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Originally Posted by Lea N
I worked at a vet in S. Florida a long time ago, so possibly advice regarding these toads has changed. The vet told us that a dog's mouth should be rinsed out for at least 5 minutes, preferably 10, rinsing sideways. NOT down the dogs throat.
We had a dog who go into a bofu toad and she survived. She came to the back door of the lanai and my husband was in the lanai. She was foaming at the mouth (this is the first sign a dog has gotten into a bofu toad. After that vomiting, diarrhea, seizure, then paralysis) He took her to the outside spicket and sprayed the water sideways, not down her throat for 10 minutes, non-stop. While he was doing that I called our vet (who had 24 hour emergency service) and they stayed on the phone with us watching her symptoms. You have 20 minutes to get your dog to the vet once you see the first symptom. Our vet was 30 minutes away. The vet said my husbands calm, cool way of handling it and rinsing her mouth out sideways saved her life. She was a big girl, 90 lbs. Big dogs generally do better than the little ones simply because the poison takes longer to get into their system. Little dogs often don't survive. Remaining calm also helps keep the dog calm making it take longer for the poison to get through their system.
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90 lbs? Big girl, indeed. What kind of dog?
Glad she was alright.
Per my last post, point is that there is seldom a "one size fits all" solution for all situations. Do the best you can at the time. If it works, you are a hero for saving a life. If things don't go well, you can be sad, but you are still
a hero for doing the best you could under the circumstances of that moment.