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Customer: Dog ate Easter eggs in foil
Veterinarian's Assistant: I'm sorry to hear that! What is the breed and age of your dog?
Customer: 8 months English springer spaniel
Veterinarian's Assistant: Thank you for sharing that. What is your dog's name?
Customer: violet
Veterinarian's Assistant: How many Easter eggs did Violet eat, and how long ago did this happen?
Customer: 400g pack of wrapped chocolate filled eggs. Anywhere between 11am & now - was in a child’s room (thought to be high)
Veterinarian's Assistant: OK. Thanks for the info. The Veterinarian can help with Violet's ingestion of chocolate-filled Easter eggs. Is there anything else they should know before I connect you?
Customer: no
Answered by Dr. Geneva in 1 min 2 weeks ago
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Hello! My name is***** you for coming to Just Answer today. I apologize if you have been waiting, I'm not able to see the time stamp on your question.
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Hi there! I'm so sorry that you're having to deal with this. How is Violet doing right now? Has she vomited or is she restless or drinking a ton of water? Were they milk chocolate eggs? Is the 400 grams all chocolate? How much does Violet weigh?
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She’s is around 13kg, acting as normal. Nothing unusual in behaviour. Not pure chocolate - chocolate milk filled sugar eggs (cream eggs & mint style filling)
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My puppy ate a choc Easter egg with small amount of foil, all of the small egg 6 months old, 5 mins ago - no, Poppy, ni
My dog ate 3/4 of an 8 oz bag of milk chocolate easter eggs, foil wrappers and all. How toxic is this? She wighs 25 lbs.
He ate herseys Easter eggs aluminum foil and all. Minature pincher(dog) 20 pounds. He weighed 20 pounds I don’t know how
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They are Cadbury cream egg, Cadbury dairy milk peppermint, Cadbury Oreo & Cadbury salted caramel & Cadbury strawberry eggs. All milk chocolate, other than the cream eggs all mini eggs. We have two dogs but guessing it’s mainly younger one that got them. I’ve got the packets still
Customer
Her tummy looks a little fat
Perfect. So would you say that these are made up of about 1/3 actual chocolate? And the rest is filling? I'm just trying to determine the chocolate toxicity risk along with other issues.
Customer
The cream eggs which is 240g is 53% milk chocolate as per packet
If we assume that they are about 1/3 actual milk chocolate then this is a pretty low toxicity issue. You may see vomiting and diarrhea along with an increase in thirst. I'm also worried about the foil causing an obstruction (although it may pass on its own) or the high fat/sugar content of these causing a pretty severe upset stomach or even pancreatitis (an inflammation of the pancreas often brought on by a high fat meal).
Ok - so more like 1/2 chocolate.
Even with that amount it's unlikely that we will move to the next stage of symptoms but it is possible - these would include restlessness and a high/irregular heartrate (what we would really be worried about).
If you're able to get to a vet to induce vomiting and run some IV fluids that would be my preference. If that's not possible we can discuss inducing vomiting at home. This would help avoid the toxicity, upset stomach and potential pancreatitis and blockage from the foil.
Customer
Should I just mo it or her closely?
I'd prefer you induce vomiting at home if you're able to do that. I think that at the very least this is going to cause a pretty upset stomach. Inducing vomiting and then feeding a bland diet for a few days may help her avoid the worst symptoms of this ingestion
Can I share instructions on how to do that? If you do this or if you're just going to monitor I would want you to watch closely to symptoms that would be particularly concerning. Those would include loss of appetite tomorrow, vomiting (especially frequently, more than once per hour), lethargy or straining to poop without producing anything.
Customer
please share instructions
While having vomiting induced by a vet is the safest way to go I understand that that isn't aways an option. In general inducing vomiting at home is safe but hydrogen peroxide can be very irritating to the stomach and in extreme cases can cause ulcers or even a perforation of the stomach. If you do elect to induce vomiting at home I recommend contacting your vet tomorrow to discuss getting your dog on gastroprotectant medication (like famotidine) to help with any residual irritation to the stomach lining.
The dose of hydrogen peroxide needed is 1ml per pound up to a maximum of 45ml (this is equal to three tablespoons). If the first dose does not work a second dose can be given after 15 minutes but I do not recommend more than two doses at home.
Important things to note:
- The 3% hydrogen peroxide that you use must not be expired. Expired hydrogen peroxide will not bubble in the way that is needed to induce vomitingDo not force the hydrogen peroxide into your animal. Aspirating into their lungs is dangerous.Feeding the hydrogen peroxide soaked into a piece of bread is one way to give it and will add some bulk to what is in their stomach to help vomit.Taking them for a short walk or having them run around the yard will help the peroxide work.
And tomorrow (or when she appears no longer bloated) you can start a bland diet. While she's on the bland diet I recommend no other food as we want to make it as easy on her stomach as possible.
To make a bland diet mix boiled chicken (no spices or oils) and cooked rice in equal parts. If your pet is allergic to chicken alternate protein sources are dry scrambled eggs (no oil/butter), cottage cheese or ground beef or turkey that has been rinsed of all fats after cooking.
A good rule of thumb is to feed 0.5 - 1 cup of bland diet per 10lbs of body weight a day split up into 3-4 smaller meals.
Feed the bland diet for 2-3 days split over several meals. After this time or when the diarrhea is resolved or they are back to feeling well, start mixing in their normal food into the bland diet over an additional 2-3 days.
I know that's a ton of information so please let me know if I can clarify anything for you
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