Small dog ate large dog Trifexis.

Dr. Marie replied:

This seems to be a common happening! Trifexis must taste good as little dogs seem to like eating big dog doses.

Let's figure out how much Ellie Mae actually ate. The biggest concern is the ingredient spinosad.

A toxic dose of spinosad is 400mg/kg.

So, if Ellie Mae weights 11.5lbs that's the same as 5.2kg. Her toxic dose would be 5.2 x 400mg which would be 2090 mg of spinosad.

The large dog dose of Trifexis contains 1620mg. So, even if Ellie Mae ate a whole tablet she would not be in the range of a toxic dosage. It sounds like you are saying that she ate half of that, so just over 800 mg.

I am guessing that she has some mild stomach upset because of the Trifexis. Even at normal dosage it can cause some dogs to have nausea and not feel well.

At this point, I would advise you to wait it out. But here are some criteria that would make me want to see the vet:

-If she is still like this tomorrow then she should be seen. (Who knows, there could be something else going on.)
-If she is vomiting nonstop (i.e. several times per hour).
-If you are seeing any obvious tremors or seizures.
-If she seems like she is getting worse rather than better
-If your gut is just teling you that something is really wrong.

Most likely Ellie Mae will start to feel better soon. I hope that is the case!

Dr. Marie.


Do you have a pet website? Interested in learning more about SEO for Wix?

---

Check out our dog age calculator and cat age calculator.

Dr. Marie replied:

Oh...you are right. I took the number of 1620mg from the 60-120 lb size by mistake. So that means that Ellie Mae had even less...just 405mg which makes me feel even better.

Regarding grapes...we don't know why some dogs can be affected by grapes. They can cause kidney issues but it is rare. And you would be unlikely to be seeing vomiting and lethargy like this until a couple of days after the grape was eaten.

I would stick with the criteria above.

Hope she's better soon!

Dr. Marie.