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My dog ate rat poison and is shivering. Is internal bleeding a risk?

Updated On September 23rd, 2025

Pet's info: Dog | Cairn Terrier | Female | spayed | 10 years and 11 months old | 12 lbs

My 11 year old Cairn Terrier ate a good quantity of rat poison on Tuesday 21st April, (It was hidden under the alter in Church). She is fine, eating, drinking, exercising, poo fine, only symptom is she shivers a lot??

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Answered By Claudia Fioravanti

Veterinarian

Published on April 30th, 2020

Sorry to hear this, I think it would be better to have Rosa checked over as rat poison cN can use internal bleeding that is not obvious straight away. If Rosa should be experiencing this problem, she could be getting cold and because of blood loss. I would recommend to have her checked over.

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