Hello all, i was wondering if anyone has any idea of what may have caused the deaths of two dogs which died three weeks apart at our place (500km south of Darwin NT). They were both border collie crosses of around 20kg and had been chained up for several hours when they began barking, yelping, trembling and charging back and forth on the end of the chain. They each died inside of an hour of starting to make a noise. One dog had some blood from the mouth/nose but she may have just bitten her toungue in the frenzy.
The vet said, "Sounds like a toxin," and offered to test for poison for $300.
I have lost dogs to snakebite previously but never seen the barking and trying to gallop before. Snakebite seems to cause bleeding under the skin, which was not evident here. We are not new to the area and have always had dogs. Perhaps it was a different snake, but it would have had to have come into the dogs' circle of reach. I was also thinking spider???
I would be interested to hear everyone's views on this.
The vet said, "Sounds like a toxin," and offered to test for poison for $300.
I have lost dogs to snakebite previously but never seen the barking and trying to gallop before. Snakebite seems to cause bleeding under the skin, which was not evident here. We are not new to the area and have always had dogs. Perhaps it was a different snake, but it would have had to have come into the dogs' circle of reach. I was also thinking spider???
I would be interested to hear everyone's views on this.