Below is a message a friend of ours asked me to post.
BEWARE
PET OWNERS AND PARENTS PLEASE DO NOT USE ANT POWDER IN YOUR GARDEN EVEN THOUGH IT STATES CHILDREN AND PETS NEED NOT BE EXCLUDED FROM TREATED AREAS.
DURING SEPT THIS YEAR WE ASKED SOME FRIENDS TO BRING US NIPPON ANT POWDER FROM UK AS WERE INUNDATED WITH ANTS. IN OCTOBER WE USED THE POWDER IN THE INFESTED AREAS AND SOMETIME DURING THAT MONTH OUR BELOVED DOG EITHER ATE SOMETHING COVERED IN IT OR LICKED IT FROM HER PAWS.
ON SUNDAY 2 NOV SHE WOKE UP AT 6AM WITH SALIVA POURING FROM HER MOUTH AND WENT INTO A FIT. WE CALLED OUR VET MUSTAFA KARAGOZ AND STRAIGHTAWAY HE SAID SHE HAD BEEN POISONED.HE NOTICED THE ANT POWDER AND ASKED US WHAT IT WAS AND WHEN WE SHOWED HIM THE CONTAINER HE SAID THIS WAS THE CAUSE. HE LOOKED IT UP ON THE INTERNET AND IT WAS CONFIRMED.
MUSTAFA THEN SPENT THE NEXT 12 HOURS AND MORE TRYING TO SAVE HER LIFE WITH ANTIDOTES AND AT LEAST 12 INJECTIONS AS SHE WAS HAVING FITS EVERY HOUR AND A HALF. FINALLY TO SAVE HER ANYMORE SUFFERING WE HAD TO HAVE HER PUT TO SLEEP.
MUSTAFA IS NOT JUST A CARING PERSON WHERE ANIMALS ARE CONCERNED IN OUR OPINION HE IS A SAINT FOR TRYING FOR 2 DAYS TO SAVE HER. THE NEXT DAY AFTER SHE WAS PUT TO REST HE CAME BACK WITH A WHITE ROSE BUSH FOR HER GRAVE AND STOOD AND CRIED WITH MY WIFE AND MYSELF.
IF YOU NEED A SAINT FOR YOUR VET PLEASE CALL MUSTAFA KARAGOZ ON 6123606 AS WE CANNOT EXPRESS ENOUGH OUR THANKS AND GRATITUDE FOR WHAT THIS MAN DID.
PLEASE PLEASE DO NOT USE ANT POWDER IF YOU VALUE YOUR CHILD OR PETS LIFE.
YOURS D A HODGES
