Are chicken pellets harmful to dogs? Find Out Here

1: Mouse and rat poison

One of the most common poisonings reported to the Pet Poison Helpline is rodenticides (rodent poisons).

Pet Dangers: Rat and mouse poisonThese are sold as pellets, grains or solid cubes and contain a variety of different poisons.

The most common rodent poison works by stopping the blood from clotting and can cause internal bleeding and others cause neurological damage and kidney failure.

It’s often hard to spot if your pet has ingested anything like this as symptoms don’t tend to appear for a few days. At this point your pet might be lethargic, unable to tolerate exercise, coughing, and have pale gums and some difficulty breathing.

Fortunately, there is an antidote to the poison that stops blood clotting, and that’s Vitamin K.

Most pets who have swallowed rodent poison will need to be treated with prescription vitamin K for around 4 weeks, with this treatment period ending with a blood test to check their blood is clotting correctly.

If you think your pet might have been exposed to a rodenticide, you MUST contact us and bring your pet in for treatment immediately bringing any packaging or product with you so we can correctly identify the poison and therefore most effective treatment.

As well as treating them with Vitamin K if deemed appropriate, we might make them sick to get the rest of it out depending on when they consumed the poison, and treat them with active charcoal to mop up any of the toxins floating around in the intestines before it gets absorbed.

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Poisonous to pets:

If you’re a keen gardener it’s possible that you’ll at some point have some fertilizer in your shed and applied to your garden. These fertilisers can contain iron, pesticides, herbicides and bone meal, all of which are poisonous to pets.

Whilst the most damage is caused by ingesting a large amount of fertilizer (generally out of the packaging), any consumption can result in drooling, vomiting and diarrhoea. If the fertiliser has bonemeal in, then this can cause more serious symptoms such as an inflamed pancreas.

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Poisonous to pets:

This is a type of insecticide made from six different chemicals. It is derived from chrysanthemums and is used to control mosquitoes, fleas, flies, moths, ants, and used for controlling fleas and ticks in dogs.

It can be highly poisonous to cats if accidentally applied or ingested.

We see this type of poisoning most often when it has been inappropriately applied to cats – either because people have assumed they just need to use a bit less than they would for a dog, or have picked up the wrong product to use on that particular animal. Some cats have also poisoned themselves by grooming a dog who has just had the product applied, but this is less common.

Symptoms of pyrethrin poisoning include shaking, dribbling, vomiting, uncharacteristic excitement, pacing, breathing issues and fits. At high doses and left untreated, it can, unfortunately, prove fatal.

If you have both cats and dogs, be sure to store their treatments separately, but do speak to us about alternative products that are safe to have around cats. If you’re a member of our Healthy Pet Club, we can make sure you always have the most appropriate treatment for your household all year round, and you’ll save money.

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Why do dogs eat chicken poop?

My dog is eating chicken poop! What do I do?

If you’re wondering, “why is my dog eating chicken poop?” there are many reasons why our dogs do this. The main reason being that your furry friend simply enjoys the taste of the chicken poop.

The second reason is that your canine friend may lack B vitamins in their diet and are trying to eat chicken poop to try to receive that B vitamin intake. It’s similar to how dogs like to eat grass because they may be missing necessary nutrients, vitamins, or minerals.

The third reason your dog is eating chicken poop is that he may be experiencing separation anxiety or other types of anxiety. As a way of coping with separation anxiety or other types of anxiety, he may eat chicken poop. So essentially, it could be their coping mechanism.

If your four-legged friend is bored or trying to get your attention, he may eat chicken poop knowing that you’ll come to him and tell him not to do that.

For many puppies, they may be eating chicken poop because they don’t know any better and are just exploring the world around them. They are probably curious when they see chicken poop and they may eat it to find out what it is.

Are chicken pellets harmful to dogs?

Dogs can get worms from eating chicken poop

Chicken poop may contain worms like tapeworms, roundworms, or hookworms. When dogs eat chicken poop, they can also get these worms. These worms can be transferred from one animal to another animal through poop that has been infected.

Worms can get on the chicken poop in one of two ways. First, the chicken can be a host for the worm. The chicken can have worms in the body. When the chicken poops, the feces can contain worms or larvae inside it.

The second way is if there are worms nearby that crawl onto the chicken poop. Keep in mind that the chicken poop is warm and moist which is what the worms need to grow.

When dogs eat the chicken poop that contains worms’ eggs, they then become the host for the worms or other parasites.

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