Potential Serious Problem -- Need Help

[newcorgiowner]

Greetings,
I haven't been in here in awhile and I'll catch everyone up on how my wonderful pup is doing later. Anyway, I have a pretty serious problem at the moment. I just walked into the room and noticed there was a half empty blister pack of dayquil lying on the floor.

My assumption is that she ate the other one. I have no idea how she got into it or how it got down there. Now I'm worried because I know that's not good for her and potentially fatal.

What should we do? We called our vet who told us to call animal poison control They charge 50 bucks a call so we're reluctant to go with them.

She looks perfectly healthy right now, she is chewing on her bone at the moment and would come sprinting in if i called her.

I have no idea how long ago she got into it, it could have been ten minutes or ten hours ago.

[corgimom]

I am familiar with the name Dayquil, but what possible dosage did she consume and is there acetaminophen in Dayquil? Have you checked on the internet for reactions in dogs that may have swallowed it?

[corgimom]

Here is a number that Deb(Glencorgi) posted in September for a free poison control # - go down to the first post.


http://www.gocorgi.com/forums/health...r+phone+number

[newcorgiowner]

Active Ingredients In a Dose:
Acetaminophen -- 325mg
Dextromethorphan HBr -- 10mg
Phenylephrine -- 5mg

Yeah, we've tried researching it online but all we really come up with is a lot fo spam sites. I am fairly confident she got at least half a dose and she got potetnially a full dose (they were gel caps. The liquid was gone on one of them but the shell remained and the other pill was gone entirely).

We're on the phone with poison control now though, we went ahead and paid the 50 dollars.

[corgimom]

I think we were posting at the same time, I just posted a thread that had a free number.

[newcorgiowner]

Poison control said that it was not a high dose and if she's not sick by morning she should be fine. ::sigh of tentative relief::

[newcorgiowner]

Thank you very much for your help. I wish I had seen your post and gone with the free number, but 50 dollars to make sure she's okay is definetly a good value.

[newcorgiowner]

Alright, i"m going to go watch her. I'll update later to confirm she's okay and then probably take a picture. I don't know if anyone even remembers her, we haven't been on here in 7 or so months but she's grown a lot since I took the pic for my avatar.

[corgimom]

Sorry about that, we were typing at the same time and I was trying to search for that number.

Also, here is something I found as far as the toxic dose of Acetaminophen for dogs and cats/ per pound of weight

let us know how she is tomorrow.



http://www.peteducation.com/article....articleid=2226

[corgimom]

Keep us posted,

[ZdogZ]

My son and daughter-in-law's two dogs got into rat poison last year and the vet said to give them a little bit of hydrogen peroxide to induce vomiting. I'm not sure if this would be the case with Dayquil.

[Michael Romanos]

Inducing vomiting would be advantageous - because it is the best way to get rid of poisonous substances without affecting the body as severely as it might.

It is amazing to me that you have to pay dollars to get the kind of advice you were seeking when in NZ all that kind of information is freely given via Government sources, Universities, and vets would also give advice free via the telephone.

I sure hope your pup is ok and shows no ill effects come morning.

I'd put her on a bland diet for a couple of days or so - a good bland diet is boiled chicken together with cooked brown rice.

[corgimom]

Originally Posted by ZdogZ

My son and daughter-in-law's two dogs got into rat poison last year and the vet said to give them a little bit of hydrogen peroxide to induce vomiting. I'm not sure if this would be the case with Dayquil.

I have heard of the same thing with the peroxide. I am surprised that their own vet could not help them with this. I personally, did not want to advise someone to do that on here.