What Will Happen If My Dog Licks Blu Kote?
The first thing that you will notice if your dog has licked Blu Kote is a very distinctively purple tongue. Blu Kote has potent staining properties, courtesy of the gentian violet contained within, and will most likely paint the tongue an eye-catching, violet shade.
Don’t worry- this is only temporary and will come out after a few days of rinsing with water. Your best friend isn’t doomed to look like Dino from The Flintstones forever.
Besides gentian violet, Blu Kote also contains a high percentage of isopropyl alcohol, sodium propionate, acriflavine, and urea. All of the ingredients are supposed to taste disgusting, but apparently not disgusting enough to stop your dog from having a thorough taste.
Isopropyl alcohol is the biggest concern here, since it is a neurotoxic substance in large quantities. If ingested, it can cause loss of balance and coordination, behavioral changes, loss of central nervous system capacity, liver damage, coma, and eventual death.
Luckily, the amount that your dog swallowed was likely not enough to give your pup anything more than oral and digestive tract irritation, as well as a horrific aftertaste in its mouth.
Blu Kote is noted in its Safety Data Sheet as being intended for external use only, and that ingestion could cause gastrointestinal discomfort. While this warning was meant for human beings, it applies equally to canines too.
While non-toxic, the caustic effects of Blu Kote won’t react very well with the inside of a dog’s mouth and will result in a lot of salivation and drooling, as well as some coughing. Your dog is probably going to have some pretty horrid breath too.
Since the substance is irritating to the GI tract as well, your dog may experience vomiting, stomach pain, and loss of appetite- causing it to become significantly lethargic and depressed-looking as a result.
What to do if a dog keeps licking a wound?
Over-licking can be solved by bandaging the wound, spraying bitters on the site to make it taste bad, or using an e-collar (sometimes called the cone of shame). Not all bacteria in dog saliva are beneficial, and sometimes harmful pathogens colonize a wound as a result of licking.
Can Blu Kote be used on dogs?
A fast-drying antiseptic wound dressing for horses and dogs effective against pus-producing bacteria, common fungus infections and ringworm. designed for surface wounds and abrasions.