Dog was playing with rat poison, should I take him to the vet?
my dog is with a family member right now while I’m on vacation. they told me he was “playing with rat poison” in their back yard. he had it in his mouth but they don’t think he was chewing on it. this happened yesterday at like 5/6pm? he’s a 12lb 10yr old morkie. it was these yellow bars called “just one bite“.
they tried to take him to the vet but all the vets in the area were closed for the night. he’s been acting totally normal and is acting normal again this morning. should we still take him to the vet?
to be completely honest if we don’t have to I don’t want to take him simply because I’m a college student paying out of pocket and I don’t really have the money. but at the same time I can’t lose my dog. He’s eaten 90% cacao chocolate before and Pawp online vets and google all said I needed to take him to the vet or he’d die. it was too late to induce vomitting and he ended up being completely fine after a few hours and we were left with a fat vet bill.
and now I don’t know whether to believe if my dog really is going to die if I don’t take him to the vet or if its just exaggerated so I spend a bunch of money on the vet