This is a story of Charlie. We adopted him when he was about 4 months old and had a beautiful coat, fabulous eyes and a face you couldn’t resist! I knew he had to be mine.
On Christmas Eve day 2006 my beautiful Charlie was being himself, into everything. Later in the day I received a call from my husband saying I was not going to be to happy because Charlie had jumped on the chest of drawers, knocked over a snow globe and it had broken.
Jim, my husband, had cleaned up the mess and dried Charlie off. I work retail so I didn’t get home until after 6:00 p.m. that evening and noticed Charlie behaving a little strange. His big fluffy tail was down and he seemed to be not feeling well.
I asked Jim how he had been through out the day. Jim said Charlie had joined him for a nap earlier and was very affectionate rubbing all over him and wouldn’t leave him alone.
I called poison control and was told most likely it could have salmonella. and Charlie had just a little upset stomach. I am never satisfied with an assumption and hit the computer to further my research.
Charlie had anti-freeze poisoning! Just a small amount left on his fur was enough to do the damage even after my husband had dried him off. The poison was destroying his kidneys.
After what seemed to an eternity, Charlie was tested for anti-freeze poison. The results were positive and unfortunately, too much time had passed and his kidneys had started to crystallize.