Raisins & Spice Oatmeal and The Topaz (Raisin / Grape Toxicity)

Today while my husband drove me to work, Mr. Topaz decided to help himself to a box of dry Quaker Raisins and Spice Oatmeal.

I was busy first thing when I got to work and when I got back to my desk I had 2 missed calls and a couple of missed txt messages from the hubbs saying that Topaz got into the oatmeal, which, mind you, was on the counter.

I knew he had bought 2 kinds…Apples and Cinnamon and Raisins and Spice. I asked which kind and said a small prayer that it was the Apple kind. He said apple…I asked are you sure. He went to check.

Nope…Raisins and Spice.

So I told him to call the vet immediately!

Raisins are HIGHLY toxic to dogs!!!! they can die within 48 hours of eating them. ONE, yes ONE, raisin can kill a 10 lbs dog!

Grapes/Raisin Toxicity & Dogs – Wiki
About.com - Vet Question
ASPCA - Grape & Raisin Toxicity in Dogs
Snopes - Dogs & Raisins
ASPCA - The Wrath of Grapes

If you click on the links above, or Google “raisin toxicity in dogs” you’ll find plenty of information about how grapes and raisins are bad and lethal for dogs.

Anyway, back to Topaz…so the vet says to either bring him in or watch him. Well, no way I’m taking that risk and just watch him…so my husband takes him in.

They said on the phone they were going to pump his stomach, but I believe then ended up giving him something to induce vomiting.

He threw up there until no more raisins came up, so hopefully he got rid of them all. The next 24 to 48 hours are crucial. We’ll keep an eye on him for sure.

He’s acting like nothing happened…and whew! he has some wicked GAS!! omg!!! Yuck!

Other than that and a bit of diarrhea, he seems to be fine.

Needless to say, he will have to be locked up again when we are not going to be home. This was basically the last straw and something that we shouldn’t have risked with him. It was just a matter of time before he got into something that could seriously hurt him…and this could have seriously hurt him.

I am going to up his PB tonight and hopefully he will remain seizure free after this. We’ll see, I don’t think there’s anything in the oatmeal besides the raisins that can really hurt him…other than he’s been on a no grain diet for a long time.

Never a dull moment with this dog, I swear~!~

Well Dinner didn't stay down either

So Topaz has basically thrown up everything he's eaten since probably dinner last night.

He threw up tonight's dinner. I fed him at 5:30 and he threw up around 9pm.

Thankfully I was able to get him outside before he did it.

He's definitely going to the vet tomorrow...in fact I just called and he has an appointment at 9am.

More Vomit

First Topaz snubbed his breakfast...which is SO unlike him!!!

And then when I mixed in some cottage cheese, he ate it...but we just noticed two large piles of throw up in the living room...how I didn't hear him wretching is beyond me.

Anyway...we're going to keep an eye on him and see how the evening meal goes.

If need be we'll take him in to the vet.

Poor puppa.

Vomit & Diet Change

First off, no seizures...which is a great thing.

Topaz did throw up 5 times in the house and at least once outside this morning.

I'm thinking it was from the marrow bones I gave them this afternoon. They haven't had those in a while. Although, we've reintroduced many things back into their diet...coconut oil, the supplement...and we did have a batch of meat that didn't smell great. (I don't generally condone to feeding them "bad" meat, but by the time I noticed we didn't have much of it left)

I really think it was the marrow bones. Tomorrow I'll go easy on him and just give him the mix and pumpkin...no extras for the puppa.

I need to get back to bed. The house smells vomitous and I'm wide awake yet super tired.

If the vomitting continues...off to the vet we go tomorrow. We're lucky to have found a 7 day a week vet.

The Death of a Squirrel & Vomit!

 

 RIP Little Squirrel

Well one of the dogs, I assume Topaz, killed a little black squirrel in our yard (no, not the one pictured) today. Topaz was seen running around the yard and it was freshly dead because it was limp and not stiff. Yuck! Now should we be worried about rabies? 

Also, Topaz threw up approx 4 times today...one was a chunk of toy...nice...and the others were yellow bile. 

G R O S S!!!!

Nothing going on as far as seizure activity goes...which is good. 

Throwing Up

No new seizure activity...thank God!!

Topaz threw up yellow bile (I believe it's bile anyways) a couple times on Monday night and then he did again this morning.

We're gonna keep an eye on him for now...if it continues, he'll be going to the vet.