hm ... coloring wise it looks like a hard plastic to me. I'm glad it worked, I was sure nervous for you Great poo picture.... I'd be tempted to hang it on the fridge for a conversation piece LOL

 Quote: melissa thom

... Great poo picture.... I'd be tempted to hang it on the fridge for a conversation piece LOL

What a waste of a great photo, though!

It could be enlarged and put on the first page of a big fat album to haul out when guests stay too long. As you open it for them you say "Here's kind of a small one; you'll see how they get better, though, as I learn to use the zoom lens...."

 Quote: connie sutherland

It could be enlarged and put on the first page of a big fat album to haul out when guests stay too long. As you open it for them you say "Here's kind of a small one; you'll see how they get better, though, as I learn to use the zoom lens...."

That's fantastic, Connie!

And Angela - nice work!! I'm REALLY glad everything passed without more serious complications and that your boy is feeling better.

As an aside, and Angela - I know you didn't see your dog swallow said item, you only noticed later symptoms - but has anyone here ever induced vomiting with hydrogen peroxide after their dog accidentally swallows something scary (object or toxic ingredient)? I had only read about it until this fall when I had a scare with Oscar and decided it was better for him to throw up a plastic bag twisted closed with vegetable sticks in it than risk it getting caught on it's way through... it worked well, and I did consult my vet first, but I felt bad doing it. It's really only suggested within I think an hour of the dog ingesting the unacceptable item, and with objects, there's always a good possibility that the dog will eventually pass it, so you just have to make a judgement call on your own, based on what you know, or think, was swallowed.

Any thoughts on this technique? I haven't read/heard about any complications... yet (HP is basically poison, but it ALL comes back up, which is why it works), but if anyone has ever had a bad experience, it'd be good to know.

~Natalya

There's a lot to that, though. Is this something that is likely to cause more damage farther down? Or coming up? Is it more likely to get trapped if it goes beyond the stomach?

Of course, with a toxic substance, you always call the vet or poison control and ask whether to induce vomiting or administer activated charcoal, or what. You sure don't want to cause esophageal damage bringing it up.....

http://dogs.about.com/cs/disableddogs/p/vomit_induce.htm

http://www.doctordog.com/dogbook/dogvomit.html

 Quote: Connie Sutherland

There's a lot to that, though. Is this something that is likely to cause more damage farther down? Or coming up? Is it more likely to get trapped if it goes beyond the stomach?

Of course, with a toxic substance, you always call the vet or poison control and ask whether to induce vomiting or administer activated charcoal, or what. You sure don't want to cause esophageal damage bringing it up.....

Indeed. In my case, I knew it was a lot of plastic bag and some food matter (not something like a pokey chunk of stick or a rubber toy)... I would have thought differently if he had swallowed, say, broken glass shards (which he NEARLY did about a year ago, but I was able to stop him and scoop glass off his tongue ). I guess I was more worried about the plastic getting twisted and lodged in his intestines (which caused the death of 2 dogs I knew personally) than it causing any damage on the way up... but our vet did say the biggest concern they had was with the foreign object injuring his esophagus.

I would never suggest casual use of hydrogen peroxide, but it seems like it could offer a little piece of mind under very specific circumstances, and under the direction of a trusted vet.

Thanks for the links, as always!

~Natalya

 Quote: Natalya Zahn

I would never suggest casual use of hydrogen peroxide, but it seems like it could offer a little piece of mind under very specific circumstances, and under the direction of a trusted vet.



~Natalya

Oh, no, I understood you! And I think we might all remember to keep it on hand, along with activated charcoal, the poison control hotline number, the address and number of the nearest all-night vet place, etc.

 Quote: Connie Sutherland

Of course, with a toxic substance, you always call the vet or poison control and ask whether to induce vomiting or administer activated charcoal, or what.

Connie,

You know you are the extension to the Poison Control Center, don't you? What is your 800#

(I cannot begin to think how many calls you would get in a day.....YIKES!!!

 Quote: Carol Boche

You know you are the extension to the Poison Control Center, don't you? What is your 800#

(I cannot begin to think how many calls you would get in a day.....YIKES!!!

Ooooooh, but wait ----- a 900 number!!!!!

 Quote: Connie Sutherland

 Quote: Carol Boche

You know you are the extension to the Poison Control Center, don't you? What is your 800#

(I cannot begin to think how many calls you would get in a day.....YIKES!!!

Ooooooh, but wait ----- a 900 number!!!!!

Then tack on a dollar a minute and you'll be able to keep your own dogs well stocked in groceries

You guys are all too funny.

I've had to use HP on one of my dogs who had gotten into the garbage and eaten a TON of stuff (her stomach was huge). I knew she had eaten a container of mouldy beef ribs & french fries (cooked, from Swiss Chalet) but the main thing I was concerned about was I had thrown out some chicken packaging and you know how they put that little plastic pad thing on the bottom of the styrofoam tray? Well, I couldn't find one of them. Sure enough it was in her belly.

I was *just* told about activated charcoal from my rescue co-ordinator while all this was going on. I'll definitely need to get some.