Cyanide Poisoning in 3 of my dogs.
Almost lost 3 of my dogs this weekend. Still not out of the woods with one of them. :( One dog went down completely on Thursday. Because only one eye dilated the ER "insisted" it was a brain tumor....
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BCSnob wrote:
In addition, young leaves can be 5x more toxic than mature leaves.
And that is what they go for first.:(
This tree is so tall it just looked like an Ash Tree.
The berries are so miniscule you don't see them on the tree. They must be near the top. When they fall they were very very small round black dots. And those got snarfed up first. I thought they were a bug at first.
colliehauler wrote:
While I love mature trees I love my Collies more. Agree with others the tree should be worth some money. I would then plant a non toxic tree for the shade.
How the dogs are doing better.
The most debilitated one comes off his supportive meds today. I am scared to death. Wish him luck.
The second to present with far less symptoms is doing fine and resting comfortably.
The third one is my oldtimer 15 years old. We were worried he wouldn't have the stamina to hang in there. Turns out he is just glad to be feeling better about anything on his body. Supportive meds gave him a big lift along with keeping him alive. :B
Forgive spelling too tired to look them up again. Laymens terms here is how long low level exposure to cyanide works.
Very non-specific symptoms when exposed to low exposure for over a period of time. Which is why it is the chemical choice of wives revenge on husbands. :W
All mammals have mitochondria rhodanese naturally occurring in the body.
80% of ingested cyanide turns into thiocyanate via mitochondrial rhodanese.
It attacks cyanide by knocking off a molecule rendering it non toxic and then that broken chain turns into Thiocyanate via mitochondria Rhodanese and is eliminated thru the urine.
So, You can tell if they have been exposed to cyanide by high levels of Thiocyanate in the urine.
Good thing to know. When dealing with not knowing what has happened to your dog to eliminate or include the possibility of poisoning.
Dogs have lower activity of rhodanese than any other species. It figures. :R
Add old age and possible mitochondria disease determines if your pet will live or die from the exposure.
AND the dilated eye, Referred to as a brain tumor?
Defective cyanide metabolism due to rhodanese 'deficiency' explains development of LHON.
Whew! So there you have it. Just wanted to let everyone know how exposure of cyanide works if you ever need to help your vet out. And god forbid I hope NONE of you ever have to. :C
