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Having your dog put to sleep, what you need to know about euthanasia Read More. Can dogs eat chocolate? All your dog and chocolate questions answered Read More. Bloat in dogs: Everything you need to know about the life-threatening condition Read More. My dog ate rat poison, what should I do? A guide to rat poisoning in dogs. Rat poison and other rodenticides kill rats and mice but can also cause serious harm to dogs.
Learn what to do if your dog ate rat poison. Whilst there are a range of rodenticides available, the most common type by far that dogs are exposed to in Australia are anticoagulant rodenticides. Rarely, we may be consulted about rodenticides that contain other poisons such as vitamin D, metal phosphides or strychnine. Anticoagulant rat baits work by preventing the blood from clotting. They inhibit the production of several clotting factors, which can result in bleeding.
When a dog eats rat poison, the toxic effects are typically delayed, and symptoms are usually not evident for at least several days. In Australia, rat baits come in many different shapes and sizes. Common formulations are pellets and wax blocks, but they also come in soft baits, grains and liquid preparations. They often contain a bittering agent to discourage ingestions, but this does not seem to stop dogs from eating large quantities!
The most common rat baits found in Australia are anticoagulants such as brodifacoum or bromadiolone. There are of course many others, which all have varying degrees of toxicity in dogs.
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Learn More. There's a lot of confusion about the similarities and differences between rats and mice. Most people simply judge the two species by size. If a long-tailed rodent is small then it's usually classified as a mouse, and if the rodent is large it's usually classified as a rat.
Rats have a well-deserved reputation as disease carriers.
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