Acorn eating dog poorly

[Mynewmoniker]

One of my dogs ate quite a few acorns yesterday and is ill today . He was only given a raw egg this morning after having the squits on his morning walk. Then this evening he's vomited water and wouldn't eat the boiled rice we cooked for him. I didn't have any chicken so I put a little foil wrapped salmon in jelly cat food with it and he wouldn't eat this either'

Any vets/animal nurses with tips?

[PseudoBadger]

Sorry Mynew, I was going on this list of symptoms
www.aht.org.uk/cms-display/sci_clinsigns.html

I hope he's much better soon :)

[Mynewmoniker]

No probs Badger . Thanks for your concern.

[Floralnomad]

Fingers crossed he gets home tonight .

[Mynewmoniker]

It'll be tomorrow Floralnomad and I'm going to sleep with everything crossed

[pigsDOfly]

Glad to hear he sounds as if he's on the mend Mynew. Hope he'll be home with you soon. Sounds like you've both been through the mill.

A few weeks ago my dog ate part of a walnut - I think it was partly nut, partly the outer casing - (we were in the part of our local park reserved for dogs) and thankfully immediately vomited it back up. Thankfully the season has passed now but I think walnuts are also something to watch out for.

[Floralnomad]

Dare I ask if he's insured , a friends dog had to stay on a drip for a few days and the bill was huge !

[moosemama]

Op, I am so glad you're boy is starting to recover. It does sound like classic acorn poisoning, poor thing.

Thank you for raising awareness of this. We have an enormous oak tree at the end of our drive and my puppy is obsessed with the acorns. I keep going out and sweeping them all up, but it's relentless at this time of year. Our local park also has a huge row of mature oaks that we have to avoid. Fortunately I already knew about acorn toxicity before we got him, but dh didn't and I had to run out there in my pjs one day to warn him when I saw pup mouthing one.

It might be important for people to be made aware that it's not just the acorns either. It's actually Oak Toxicity and ingesting leaves or even water that leaves have fallen into can also be dangerous.

[Mynewmoniker]

No not insured . Many other money outlays recently so I stupidly risked it for this dog who we get the feeling is going to be trouble.

Hindsight's a great thing eh?

We've been getting cost updates and at the moment they have been kept reasonable. We made vet aware we were on a tight budget and needed constant financial updates and possibly to pay in instalments.

but...experience of insurance not working when we needed it in the past or having to pay vast amounts up front anyway.

[pigsDOfly]

Yes, you're absolutely right Moosemama about making people aware.

Owning my first ever dog I have made sure I found out about foods that dogs mustn't eat and a lot of other things/plants that are poisonous for them but I had no idea that oak is so dangerous.

My dog likes to eat the outer casings of beechnuts (another tree in the park) and I was pretty worried when I caught her at it but thankfully it seemed to have no ill effect, although someone did tell me they caused her dog to have diarrhea.

I must admit I do find myself watching my dog like a hawk when we're out there seems to be so many things that can harm them.

[moosemama]

I think this time of year is particularly tricky with all the leaves, nuts, seeds and berries etc falling. We went for a walk today and I found myself becoming hypervigilant as we walked through the wooded part.

[Mynewmoniker]

MY BABIE'S HOME!!! Still on a few drugs and has lost weight but he's home!!!

She followed me everywhere when I got in from work!

DH took him for a short walk with the other dogs...no acorns allowed then fed him his special diet and she's settled for a nap.

Thanks for all your support through this and...

BEWARE OF ACORNS AND OAK LEAVES AND OAK TAINTED WATER!

[Mynewmoniker]

Oops She(?) followed me everywhere...

He didn't have a sex change

[Tillypo]

Really glad he's home and on the mend.

[moosemama]

Oh that's fantastic news.

I'm so pleased he's home.

[pigsDOfly]

Wonderful news Mynew.

Really pleased he's on the mend.

[Sparklyboots]

Whew! Never has a clue about that stuff being toxic. I had a series of nice but dim dogs (lurchers with too much whippet in them) whom I am retrospectively amazed that they survived this time of year.

[waikikamookau]

glad he is on the mend. thanks for the update. expensive acorns!

[Mynewmoniker]

Bill was around £450. I think that's very reasonable with the list of drugs and care.

On a past insurance I would have had to pay the first £500 of any bill.

He's on a long lead for his walks at the moment and thinking of buying a muzzle for the moment.

[moosemama]

Gosh that is reasonable. I have a feeling our vets would have charged double that at least.

Muzzle might be a good idea, but also work on his 'leave' and 'drop' too, as then hopefully you will be able to get him give up anything you don't want him to eat. Kikopup 'Leave' series of videos here.

[Floralnomad]

That's an excellent price ,especially considering it was a weekend .

[Mynewmoniker]

Took him back to vet today and all OK! He had a higher than normal liver score during the episode but the vet said he should be OK and have no damage as there was no sign of jaundice.

He told me of cattle that have died eating acorns!

I bought him a muzzle today so that I can let him free off the lead to run with the other dogs. I was worried about letting him off a long lead you see. It was quite funny because I put the muzzle on him, let him off the lead and walked some way forward. When I turned to see what he was up to he was just sat there looking astounded where I left him as though in protest!

I'll just use it whilst the acorns disappear.

[Tillypo]

Glad everything has worked out for the little fella.

[Owllady]

i am glad to hear he is okay