![]() ![]() Repeat tests are required to determine when treatment can safely be stopped.Ī blood transfusion can be life-saving in severe cases replacing clotting factors and lost blood. Treatment may involve a blood transfusion and an extended period (4 weeks) of treatment with vitamin K. ![]() If the bait was ingested longer than 3 hours before, the poison will have already been absorbed.Ī thorough history, physical examination and laboratory testing are usually needed to reach a diagnosis. If the animal has consumed the rat bait recently, the vet will make them vomit it up to prevent absorption. Yes, without treatment bleeding is life-threatening. ![]() Sometimes you can see coloured bait in the faeces.Painful joints (bleeding in the joints).Laboured breathing (bleeding in the chest).It can take 1-5 days from ingestion until the animal starts to show signs of bleeding as the body has stores of vitamin K that will last this long. Vitamin K is a crucial factor for blood clotting. Rat bait has an anticoagulant effect – it prevents the blood from clotting by preventing the production of vitamin K. Cats on the other hand are fussy about what they eat and prefer their prey to be alive and therefore are less likely to be poisoned. ![]() It is clear that dogs find these baits very tasty. Every autumn and early winter we see a number of cases of rat bait poisoning in dogs, either via direct ingestion of the rat bait or less often by ingestion of rats/mice that have died from eating the bait. ![]()
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