In these cases an injection to make the animal vomit, and hence remove most of the poison from the stomach, may be given. If you know exactly when the bait was eaten it is important that the animal is taken straight to the veterinary hospital as soon as possible. Treatment depends on the time that has elapsed since the dog or cat ate the rat bait. They may have shallow respiration or laboured breathing and possibly a cough if there has been bleeding in the lungs. Symptoms may occur up to 2-4 days after the bait was ingested. The length of time from ingestion of the baits to the onset of symptoms varies considerably with how large the dose was and whether the animal has had continuous access to the baits over a period of time. This may be obvious, for example bleeding from the anus or blood in the urine, but more commonly the bleeding is internal and cannot be seen. SymptomsĪnti-coagulant poisons work by interfering with the clotting mechanisms in the blood and can therefore cause animals to bleed. For this reason even if the poison is well out of reach of the dogs and cats they are not safe from it. Bromakil and Rat-attack containing BromadioloneĪnimals can be affected with these poisons if they eat the poison itself or if they eat a rat or mouse that has recently eaten the poison.Diphacin and Ramik containing Diphasinone.This group of chemicals can be split into two groups: The most commonly used rat and mouse baits belong to the anticoagulant rodenticide group of chemicals.

Mouse poison with vitamin k antidote