POISON EMERGENCY: Important Resources for Pet Poisoning & Poison Control Hotline

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Pet Poison Hotline, Animal Poison Control Center
www.petpoisonhelpline.com here are emergency instructions, a link to an A-Z full poison listing and a list of signs of poisoning in dogs and cats. Also listed is their 24/7 Animal Poison Control Center phone number: 1-800-213-6680 to call for a personal consultation for a fee.

Did your dog or cat just eat something poisonous? Call your veterinarian or Pet Poison Helpline at 800-213-6680 for help immediately! The sooner a dog poisoning or cat poisoning is diagnosed, the easier, less expensive, and safer it is for your pet to get treated!

(Click on the blue hyperlinks below to go directly to that section of the website.)

Emergency Instructions
Emergency Instructions

What to do if your dog or cat is poisoned:

* Remove your pet from the area.
* Check to make sure your pet is safe: breathing and acting normally.
* Do NOT give any home antidotes.
* Do NOT induce vomiting without consulting a vet or Pet Poison Helpline.
* Call Pet Poison Helpline at 800-213-6680.
* If veterinary attention is necessary, contact your veterinarian or emergency veterinary clinic immediately.

Detailed Instructions:
1. Immediately remove your pet from the area, and make sure no other pets (or kids!) are exposed to this area. Safely remove any remaining poisonous material from their reach.
2. Check to make sure your pet is breathing normally and acting fine otherwise.
3. Collect a sample of the material, along with the packaging, vial, or container, and save it – you will need all that information when you talk to your veterinarian or to a Pet Poison Helpline expert.
4. Do NOT give your dog any milk, food, salt, oil, or any other home remedies! Also, never inducing vomiting without talking to your veterinarian or Pet Poison Helpline – it may actually be detrimental or contraindicated to induce vomiting!
5. Don’t give hydrogen peroxide to your pet without checking with a vet or with Pet Poison Helpline first. For you cat lovers, hydrogen peroxide doesn’t work well to induce vomiting (it just causes massive foaming and salivating instead!), and stronger veterinary prescription medications are necessary to get your cat to vomit up the poison Kitty ingested!
6. Get help. Program your veterinarian phone number, along with an ER vet and Pet Poison Helpline’s phone number (800-213-6680) in your cell phone so you will always have immediate access to help.

Keep in mind that the prognosis is always better when a toxicity is reported immediately, so don’t wait to see if your pet becomes symptomatic before calling for help. It’s always less expensive, and safer for your pet for you to call immediately. Remember that there’s a narrow window of time when we can decontaminate (induce vomiting or pump the stomach) in the case of a poisoning!

Poison List - Quickly find a poison:
Poison List quickly find a poison (A-Z poison listing)

Know the Signs of Poisoning in Dogs and Cats
Signs of Poisoning in Dogs and Cats - Pet Poisoning Signs and Symptoms

Gastrointestinal signs
Vomiting
Diarrhea
Drooling/hypersalivating
Inappetance
Nausea

Internal bleeding
Coughing of blood
Vomiting blood
Pale gums
A racing heart rate
Weakness or lethargy
Collapse

Kidney failure
Halitosis (“uremic” breath)
Inappetance
Vomiting
Diarrhea
Excessive thirst or urination
Absence or decreased urination

Liver failure
Jaundice/icterus/yellow discoloration to the gums
Weakness or collapse secondary to a low blood sugar
Dull mentation, acting abnormally
Vomiting
Diarrhea
Black-tarry stool (melena)

For Owners a guide to pet safety

Lisa(Lisa and Pic) used this service when her Vivi got into the heartworm preventative and seemed satisfied and gave me the phone number. I liked the site and a lot of the information there seemed worth sharing with YorkieTalk just as a refresher to us all.

[Wylie's Mom]

If you cannot get through to the Pet Poison Hotline, try these resources:


ASPCA | Animal Poison Control Center

(888) 426-4435 / Help available 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. A $65 consultation fee may be applied to your credit card. (Only Master Card, Visa, American Express, and Discover cards are accepted)


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Kansas State University Veterinary Teaching Hospital offers a FREE poison control hotline for pet owners and veterinarians 1+785-532-5679 (Monday-Friday 8-5pm).

Dr Oehme, a vet and professor in toxicology and pathology oversees the hotline. Dr Oehme offers these suggestions:

- Be patient. The person answering the phone may have to take a few minutes to consult the vet on duty.
- Call as soon as possible. Immediate attention might save your animal. But waiting to see if there is a reaction could cost your animal their life.
- Have any product labels available for answers. The vet might need to know milligrams and generic names.
- Know your pet. Drooling could only mean he is thrilled to see you!
- Know that the toxicologists are also taking calls from vets about other animals and other problems, including those problems with large animals.

[Wylie's Mom]

For a list of Poisonous / Dangerous Medications, Plants, Substances, and Misc - GO HERE.

[Wylie's Mom]

Updated, edited, reformatted 3/7/13.