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- 15/10/2008: Nothing to do with pets - I just thought I'd share these amazing pictures with you!
- 13/10/2008: 2 lucky kittens escape a housefire
- 04/10/2008: Cruelty to rescued ducks
- 01/10/2008: All's well that ends well
- 26/09/2008: Where identichipping a cat was possibly the wrong thing
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Beware of Slug Pellets
I had a very distraught owner rush in today with her convulsing young Schnauzer Holly. Holly had gone blind and was shaking uncontrollably in her owner’s arms. All the owner could think of that was different was that she had put down slug pellets that morning and Holly had been sniffing around them in the garden.
I admitted her straight away and we gave her some intravenous fluids and intravenous valium to control her fitting. She continued to shake violently so we gave her a full anaesthetic and then put a tube into her stomach and washed out the remains of her stomach contents.
A large amount of slug pellets came out that looked exactly like the ones in the picture above.
It is slug season and my warning to pet owners is NOT to use slug pellets (no matter how much you hate slugs as I do). Dogs and some cat find them very appealing and the metaldehyde poison in them can kill your pet. We kept Holly in but she made a full recovery much to her very guilty owner’s relief!