Toads?

[CrazyBasenjiMom]

:rolleyes:This sounds so fimiilar…my Shango, got sick a couple of weeks ago, The big Diarrhea everywere in the kitchen, thats were his crate is. Then off and on for the next couple of days, he'd get better, that again diarrhea....now that you mention it, we have toads and lizards....Shango was the only one sick, not the other B's. I took him to the vet, after a modest bill, The doc gave me this probiotic stuff, that actually smelled like yogurt.....I learn my leassons the hard way $$$, but I believe you are right...I regulary find toads in the outside water dish.......I guess we keep yougurt on hand , and we have "toad eaters":rolleyes:

[Quercus]

My guess is that the toad is as good a culprit as any. they definitely can make a dog sick. I always assumed it would present as vomitting, or neuro symptoms, not lower gi…but it may be possible. Usually once a dog tastes a toad, they never want to again. Assuming the don't actually consume the toad, there generally isn't a lot of danger. I hope she feels better today...

[ibi_n_sane]

toads can be poisonous to dogs, the reactions from licking or even eating toads vary from dog to dog, some get nothing, other get diarhea and foaming mouth, other can get parallized or even die….
the last two are very rare, but toads can be very poisonous to dogs, I think when you google on " toad poison dogs" you can find more info

give her a big hug, she will be allright soon , I am sure!

[wizard]

Yes - the toad is the culprit according to my vet diagnostic friend. There is some toxic compound in the slime on their skin that can cause death if enough is ingested. I didn' ask about lizards.

[renaultf1]

Thanks guys…Liyah is fine. She had no other symptom than explosive diarrhea and was done with it that night. The day I wrote the original post I gave her half her breakfast and then the other half I left in a kong for the day and I came home to a clean crate. :D:D:D She did a normal poop outside...so the problem lasted less than 24 hours.

I asked my vet about the frogs/toads and we don't have poisonous ones around here, but it still is possible that licking a toad caused the GI problem. They didn't seem concerned and didn't want me to bring her in unless her symptoms continued or got worse.

I googled a bunch and could only find info about toxicity of toads/frogs in the south and in the west (I'm in Maine - so northeast). Just for the heck of it though, I'm going to post a question about it on our local dog site and see if anyone in my area has ever had a problem and how serious it was - just out of curiosity.

[nomrbddgs]

Some toads express a toxic substance through their skin when threatened. I would say it was the toad. Sugar licked a toad up here last year, let's just say I don't think she'll do it again! LOL

Sometimes, you can actually see the substance excrete through the skin if you scare them enough. Not that you should go out and do it, but I've seen it happen.

[renaultf1]

@nomrbddgs:

Sometimes, you can actually see the substance excrete through the skin if you scare them enough. Not that you should go out and do it, but I've seen it happen.

Yuck…I'll take your word on it. :D;)

[Quercus]

Yup, Arlene is right ALL toads can excrete a toxic goo. And the more they are bothered, the more they will produce it. Some species of toads are more toxic than others, and some dogs are more sensitive to it than others. But, for the record, I have never heard of a dog dying from messing with an American toad (Bufo americanus), which is what most of us US northerners deal with.

[Vicki]

Toads - that explains one of my dog's illness a couple months ago. Miss Priss is always trying to catch and eat something in the yard. She had all the symptoms mentioned and was very sick for about 24 hours. Priss couldn't keep anything down. I gave her a little Pepto and 7up to calm her tummy, she stopped vomiting, and then slept for hours - the next day Priss ate yogurt and nothing else.

[renaultf1]

Really great info everyone. I'll be watching the dogs with the toads a little more closely from now on. although hopefully Liyah has learned her lesson. I love this forum, it is amazing what you learn here.