chico212

Hi guys i need some help, i noticed about 5 days ago my dog had a red spot on his iris, thought he injured it while running. On the second day it got bigger which got me concerned, was able to get to the vet on the Third day, by then about 1/4 of his eye was filled with blood between the iris and the cornea.
The Vet noticed he had bleeding gums and some red spots on his leg, and said it was rat poisoning, He gave him 2 shots on vitamin K for 2 days, 1 each daily and some vitamin k 100mg tablets after the second day, one each day. My dog is still active and running around, His apatite has grown and he is thirsty more than usual, Urine is still normal and so is his stool.
Vet told me that the eye would be expected to become completely blood shot, but should heal in time, but today i noticed it became sunken in his head, and the inner part of the eye is covering a portion of his eye in the corner.
I am not sure if i can get to a vet tomorrow till Monday, My question is, is my dog's eye in danger of getting blind, and how long will the rat poisoning effects last on him, i don't want him to die on me, i am just scared.

bleh60

I am no expert but if your seriously worried then I would get him to the vet. If his eye is developing worse and different then what your vet described, I would get him to the E vet asap.

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Rosamburg

about 5 years ago I had a GSD that got into rat poisen. It sounds as though we were not as fortunate as you as she did not make it. The vet said he wished he had done a transfusion. It sounds as though your dog's case is not as severe, so I can't offer advice. Just that I emphasize and realize how serious it can be.

dobermansrule

I can offer no advise either. The standard rat poisons work by disrupting the blood coagulation process, resulting in internal bleeding. The antidote is vitamin K since the rat poison works by depleting vitamin K the mechanism by which coagulation is disrupted. So the eye bleeding makes sense, but not the other issue you describe. Maybe the eye has been injured?

chico212

thanks for the replies, ill check on him tomorrow, hopefully it should clear up, seems to be acting up then disappearing, strange stuff. The positive side is that he looks healthy. Will update on his situation. This is my first case with rat poison deadly stuff . strangely i have no rat poison at home, i hope nobody tried to poison him.

dobermansrule

good point - I have heard of anti-dog people doing things like throwing poison in dogs parks and stuff. Pure meanness and evil.

chico212

yeh i wondered that for a while, dont know if the bleeding had anything to do with it. I would hate it if he gets blind in one eye.

it looks like this, but this is a cats eye, the left eye

dobermansrule

I don't know - it could be injury or infection of some sort.

chico212

ill see if i can get him in tomorrow hopefully if not then Monday, thanks for all the comments guys

JenTN

I had a cat with an eye that looked a lot like that- he had a Chlamydia infection from the pound. I don't know if dogs/puppies get that, but apparantly it's pretty common and spreads quckly in cats/kittens.