks. But to be safe, monitor your dog's gums, stomach, and the pink tissue inside the eyelids for any sign of bruising or pin-point red spots. If you see anything suspicious, take the dog to your veterinarian or the local emergency clinic IMMEDIATELY. No joke, once a bleed starts in the chest or abdominal cavity, they can bleed out in a very short period of time and...die. After a week, if you don't see anything, you're fine and you can quit worrying.

Hopefully your dog didn't eat too much, if any. You should call your vet, though, especially if you have a small dog. If it is not acting/eating normal you better get it to the vet right away.

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Keep that poison up away from the Dog........



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