cane toads and dogs

[Lucy]

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Originally posted by David M

Unfortunately, a couple of our dogs have a toad fascination, 2 quite scary encounters, the latest costing me my 3 month old iphone last summer.
Flushing works IF you get them soon enough (before the foaming). In our experience, if the poison is already in the system, flushing doesn't seem to do much. My understanding is this poison is absorbed via the mucous membranes, not swallowed. We do keep benedryl on hand, both the liquid and pills and administer as soon as possible after the flushing. As it would take us 30 minutes or more to get to the vet, I did discuss this with vet a couple years ago vet said this approach was appropriate as there's not much the vet could do. Maybe the medicine has improved since then, but time would still be a problem for us, especially as they seem to prefer toads at night. One thing that kinda ticks me off, the dogs have a fenced area for nightime use, with small opening chicken wire at the bottom and the d*mn toads still get in. Constant vigilance, as like Carol said, I think some dogs develop a liking for it.

David

Ninole Resident

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I think perhaps you would have to use 5/8 inch hardware cloth and for it to be buried around the edges.
When cleaning out the dogs mouth, if wiping it out to get the poison because it is gelatinous might help.
Also this guy from Thailand has a novel approah that sure seems like it would work. A 5 gal. bucket buried, light over that to attrack bugs and toad and fill the bucket with water close to 3/4 and put some motor oil in it to make the sides slick.

http://www.earthclinic.com/Pets/bufo_toads.html

Another way of killing them is pouring amonia on their back.
One additional way of preventing dogs getting them is to put a muzzle on them at night while they are out.

One site also noted: "Most owners will try to hose out their pets mouths. DO NOT DO THIS. If you use a hose, you risk getting water in the dog’s lungs. You may solve the toxin problem, but the dog may develop other serious problems, or may die. What you SHOULD DO is gently scrub the dog’s gum area with a wet cloth, for about 5 10 minutes."

Lucy

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