Ethylene glycol poisoning in cats

Re: Ethylene glycol poisoning in cats

Mark Hedberg — Mon, 04 Oct 2010 00:31:26 GMT

Had one when i worked in Saudi Arabia; he died. The only really noteworthy bit about the case was thaft ethanol is illegal in saudi. So i had to get the ethanol from an illegal distributor...gotta love the black market some days. :)

Re: Ethylene glycol poisoning in cats

Rob Reid — Wed, 22 Sep 2010 09:53:57 GMT

One of my colleagues saved a Collie a couple of years back - it belonged to one of his friends, I think they saw him drink it so he got to it very quickly. I think the toxic dose is higher for dogs and obviously there is the size differential as well thus improving prognosis compared to cats. I'll maybe ask him if he will put a comment on?

Going back to the orginal topic - I have never seen a cat that has made it.

Re: Ethylene glycol poisoning in cats

Martin Atkinson — Wed, 22 Sep 2010 09:38:23 GMT

Nope, never saved one, once they're azotaemic they're stuffed. As a previous post suggests, (unless you've got nothing else to do for a few days and want to make a bit of money) save the client the fees and drink the 'cure' yourself.

Re: Ethylene glycol poisoning in cats

Karen Crawford — Tue, 21 Sep 2010 23:20:05 GMT

Dog rather than cat, but earlier this year we did successfully treat a young Border terrier with confirmed EG toxicity. We used ethanol as a CRI for several days rather than 6hrly bolus and worked for this dog - think he was lucky, owners discovered upturned bottle of EG in their garage after dog had dveleoped slightly odd neuro signs and PUPD and we got him onto treatment before he had become azotaemic

Re: Ethylene glycol poisoning in cats

Laurence Webb — Tue, 21 Sep 2010 18:53:13 GMT

Not won any myself but a collegue treated a suspected one successfully (Ca Oxalate crystals and ARF in a young previously healthy cat). As Alison said, I believe that once they look unwell from ARF then the grog doesn't do anything than stop further renal damage. You can always swig it yourself to cheer yourself up as you watch the poor buggers get worse though

Re: Ethylene glycol poisoning in cats

vs0u — Tue, 21 Sep 2010 18:45:58 GMT

I thought treatment only works if you actually see the cat/dog drink the EG and start treating immediately. I have never had any like that though! Did see one once where the owner saw the dog drink it but 'knew ' it was fatal so left it for 12 hours then demanded a home visit for PTS - frustrating!