Last Sunday, I found her laying in the shade next to the road in front of the house. I carried her back to the house, and placed her on the back porch. Thinking she may have a heavy worm load. I have her a good dose of dewormer to help her out. Next day, she was still down. She was back to eating good, finishing off her feed ration and drinking water. Again, I figured it may have been a heavy worm load. Today, she was laid out. Can't lift her head, moaning, and dehydrated. I gave her another dose of dewormer on the opposite side of the first shot.
This afternoon as I was tending to her. She showed the exact signs of Jerry, our capone ram; my first herdsire, Gadao, A big white Boer crossed buck; Pepsi, my ranch pitbull; She was not downed by a heavy worm load, but by a Cane Toad. I suspected but was not sure until this afternoon. The signs were all there:
- slowness or weakness
- whites of their eyes were still red
- paralyzed from neck down
- Able to still eat and drink at the beginning but unable to later on
- major weight loss, onset of dehydration
- labored breathing
There is no recovery from a Cane Toad poisoning. It's a slow death for any animal. If she survives the night, I'll have to put her down in the morning.
The only animal I know that survived a Cane Toad poisoning is my ranch dog, Shortie. He showed all the signs. I was surprised when I saw him fighting back against the poison. He did really good.
I guess I was hoping that the doeling, Kasi, would fight back.
ESTA
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