{"topic_id":"pet_tox_metaldehyde","category":"pet-toxicology","context":"---\ntopic_id: pet_tox_metaldehyde\ncategory: pet-toxicology\ntitle: \"Pet toxin — Metaldehyde (slug & snail bait; drooling, tremors, seizures, death)\"\nlang: en\nsource: \"Pet Poison Helpline — Pet toxin — Metaldehyde (slug & snail bait; drooling, tremors, seizures, death)\"\nsource_file: pdf-raw/pet-toxicology/pph_metaldehyde.txt\ndate_parsed: 2026-07-27\ntokens_estimated: 220\nverified: true\nverification: c1_substring\nsource_document: \"Pet Poison Helpline / pet toxicology reference\"\ncitation:\n  authority: \"Pet Poison Helpline\"\n  title: \"Pet toxin — Metaldehyde (slug & snail bait; drooling, tremors, seizures, death)\"\n  url: \"https://www.petpoisonhelpline.com/poison/metaldehyde/\"\n  retrieved: \"2026-07-27\"\n  ref: \"\"\n  doc_type: \"official web page\"\n  needs_review: false\n---\n# Pet toxin\n\nThe text below is reproduced verbatim from the Pet Poison Helpline toxin page.\n\n> Slug & Snail Bait\n\n> Metaldehyde, a common active ingredient in slug and snail poison, is readily available in multiple forms including pellets, liquids, pelleted baits, wettable powders, and granules.\n\n> Ingestion of metaldehyde by animals leads to rapid gastrointestinal and neurological signs, including drooling, vomiting, agitation, tremors, and seizures.\n\n> Untreated neurological signs result in severe fever and death.\n\nSource: `pdf-raw/pet-toxicology/pph_metaldehyde.txt` (faithful tag-stripped extraction of https://www.petpoisonhelpline.com/poison/metaldehyde/).\n\n## Claims (verified C1 substrings of source_file)\n- `Slug & Snail Bait`\n- `Metaldehyde, a common active ingredient in slug and snail poison, is readily available in multiple forms including pellets, liquids, pelleted baits, wettable powders, and granules.`\n- `Ingestion of metaldehyde by animals leads to rapid gastrointestinal and neurological signs, including drooling, vomiting, agitation, tremors, and seizures.`\n- `Untreated neurological signs result in severe fever and death.`","sources":["Some food toxic for pets — Pet toxin — Metaldehyde (slug & snail bait; drooling, tremors, seizures, death) (retrieved 2026-07-27)"],"source":{"authority":"Some food toxic for pets","title":"Pet toxin — Metaldehyde (slug & snail bait; drooling, tremors, seizures, death)","url":"https://www.petpoisonhelpline.com/poison/metaldehyde/","retrieved":"2026-07-27","ref":"","doc_type":"official PDF","source_document":"Pet Poison Helpline / pet toxicology reference","verification_file":"pdf-raw/pet-toxicology/pph_metaldehyde.txt"},"source_document":"Pet Poison Helpline / pet toxicology reference","source_file":"pdf-raw/pet-toxicology/pph_metaldehyde.txt","tokens_estimated":220,"generated_at":null,"tip":"Use /api/v1/topics to discover more topics. /api/v1/nutrient for precise single-point queries. /api/v1/cross_compare for 2-3 standard comparisons."}