Question by TearraHrt: Could cat food be killing my dogs? Thought it was poison mushrooms in the yard. I’ve lost 3 now in 2 years.
I lost a 5 year old that was hardly sick a day in her life after a rain and the mushrooms came up. Then the puppy we got to replace her suddenly within a few hours got sick and died just like the first one. We moved and go 2 more puppies…i just lost one of them 2 days ago and now the other one looks like he might be getting sick. It just rained here again and the mushrooms came up. But they have all eaten cat food too. I was told by a lady one time that cat food can kill a dog because of the ash content in it the dogs digestive system can’t handle that. But the vet said it might make them have diahrra (not sure if i spelled that right, lol) but it wouldn’t kill them. But something is killing them and I can’t figure out what’s going on. Please somebody help me before I lose another puppy. Been giving him penicillin today. Was giving them Benedril for some kind of skin allergy they seems to have. Help me save my puppy please somebody. Thank you..
As I mentioned their deaths occurred after we had a rainy spell and (it was too dry before the rain for anything to grow) the mushrooms shot up. I try to get rid of them by digging them up because I had kicked them and smashed them up right before the first one died and the same thing right before the next one died. I have been digging them up thinking the kicking them over and smashing them only made it easier for them to eat. So I’m heading to the pet ER asap. Thank you for you responses. I was thinking it was the mushrooms but had my doubts about the catfood. They all ate their dogfood but you know how dogs are they want their cake and the cats too. So my cats were eating dogfood and vica versa so started feeding cats up high so the dogs couldn’t reach them. My dogs have all been wormed and vaccinated too and are very well taken care of that’s why it was so shocking that they died so suddenly. Too many identical incidents about the rain and the mushrooms for it not to be that. Thanx

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Answer by Beta
No. If it did, it would kill the cat too.

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I lost a 5 year old that was hardly sick a day in her life after a rain and the mushrooms came up. Then the puppy we got to replace her suddenly within a few hours got sick and died just like the first one. We moved and go 2 more puppies…i just lost one of them 2 days ago and now the other one looks like he might be getting sick. It just rained here again and the mushrooms came up. But they have all eaten cat food too. I was told by a lady one time that cat food can kill a dog because of the ash content in it the dogs digestive system can’t handle that. But the vet said it might make them have diahrra (not sure if i spelled that right, lol) but it wouldn’t kill them. But something is killing them and I can’t figure out what’s going on. Please somebody help me before I lose another puppy. Been giving him penicillin today. Was giving them Benedril for some kind of skin allergy they seems to have. Help me save my puppy please somebody. Thank you..
As I mentioned their deaths occurred after we had a rainy spell and (it was too dry before the rain for anything to grow) the mushrooms shot up. I try to get rid of them by digging them up because I had kicked them and smashed them up right before the first one died and the same thing right before the next one died. I have been digging them up thinking the kicking them over and smashing them only made it easier for them to eat. So I’m heading to the pet ER asap. Thank you for you responses. I was thinking it was the mushrooms but had my doubts about the catfood. They all ate their dogfood but you know how dogs are they want their cake and the cats too. So my cats were eating dogfood and vica versa so started feeding cats up high so the dogs couldn’t reach them. My dogs have all been wormed and vaccinated too and are very well taken care of that’s why it was so shocking that they died so suddenly. Too many identical incidents about the rain and the mushrooms for it not to be that. Thanx

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