![]() ![]() Some substances that are toxic include snail baits, rat sac, lead based paint and caustic cleaners such as bleach. Do not leave household and garden poisons where pets can access them.Monty's case highlights two important issues Once stabilised, Monty retired to the comfort of a warm fluffy bed for a nights rest in our hospital. The charcoal was given to help bind any toxins still remaining in his stomach, so that it could be safely excreted. Monty was then put on intravenous fluids to help flush his liver and kidneys and was given activated charcoal. Our suspicions were confirmed, the green pellets were easily identified in Monty's vomitus. If this was the case he may have required a gastric lavage (involving feeding a tube into the stomach via the mouth and oesophagus and using warm water to flush the stomach contents out through the mouth) and an enema (involving flushing the bowel contents out the other end with a tube and warm water). If left untreated any longer, Monty would have shown further signs of toxicity including fitting and seizures. In this case we were able to give him apomorphine to induce vomiting. ![]() The Whitfords team initiated emergency treatment. Unfortunately for Monty this wasn't the case and he had eaten more than his fair share. The snail pellets claimed they were "Pet friendly", in this case it meant they contained a bittering agent which was supposed to deter animals from consuming the pellets. N examination by our veterinarian, and after consulting with Monty's owner we established that he may have digested snail pellets from the garden. ![]()
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