I’m a vet & I’m sharing these horror pictures as warning to dog owners… why you MUST watch your pets like a hawk
A VET issued a warning to dog owners over fears a sicko has been laying poison bait traps in parks.
Peter Nicholl said pets must be kept on leads after two instances of animals swallowing suspicious sacs filled with a mystery green substance.
The vet, based in Sydney, Australia, shared pictures of one gruesome find as a warning to pet lovers.
The sac – which appears to be of animal origin, possibly offal – was removed from a dog’s stomach last week.
Cut open, it was revealed to be filled with an alarming green paste – which the vet fears was poisonous.
It followed a similar incident in another part of the city around five miles away, he said.
Dr Nicholl said he fears the sacs may have been left deliberately as bait.
“At the moment I would not be walking my dog off lead,” he .
“People have to got to be aware and make sure dogs are on their lead, so they don’t have a chance to go and ingest them.
“And keep your eyes out, the dog will notice them before you will.”
The dog he treated swallowed the sac on a walk at Bardwell Valley in the south of Sydney last week.
It has since made a full recovery thanks to the owner’s swift actions.
Dr Nicholl said: “The dog had swallowed it whole and the owner got in early enough.
“We were able to make it vomit and it hadn’t been digested.
“We don’t know if there’s any poison in them, it’s very likely that there is.”
He said they will never know for sure, as toxicology tests for various possible poison would “cost many thousands of dollars”.
He advises all pet owners to be aware of the risks – and know that time is of the essence if a dog does swallow something.
“You have less than an hour (before digestion starts),” he said.
”As soon as it happens, you should try and get to one of your local vets.
“If none of those are open, it’s late at night, you need to get to one of the specialist centres.
“Vets have a medication they can administer to the dogs to make them bring it up.”
Earlier this week experts warned of a hidden danger to dogs on British beaches.
Vets say seawater, jellyfish and dead crabs are all harmful to pets.
And a kind of seaweed called dead man’s fingers is highly toxic to dogs.
It attacks the nervous system and can lead to convulsions and death by asphyxia within hours.
Other types of seaweed can cause stomach upsets.
And palm oil – which sometimes washes up on beaches – can be fatal for dogs even though it is a common ingredient in human food.
Another vet issued a warning over a favourite type of dog toy.
It came after a labrador puppy ate an entire rope toy and ended up in a critical condition, and needed most of his small intestine removed.