Showing posts with label poisoning. Show all posts
Showing posts with label poisoning. Show all posts

Sunday, June 19, 2011

First aid for poisoning dogs

Poisons can enter the body in three ways, through the skin, by inhalation or by eating. Because the dog's curious nature, they are usually poisoned by eating. To prevent your dog from harm, you need all household chemicals that are potentially toxic out of his reach. These include insecticides, alkaline cleaners such as paint strippers, shampoos, flea collars, batteries and medicines.

Removing paint and tar from the dogCoat

Home First Aid Kit

To remove or paint or tar from your dog's coat, soften with Vaseline or a similar product that is safe for human skin. Heavily contaminated and matted fur cut. The next step is to wash the contaminated area with canine shampoo or baby shampoo, then rinse thoroughly.

Poisoning from ingestion

If your dog eats something that you think is dangerous to capture, detain and examine the package or substance carefully the instructions.Contact your veterinarian or ask your local poison control center immediately for advice. With the help of another person, give your dog hydrogen peroxide to induce vomiting. To vomit as he eliminates some 'of the poison has already entered his body and bought some time before being treated by a veterinarian.

Make your dog vomit, draw the hydrogen peroxide into a syringe or a turkey breast. Tip your dog's head back and sprayed toward the back of the tongue. In general, your dogbegins to throw in a few minutes. If you do not vomit after 5 minutes, wait another 5 minutes and then try again. Do not give your dog more than two doses of the solution, because the administration has too much hydrogen peroxide possible complications. Also, do not use ipecac or over-the-counter products that are used by people. While it is safe for us, can be toxic for our pets.

Do not induce vomiting if your dog has eaten caustic chemicals such as draincleaner because the poison causes a burn down and then double it back on. If he had something alkaline like drain cleaner, what you need is rather to be done to him something to neutralize the chemicals, such as 3 teaspoons of vinegar or lemon juice diluted in the same amount of water.

With poisoning, every minute counts. If the poison is already in force, and the dog has collapsed, you must immediately bring it to the vet with a sample ofwhatever it is that has poisoned him. The treatment is more effective if the vet knows the type of toxic substance that has swallowed the dog.

First aid for poisoning dogs