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So wife and I had a stressful couple of days last week. On Friday morning my 5 month old mini dachshund started throwing up violently. While I know from experience puppies will sometimes vomit, this was particularly concerning because of how bad it was.
Coincidentally, he had a vet visit scheduled the very same morning for a rabies shot. Of course, because he was under the weather, he did not get the shot. They couldn't confirm what was going on but they provided some medicine for nausea.
Once I brought him home, he seemed a bit more himself. I let him and his brother out on the deck (we live on the second floor of an apartment). About a minute in, I noticed he was very attentive to something on the floor. I called him over and he brought an empty packet. Immediately, I saw that it was rodenticide.
From there, I contacted the vet and rushed him to the animal hospital. Luckily, it was a poison that had an antidote and they treated him.
He's doing much better now, though he has to be medicated over the next month.
While in the waiting room, I wondered who could have placed that packet on the 2nd floor deck. It had to be one of three options: 1. maintenance put it there. 2. someone from the ground threw it onto the deck, or 3. the 3rd floor neighbors dropped it through the space on their deck.
Because of my history with the upstairs neighbors (its a family), I was leaning towards the third option. They would make a LOT of noise, especially a couple years ago. It would sound like they were dropping heavy furniture on the floor. It got bad enough that I knocked on their door and asked them to keep it down. The dad did not respond well and the banging continued, so I contacted the office about it. Ever since then, we're certain they are the ones who have vandalized my wife's car. They've spit on it, spread food/sauce on it, and even vomited on it.
To be sure, I checked with the complex office to see if they use rodenticide packets. They confirmed they did not. They only use a spray.
So now it's just option 2 and 3. It's possible someone else threw the packet onto the deck from the ground, but very unlikely. Since we have netting on the deck it would have to be a pretty good throw. So we're 98% sure it was the psychotic neighbors upstairs.
We considered filing a complaint with the police, but my wife is worried word would get back to these psychos and things would get worse. Additionally, there's not much they can do without solid evidence. We will likely file one when we move so they cannot retaliate against us.
But right now we're frikkin' pissed.
^The little buddy on the left was the one poisoned.
Coincidentally, he had a vet visit scheduled the very same morning for a rabies shot. Of course, because he was under the weather, he did not get the shot. They couldn't confirm what was going on but they provided some medicine for nausea.
Once I brought him home, he seemed a bit more himself. I let him and his brother out on the deck (we live on the second floor of an apartment). About a minute in, I noticed he was very attentive to something on the floor. I called him over and he brought an empty packet. Immediately, I saw that it was rodenticide.
From there, I contacted the vet and rushed him to the animal hospital. Luckily, it was a poison that had an antidote and they treated him.
He's doing much better now, though he has to be medicated over the next month.
While in the waiting room, I wondered who could have placed that packet on the 2nd floor deck. It had to be one of three options: 1. maintenance put it there. 2. someone from the ground threw it onto the deck, or 3. the 3rd floor neighbors dropped it through the space on their deck.
Because of my history with the upstairs neighbors (its a family), I was leaning towards the third option. They would make a LOT of noise, especially a couple years ago. It would sound like they were dropping heavy furniture on the floor. It got bad enough that I knocked on their door and asked them to keep it down. The dad did not respond well and the banging continued, so I contacted the office about it. Ever since then, we're certain they are the ones who have vandalized my wife's car. They've spit on it, spread food/sauce on it, and even vomited on it.
To be sure, I checked with the complex office to see if they use rodenticide packets. They confirmed they did not. They only use a spray.
So now it's just option 2 and 3. It's possible someone else threw the packet onto the deck from the ground, but very unlikely. Since we have netting on the deck it would have to be a pretty good throw. So we're 98% sure it was the psychotic neighbors upstairs.
We considered filing a complaint with the police, but my wife is worried word would get back to these psychos and things would get worse. Additionally, there's not much they can do without solid evidence. We will likely file one when we move so they cannot retaliate against us.
But right now we're frikkin' pissed.
^The little buddy on the left was the one poisoned.
