First Aid For Swallowing Chemicals

how can you get injuries from breathing in fumes or swallowing chemicals, what basic first aid could be given for these various accidents?

The first thing you do is call poison control or 911. You should read the lable if the container is handy for the swallowed chemicals but first and foremost for both of these is to call poision control and/or 911. Never induce vomiting if you don't know what the chemical was they swallowed or you don't have the container to read what to do as that can cause the chemical to burn the espophogus a second time as it comes back up when they vomit if it is that type of a chemical.

2007-12-08 10:21:02 by \-696))) es.s.s.AnswERA (((6

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Today I met a guy who had a bunch of feeder mice he was raising in his garage. I asked if he had a snake and he said no, he feeds them to his dogs, about one or two a day. My first reaction was "How cruel!!" He explained to me that his dogs do not constrict the mice like snakes do, tear it apart like hawks do, impale it with talons like owls do, crush it in their mouths like reptiles do, or torture it to death like cats (wild and domestic) do. He says his dogs simply gulp it down....alive. He went on to explain that the mouse suffocates long before stomach acids are released to aid in digestion, so it's death is not cruel but rather just a kinder act of nature. I asked why he does this when there are other raw food options that don't involve the cruel killing of mice, and he said that because other raw food options involve the cruel and inhumane killing of cows, pigs, chickens, and etc. He is a vegetarian and does not support animal slaughter, but understands that his dogs need meat. He says that the mice (and sometimes baby chicks) provide the dogs with the most natural diet they can get anywhere, and the soft bones and raw organs give his dogs all the nutrients they need without the addition of artificial preservatives or other chemicals. And since he raises them himself, he knows the mice are healthy. Both dogs are over 5 and have eaten this "diet" since he acquired them as puppies. His dogs are medium-sized and (according to him) swallow the mouse in one gulp, although he did admit that they will occasionally chew it a time or two before swallowing it. He says that's why he doesnt use rats---his dogs cant swallow them whole and he doesnt want the rat to be torn apart. I know, from reading my ferret magazines, that many people feed mice and chicks to their ferrets for the same nutritional reasons, and I know ferrets cant swallow them whole. The whole concept still bothers me, but I was running out of argument! Can anyone tell me why this is either a good idea or a bad one? Other than the apparent cruelty issue, which I addressed with him, he seems to have valid points on everything else.

Please dont respond if you've only read bits and pieces of this post because I dont want to hear insults about how cruel and horrible I am when it isnt even ME that's doing it. At this point, it seems to me like the guy had some legitimate points----I simply want to know if other people have other opinions, or have ever even given it any thought..

Sure, I've never heard of that, but I do feed raw. I feed chicken and beef for the most part, but I don't see why mice would be any different. It might even be healthier as the mice are as fresh as they come and he knows the mice are fed well. I go to the butchers and get meat & what do I know about the chicken or cows, except I'd eat them too. I have to supplement with other veggies and flax seed oil and such to make it a balanced diet for my dog, but if the mice are eating a good diet he might not even have to do that, as I don't get the cows intestine like his dogs get the mice. And since the mice eat veggies he wouldn't have to feed them to the dogs since they would get that nutrition through the mice, just like it works out in the wild.

It is kinda weird the first time you see a dog tear into a raw piece of meat or kill an animal, but that's nature. I have heard of people getting live chicken for their dogs to kill and eat.

2009-08-17 13:43:48 by lathom01@yahoo.com