Safer rat poisons may be more dangerous to pets
A new generation of rodent poisons designed to be safer for children and animals may prove more deadly for pets, veterinarians say. The 2008 decision by the Environmental Protection Agency to phase out long-acting coagulants, which are dangerous to pets but treatable with vitamin K, led to the new group for which there is no antidote. Dogs that eat the poison can become seriously ill in two to 24 hours, said veterinarian Gregg Laurence, with symptoms including hyperexcitability, twitching and seizures.
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