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Veterinarian Shelyakov: if a dog is poisoned by dog hunters, vitamin B6 will help
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Veterinarian Mikhail Shelyakov told what to do if a dog ate a poisoned treat during a walk. Such “treats” are often found on the streets; they are left by dog hunters. Poisons affect the central nervous system of the animal, but vitamin B6 can provide quick help.
Once the dog has eaten the poison and clinical symptoms begin, it takes approximately 40 minutes until death. During this time, you can manage to run to the nearest veterinary clinic.
The first thing to do if your dog has swallowed something is to try to induce vomiting. This can be done by pouring hydrogen peroxide diluted with half and half water into her mouth.
If the poison has penetrated the intestines, vomiting will not help. In this case, you need activated carbon.
When the poison penetrates the blood, you need to give an antidote and make IVs. Vitamin B6 can be such a remedy; it is injected at the rate of 1 ampoule per kilogram of live weight.
But doghunts often mix antiemetics into the poison and add traumatic elements.
“If a cheerful dog suddenly stops, his eyes are glassy, drooling, does not respond to his name, or, on the contrary, a calm dog begins to make sudden movements, accelerate, fall – this is an alarm signal,” the veterinarian summed up in an interview with NEWS.ru.
