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Post by migsy on Feb 17, 2017 23:48:26 GMT
I read about this on another dog forum and in todays Daily Mail.A six year old Cockerpoo found the owners bin which had just been emptied so not yet cleaned and had blown over.It licked traces of food and within minutes it started to suffer fits and struggled to breathe.It had developed a potentially deadly toxic shock syndrome caused by mould which had begun growing on scraps of mouldy bread,also grows on cheese and pasta and wallnuts.The owners other dog also suffered and sadly had to be put to sleep,both had to be put into induced comas. Not only are these bins a danger to pets,but any animal scavenging as they pass by.
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Post by caz2golden on Feb 18, 2017 10:49:15 GMT
I had read something similar on local facebook group where a post had been shared.
Assuming it is the same case as it involved two dogs having to be put into induced coma.
It is shocking and very sad.
Shows the importance of regular cleaning of the containers!
Most of our food waste goes on compost heap. Dad does not like idea of the food bins on a hygiene level so we have never used the one that council supplied! We are bad but it is the only recycling we do not do!
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Post by barley on Feb 18, 2017 14:52:45 GMT
Yikes, that's really scary. I'd seen snippets of this story on Facebook but not actually read about it. Poor dogs and poor family.
My food recycling bin is used as a tub to store hamster food. I don't feel quite so guilty about that now....
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Post by goldenlabbie on Mar 10, 2017 6:30:59 GMT
Hi!
I just read your posts regarding that fatal incident. Really feel sorry for those dogs who need to be put down because of that.
Sometimes we realize what we could have done in order to avoid that toxicity accident.
That's will serve as a reminder for all of us to be extra careful when we have pets at home.
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