![]() How do you diagnose rat bait poisoning at the clinic?įirst we become suspicious from the clinical signs and then we confirm this with a blood test to measure the ability of the blood to clot. Usually the most obvious sign is the gums go a ghostly white and the dog becomes very lethargic. ![]() Sometimes however the dog may cough up blood or pass blood in the urine or faeces. No the bleeding is usually internal so they wont see it. Once that store has been used up is when you start to run into problems. That is because the body has a store of vitamin K. It can take several days after eating the poison before you get signs of bleeding. How long does it take for the poison to cause bleeding problems? It does this by destroying the bodys ability to make vitamin K. Rat bait destroys the bloods ability to clot so you get internal haemorrhaging. Without treatment yes, they bleed to death. The fact of the matter is if you have rat bait on your property, no matter how safe you think it is, your dog will eventually find some. Dogs are very good too at working out how to remove bait from hiding places. ![]() Yes they do but the rats can drag them out and leave them in the open. If it is around dogs will eat it for sure.ĭont people hide the bait when they use it? We see cases very regularly, maybe a couple of cases every month.Ī lot of people use rat bait on vineyards, farms, houses and the bait is very tasty. Yes its the number one poisoning that we see in dogs. Rat bait poisoning – Ive talked about this before but it is such a common problem that I think i need to mention it again.ĭoes that cause a lot of problems around Marlborough?
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