Warfarin rat poison
Common Questions and Answers about Warfarin rat poison
jantoven
I take Warfarin (rat Poison) not to use penis ring because it can cause a clot!!
I've heard people in hospital tell the nurse that they refuse to take 'rat poison' and I think it's important to put this into perspective. Warfarin was first developed as a pesticide because it was noted how a small dose of anticoagulant would cause rats and mice to hemorrhage to death. So it was deliberately developed as an anticoagulant and it was found to have other uses, such as saving lives in humans suffering a thrombus.
Warfarin doesn't dissolve Blood clots! your body in time absorbs the clots. Warfarin thins the blood to help prevent clots it's used in rat bait after the rats eat the bait they leave the nest to drink and bleed to death and we also consume the rat poison! Did your doctor say why you're on it after three years? I take warfarin because I have to factors for having clots, Prothrombin and Lupus Anticoagulant.
Where are you located? I looked at your 'profile' but couldn't tell if you were in the US or UK.
If in the US, I believe you can get in touch with the ASPCA Animal Poison Control Centre the number is: (888) 426 4435. They may be able to give you more detailed advice? There is a lot of info. on their site, and I think you can access information about toxins and their effects on your pet.
Even if you live in UK you may find their site useful.
Dont you find this strange 4 days of the dog being in the hospital all fine and healthy and happy all of a sudden he dies of rat poison? I had a dog in Canada that ate some rat poison in an office and within minutes was convallsing and shaking and throwing up. If it was not for my mothers fast thinking to take my dog to the vet and get some vitamin K into her she would have been dead.
The dog being in the Animal for four days without showing any symptoms of Coumadin or warfarin intoxication, No Nausea, No Vomiting, No loss of appetite, no drowsiness or weakness? I had a dog in Canada that got into some rat poison and was convulsing in second and foam at the mouth and vommiting we had rushed our dog in Canada to the vet where the vet administered Vitamin K and my dog lived.
Oh you poor thing! I am so sorry for you and the tragic and traumatic ending to your dog's life. I don't think it was rat poison (warfarin) because it does the opposite: causes the blood to lose its ability to clot.
You might consider posting this question to Med Help's veterinarian, Dr. Cheng. Look on the right side of this page down around the middle, and click on the Ask a Vet link. Again, I'm so very sorry for you both.
Dont you find this strange 4 days of the dog being in the hospital all fine and healthy and happy all of a sudden he dies of rat poison? I had a dog in Canada that ate some rat poison in an office and within minutes was convallsing and shaking and throwing up. If it was not for my mothers fast thinking to take my dog to the vet and get some vitamin K into her she would have been dead.
Hi lebs
I know exactly what you mean. I 'suffer' the same thing. Initially my heart rate would sky rocket up to 200 bpm, and be very erratic. I suffered that for about six years, on and off usually 2-3 times a month, lasting between 2-8 hours. Just recently I also get extremely slow rates, down to 38bpm, which is very exhausting. I take Flecainide,and Asprin,can't take the rat poison Warfrin as it kills my stomach.
t get help and I have seen that no help will be available in the hospitals. I must use rat poison, warfarin, and it (INR) must be measured two times per week. I cannot be free, eg. travel. I am very angry. Even very small things can bother me and cause personal changes - and then, after a moment I am very OK. I am an academic person, pensioned, writing a large book for students. The work goes well if I don't have the anger.
Those are likely to be symptoms of rat poison ingestion, but also other symptoms could be....for instance lethargy loss of appetite....anything.
The scary thing about dogs eating rodents is that they are more than likely to get one which has been poisoned. Those will be the slower, easier to catch ones, and that's why they get caught in the first place.
The affect on your dog depends on what the rat ate, if poison that could be a problem. The fact your dog regurgitated means some, maybe most of the rat was discharged from the dog's system.
Do you know if the rat was dead when the dog found it, or did the dog capture and kill the rat? If the rat was already dead, then the concern about what killed the rat is most important.
I believe the rat poisons used in the USA are rather fast, and cause internal bleeding.
Yes, take the dog to the vet immediately. There is an easy blood test to tell if the dog's blood is coagulating properly. At least there is such a test for humans, so I assume the test can be run on dogs also. Most rat and mouse poisons are anticoagulants, so that is the concern.
I doubt that the amount of anticoagulant in one mouse that was killed by the poison would harm an average size dog, and it sounds like your dog hadn't even eaten the mouse that you found.
She died last week after getting sick really fast. The emergency vet said it was rat or mouse poison ingested 3-5 days prior. I do everything organic, there is no poison in my house or yard and I am shocked and so saddened and angry about this. I've read a lot about rat poison since then and a dog can die from eating a poisoned mouse or bird or from eating a dropped pellet.
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