Dog drank liquid

[icemanistheking]

As I was reading the thread last night/this morning, I was shocked to see so many people not have much of a reaction to the situation. It's poison for cryin' out loud. Having a "hang nail" and ingesting nicotine are two very different matters. . The people that you claim to be in the know are vapers. Not veterinarians. And yes, if you call a vet or a hospital and tell them that you think your pet or child may have ingested nicotine you bet they will tell you to bring them to the hospital/clinic. It's poison!

Nicotine is not a "poison". Nicotine is a stimulant, too much of which, as with thousands of other normally safe/harmless substances, can be potentially dangerous if too much is ingested.

My mom's dog ate a piece of nicotine gum that she got out of the trash once. You know what the emergency vet said? "Not much can really be done aside from waiting it out...after a couple hours, if she's still okay, she's going to be fine". And she was.

Not to say that nicotine ingestion by animals is not cause for concern, because it is. But a lot of you guys seriously freaked the .... out over nothing. OP said the juice level didn't appear to be any lower than it had been, and the heavy ... dog (which makes all the difference in the world when judging how resistant a body is going to be to a substance's effects) was acting completely fine after a period of time. And some of you are saying hours later that he should still be taking his dog to the emergency vet, which would foot probably a $500-$1000 bill for absolutely no reason. FYI, while some aftereffects of nicotine can last for awhile, the primary (potentially dangerous) effects of nicotine do not last that long.

Also, I like how so many in this thread act like they are absolutely perfect and have never made a mistake that could potentially cause harm to another living thing. My bet is you all have at one time or another, even if you didn't realize it.

Take a look at reality for a second, and calm the .... down.

 

[Ryedan]

Nicotine is not a "poison". Nicotine is a stimulant, too much of which, as with thousands of other normally safe/harmless substances, can be potentially dangerous if too much is ingested.

Saying something is or is not 'a poison' is pretty much meaningless. Too much of anything is poisonous and even substances that require very little to be poisonous are not poisonous under that threshold or can even be beneficial.

Now Scan, how's your dog doing?

 

[Katya]

Saying something is or is not 'a poison' is pretty much meaningless. Too much of anything is poisonous and even substances that require very little to be poisonous are not poisonous under that threshold or can even be beneficial.

Now Scan, how's your dog doing?

Sola dosis facit venenum.

The dose makes the poison.

 

[elenamylove]

Hope your dog is fine now.

We all must be more diligent and responsible when it comes to storing and protecting our e-liquids from pets and the little hands of children.

95% of e-liquids sold are flavored after fruits, deserts, breakfast cereals, candies, pastries... Most if not all are appealing to pets and children.

 

[keepsmiling]

Hope your dog is ok.