Steps for Taking Care of a Poisoned Pet

What you should do when found your pet poisoned ?
follow this step bellow and I hope it can useful for you

1. Notify your veterinarian.
2. Keep the pet calm.
3. If the poison is on the skin, bathe the pet. Rinse. Rinse. Rinse.

4. If the poison was ingested, get a sample of the poison’s container so the veterinarian can determine the best treatment.
5. Give activated charcoal or Endosorb (as recommended by a veterinarian) for poisons such as chocolate or bromethalin.
For charcoal to work fully, give ten times as much charcoal as poison.
The charcoal is often given multiple times rather than all at once.
Charcoal causes diarrhea in some pets, and constipation in others.
The stools are dark black.
Don’t give charcoal when your pet is poisoned with an oil.
6. When advised to do so, induce vomiting. Never induce vomiting in an unconscious or convulsing pet, or in horses, rabbits and rodents because they don’t vomit.

To induce vomiting use 3% hydrogen peroxide at 1-2 teaspoons/10 lbs.
Insert a syringe or squeeze bottle between back teeth to give hydrogen peroxide to cats.
Repeat the dose in 10 or 15 minutes if the pet hasn’t vomited.

At the vet clinic, vomiting might be induced with ipecac, which is diluted with equal parts of water and given to provide 1ml/lb for dogs, and 1 ½ ml/lb for cats. Unlike hydrogen peroxide, which may be repeated if your pet has not vomited after the first dose, ipecac is not repeated. Activated charcoal is not given with ipecac.

Use salt water to induce vomiting only when instructed to do so by your veterinarian because salt can causes salt toxicosis in some pets.

What your veterinarian might do
In pets that shouldn’t or can’t vomit, the veterinarian may give your pet an anesthetic and flush its stomach. Gastric flushing removes a large amount of material, and removes materials that are slow to exit the stomach. Veterinarians will not use this technique with convulsing pets, or with pets that swallowed caustic materials such as bleach or petroleum products.

Treatment to prevent further damage
After being poisoned, the pet’s liver and kidneys may be affected. Antioxidants, herbs, homeopathics, and supplements that benefit the liver and kidneys help these damaged organs heal. Omega 3 fatty acids will help control inflammation. Examples of products that may help include Traumeel, Be Well and Denosyl.

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