Pet toxin — Metaldehyde (slug & snail bait; drooling, tremors, seizures, death)

Pet toxin

The text below is reproduced verbatim from the Pet Poison Helpline toxin page.

> Slug & Snail Bait

> 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.

> Ingestion of metaldehyde by animals leads to rapid gastrointestinal and neurological signs, including drooling, vomiting, agitation, tremors, and seizures.

> Untreated neurological signs result in severe fever and death.

Source: pdf-raw/pet-toxicology/pph_metaldehyde.txt (faithful tag-stripped extraction of https://www.petpoisonhelpline.com/poison/metaldehyde/).

Claims (verified C1 substrings of source_file)

• Slug & Snail Bait
• 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.
• Ingestion of metaldehyde by animals leads to rapid gastrointestinal and neurological signs, including drooling, vomiting, agitation, tremors, and seizures.
• Untreated neurological signs result in severe fever and death.