Re: Another pet gardening alert!

Thanks for this.  It should be printed/published EVERYWHERE.  Birds also die from it,
and then cats eat the birds and they die too.
Ginny who knows

Sammy's huwumin wrote:

> On Thu, 29 Jun 2000 11:51:16 -0400, Chick
> <chick@bridgewoodgardens.com> wrote:
>
> >Here's my story about slug bait.
> >
> >Last year I got a Westhighland White Terrier puppy for my birthday.  We named
> >her Plantain Lily.  The first day I had her I took her to a nursery owned by
> >some friends to show her off.  Needless to say, she found some slug bait that
> >had been sprinkled around the pots and decided it was pretty tasty stuff.  Cats,
> >dogs, and other animals just love the stuff.
> >
> >Luckily, I noticed that she was eating something and when I found out what it
> >was I was shortly racing down the road to the vet, running red lights and
> >cussing anyone driving slower than 80.  The vet made her throw up, and we found
> >quite a few pellets in the vomit.  Poison control told us she had had a lethal
> >dose and to get her to a doggy emergency room where they made her eat charcoal
> >to soak up any remaining poison in her stomach and put her on intravenous
> >anti-convulsives overnight.
> >
> >Lukily she survived just fine but my vet bills were about $400 for the first day
> >I had my puppy.
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