Comments on: What to do when your dog bites a toad

By: Tiffany

Tiffany — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 18:43:27 +0000

I awoke to my husband rising at 2:52am this morning. He was gone for 5 or so minutes, when he came back to be he informed me that my 8 month of American Staffy had been licking a toad so my husband threw it over the fence. It was the same frikkin’ toad I had him through over the fence at 7pm before I went to bed last night. I live in Australia and it’s summer here now, the ground is littered with the here. I immediately got up, rinsed his mouth out twice and put him to bed in the laundry. He was foaming and a little shaky but otherwise seemed fine. I got on the laptop and searched ‘what to do when my dog licks a toad’ and this website popped up. I took him back outside and rinsed his mouth three more times as every time he licked his cheeks he had residue foam. It’s now 4:39am and he seems to be doing fine but I can’t bring myself to go back to sleep. He is 27kg and the toad was still alive when it went for an acrobatic adventure over the fence. Fingers crossed he will be alright. I am very thankful that I found your site… Thankyou Thankyou Thankyou

By: ac

ac — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 10:30:38 +0000

I just experience this tonight, I let my dog out to do his business and I heard him chasing something, when I called him he didn’t come, then I saw him scratching his face and sneezing, I got the flash light and looked and sure enough there was a toad, I finally got a hold of him and washed out his mouth 3 times with water, letting the water run for a few minutes along side of his mouth, I got his shampoo and washed his paws and his face to make sure it didn’t get anywhere else. He seem to be fine, but I keep checking to make sure he is okay. The thing with salt is you need to make sure that you pour the salt on the toad in order for their skin to peel away, it won’t work if you just sprinkle it on the ground.

By: Aesia brown

Aesia brown — Sun, 23 Oct 2011 00:20:03 +0000

Our Mini Pin put a toad in his mouth and started pawing at his mouth and breathing like he was out of breathe……me and my 15 year old both grab our computers and started searching. I read and he worked on our dog. Thank you guys so much for sharing. He didn’t start foaming or anything but his breathing really had us worried!

By: Jackie

Jackie — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 04:32:05 +0000

I’m housesitting for a friend in the Mojave desert in California. One of her cocker spaniels growled at something and this starting chomping away at something, think it was a toad, have seem them with one before, but just playing with it. He started foaming at the mouth and then started rubbing his eye on the carpet and it was closed shut for about 5 minutes. He did eat a dog biscuit and drank some water. I found this site and I rinsed out his mouth and he sprang to life. He is playing fetch and seems completely normal. I will keep an eye out for anything this unusal. It just sucks I can’t call his owner because she is in Rome.

By: Brandon Jimnez

Brandon Jimnez — Tue, 11 Oct 2011 02:51:28 +0000

Tonight about 4 hours ago i found my dog Max dead because he ate a toad, he was an amazing dog and I’ll never forget him.

By: Krystal

Krystal — Mon, 10 Oct 2011 23:50:07 +0000

This just helped me with my puppy!! She was playing and found a toad and started to nip at it and then started to foam and dry heave.

By: Patricia Doce

Patricia Doce — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 21:42:46 +0000

I have 3 Jack Russell’s and they are always getting in trouble with the Bullfrogs. Specially one of them…I already went to the ER 3 times! My Holistic vet gave me some holistic pills to put in the mouth after you rinse it with water.
I called “BUFO RANA” and what it does is neutralize the toxin that makes the dog seizure. Is probably a good idea to still go to the ER or vet but at least the effects of the toxin are mild. It all depend on the amount of poison he or she got inside the mouth.

By: Willow Rainn

Willow Rainn — Tue, 04 Oct 2011 03:14:47 +0000

Tonight my puppy donken decided to play with a toad while i was writing an essay outside. he started to foam at the mouth but was fine other than that. i read everything you all had said and washed his mouth out and made him drink water. now he seems fine and is playing with his toy duckie(: hes a trooper but i really hope i dont experience this again with either of my dogs or my cat…

By: Penni R

Penni R — Wed, 28 Sep 2011 10:08:23 +0000

My 9 month old yorkie Lewis licked or tried to bite a toad late last night – he started foaming at the mouth and having seizures and grinding his teeth, wheezing, shivering and crying. His gums went dark red. We rushed him to the emergency vet at midnight, who put him on a drip overnight and this morning he was back to normal. This has never happened with my other dogs so perhaps Lewis is allergic. Will try the chicken wire or another humane way to keep the toads at bay.

By: michael don

michael don — Mon, 26 Sep 2011 17:32:02 +0000

it happened to my pet named scarlet recently, i was washing the dishes outside when my pet scarlet followed me, she was ok at first just walking around in circles the usual dog stuff, but i was alarmed all of a sudden as to why she was suddenly barking in her littlest tone of voice =(. as i looked there was a toad that came out of nowhere! i live in a tropical country by the way and we were having the rainy season at that time,anyways i really never expcted that an ugly toad like that would ever appear in my house! at first all she did was bark so ididnt mind at first, i thought she was just playing with it,plus i felt that in a way she might have been protecting me even in her very young age,coz she gave a certain growl to it which i heard many times b4 whenever a dog feels she or her master i threatened,. shes so sweet i miss her =(, but when i saw her bit that ugly toad i ran but i guess i was a second or so late, she bit it,then i noticed something was wrong.a friend of mine at that time who was at the house told me a story that they had pet dog which bit a similar toad and ended up dying so i was shocked! i grabbed my pet and started to run water through her mouth but maybe the poison was severe that she was never the same after that incident i brought her to the vet asap they injected 5 types of vaccines my God the hell she had to through.just coz o that thing! the vet gave me alot of prescriptions! sadly i wasnt able to buy coz at that time we had a tight budget.my pet suffered her stomach began to bloat etc. icant say any further,be vigilant is all i can say to all owners ou there. let this be a lesson to all.il miss you scarlet T_T