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Got a call last night in the middle of prenatal classes. Something's wrong with the New Recruit, the little dog we've taken on. Didn't sound good so told them to phone the vet and bring him in.
When I got up to the vets, the two 19 yo's were trying to hold the dog down for the vet to shave and get an iv in. 14 yo is staring at the ceiling because she can't bear to watch it.
According to the vet all the signs of 1080 bait poisoning. A 1080 notice has just gone up 3 k's away. Neighbours are meant to tell everyone (and I"m pretty sure my closest don't use them, and the next closest always phones me). Apart from these neighbours we're surrounded by national park and reserve. The vet said that foxes will often run off with a bait and drop it. So the little guy who annoys me by going outside the yard (kelpie proof but hard to keep a little dog in) but he only goes outside the yard and then chases the horses. We live on 90 acres and it's not safe.
Because they bait meat with 1080 to kill the foxes. But the bait does get around. As we've found out. And native animals also get baited. 1080 is an organophosate (sp?) poison and so there is no antidote.
It's not pretty watching an animal in a continuous fit. It's not easy to drive one to the vet either. Luckily our little guy came straight up to the house (while he could still climb the steps obviously) and the kids heard him start huffing and let him in and noticed straight away.
He's in an induced coma at the vet's. The vet said he's got a fighting chance. We'll be paying the vet off for a long time I imagine.
We don't know where he got the bait, and even if we check the yard and close surrounds we don't know when another might turn up, or when the cats might find one.
VC found this link to stop baiting. I don't hold out much hope, like poisoning weeds as a first choice, cheap and easy is the attitude towards these things in the country. But if you'd like to sign please feel free. I'd like to do something more painful to those who use these baits. They have to attend a half day course to use them.
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/help-ban-1080-baits/
When I got up to the vets, the two 19 yo's were trying to hold the dog down for the vet to shave and get an iv in. 14 yo is staring at the ceiling because she can't bear to watch it.
According to the vet all the signs of 1080 bait poisoning. A 1080 notice has just gone up 3 k's away. Neighbours are meant to tell everyone (and I"m pretty sure my closest don't use them, and the next closest always phones me). Apart from these neighbours we're surrounded by national park and reserve. The vet said that foxes will often run off with a bait and drop it. So the little guy who annoys me by going outside the yard (kelpie proof but hard to keep a little dog in) but he only goes outside the yard and then chases the horses. We live on 90 acres and it's not safe.
Because they bait meat with 1080 to kill the foxes. But the bait does get around. As we've found out. And native animals also get baited. 1080 is an organophosate (sp?) poison and so there is no antidote.
It's not pretty watching an animal in a continuous fit. It's not easy to drive one to the vet either. Luckily our little guy came straight up to the house (while he could still climb the steps obviously) and the kids heard him start huffing and let him in and noticed straight away.
He's in an induced coma at the vet's. The vet said he's got a fighting chance. We'll be paying the vet off for a long time I imagine.
We don't know where he got the bait, and even if we check the yard and close surrounds we don't know when another might turn up, or when the cats might find one.
VC found this link to stop baiting. I don't hold out much hope, like poisoning weeds as a first choice, cheap and easy is the attitude towards these things in the country. But if you'd like to sign please feel free. I'd like to do something more painful to those who use these baits. They have to attend a half day course to use them.
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/help-ban-1080-baits/
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