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. Said we could try to give pred and antibiotics for 48 hours but he set up an appt for euthanasia before I left. Said he didn't think he would make it thru the nite.
He started to improve. And then the second one presented with same. and following day the third dog. Their answer? Well they 'are' all older dogs.
Sorry can't buy the coincidence of 3 brain tumors in 3 dogs at the same time.:R
I Started looking at poisoning, chemicals, etc. Because the dogs didn't salivate/convulsion which is the symptoms of poisoning vet wanted to rule out poison and head back to brain tumor.
I started thinking about those darn leaves sticks and stems that are dropping that the dogs just can't stop eating from this big huge tree by the pen at the new house I just bought. Like any small dog when they eat something they seemed to upchuck back up right away.
Took all the different parts of the tree and drove madly down to the local Ag Extension Office.
They identified the tree:
Black Cherry Tree
CYANIDE Poisoning!
ALL parts of this tree are highly deadly toxic.
This past week the leaves started to drop again due to leaf spot and I was not there to sweep them away and the dog's got an overload of cyanide poisoning.
This tree and all its parts is so toxic, had they not been upchucking them so quickly and instead swallowing them they all would have died.
The dog that is in guarded condition had been eating them.
So...Get second opinions/research if you don't feel the first one is right and always go with what you think or gut feeling. We know our dogs better than a vet can always analyze in 10 minutes.
And I am finding I have to constantly be a steward for these older dogs because everyone wants to write off all symptoms to "oh that's just cause he's old", or "he's at the end of his life that's what it is".:R
Now to find someone to cut down a 80 ft cherry tree for free. My bank account is zip from the vet bills. :W
One dog went down completely on Thursday. Because only one eye dilated the ER "insisted" it was a brain tumor. Said we could try to give pred and antibiotics for 48 hours but he set up an appt for euthanasia before I left. Said he didn't think he would make it thru the nite.
He started to improve. And then the second one presented with same. and following day the third dog. Their answer? Well they 'are' all older dogs.
Sorry can't buy the coincidence of 3 brain tumors in 3 dogs at the same time.:R
I Started looking at poisoning, chemicals, etc. Because the dogs didn't salivate/convulsion which is the symptoms of poisoning vet wanted to rule out poison and head back to brain tumor.
I started thinking about those darn leaves sticks and stems that are dropping that the dogs just can't stop eating from this big huge tree by the pen at the new house I just bought. Like any small dog when they eat something they seemed to upchuck back up right away.
Took all the different parts of the tree and drove madly down to the local Ag Extension Office.
They identified the tree:
Black Cherry Tree
CYANIDE Poisoning!
ALL parts of this tree are highly deadly toxic.
This past week the leaves started to drop again due to leaf spot and I was not there to sweep them away and the dog's got an overload of cyanide poisoning.
This tree and all its parts is so toxic, had they not been upchucking them so quickly and instead swallowing them they all would have died.
The dog that is in guarded condition had been eating them.
So...Get second opinions/research if you don't feel the first one is right and always go with what you think or gut feeling. We know our dogs better than a vet can always analyze in 10 minutes.
And I am finding I have to constantly be a steward for these older dogs because everyone wants to write off all symptoms to "oh that's just cause he's old", or "he's at the end of his life that's what it is".:R
Now to find someone to cut down a 80 ft cherry tree for free. My bank account is zip from the vet bills. :W
