My dog ate rat poison and threw it up. When will I know if she's okay?

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My 4 year old Pippet, that weighs 50 pounds ate a block of Decon and then within five minutes was forced to throw everything up. We’ve been pushing fluids and she hasn’t displayed any ill effects in the past 7 hours. How will I know if she’s okay? Pet's info: Dog | American Pit Bull Terrier | Female | spayed | 50 lbs

Jeffrey Milner · Accepted Answer

Decon is a highly toxic rat bait that cause death through the disruption of calcium and phosphorus ratio by absorption of vitamin D. Even very small quantities are toxic as only a .1mg/kg dose is known to start producing toxic effects. Also troubling is that clinical signs are sometimes not present for days after the ingestion. As a result, I would highly recommend bring Luna to your local ER for 24-48 hours of IV fluid therapy, Activated Charcoal, and generalized GI support. The use of charcoal in many toxic exposures is useful in up to and further than 24 hours in some cases. I would also encourage you to open up an active case to the ASPCA poison control hot line and provide the case number to your veterinarian should you go this route. It is about 65 dollar but gives you and your vet access to a board certified veterinary toxicologist. Hope this makes sense.

My dog ate rat poison and threw it up. When will I know if she's okay?

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