Sheltie ate some small, plastic shards

[yodachoda87]

Hi all, I just found two clear, plastic covers to a razor on the ground and smashed. My dog either pulled it from the counter or grabbed it and fragmented it by biting. Before being broken, each piece was about one inch long and about .2 inches wide. I did not recover enough pieces to reform both, meaning he ate at least some of them. They were sharp, no bigger than pea sized pieces. Any cause of concern?

On a side note, its amazing the things shelties will eat. Rocks, mud, feces, grass, oil water, leaves, paper, leather, glass, carpet, wood, ect...

 

[trini]

Sharp objects can cause damage...so watch your little one closely for any unusual behavior or discharge. In the meantime, feed him a petroleum jelly sandwich. Take one slice of cheap spongy white bread and spread at least a couple of teaspoons of plain petroleum jelly (inexpensive and available at any drug store) over 1/2 of the slice and then fold into a sandwich. His digestive system will digest the bread but not the p. jelly (don't use butter or margarine because that will get digested and not work) and it will serve as a lubricant to help hasten safer passage of any object. Plain petroleum jelly will not hurt him. If he will eat the jelly without the bread that is fine...but many dogs won't. Our vets taught us this trick many years ago...and it has probably saved us from a few expensive surgeries.

Trini

 

[Shelby's mom]

I don't have any suggestions by I hope he is OK.

I don't think there is anything Shelby wouldn't eat. I remember taking a stool sample to the vet just for a routine parasite check, but having to also walk in with Shelby telling him "here is her stool sample, here is a piece of the plant she just ate, and here is what she vomited up on the way here..." And a simple stool test ended with Shelby having her mouth cleaned by the vet and a prescription for mouth rinse Just in case the plant she ate cause her mouth to get sore...so I can definitely sympathize with you n

 

[yodachoda87]

I've put the life of my dog in the hands of the internet: I've followed Trini's suggestion and fed some vaseline to him. I also did some research online and it seems like this is safe. It's been about 5 hours since he ate the plastic and 5 minutes since he ate the vaseline. He seems okay so far.

 

[tesslynn]

what a remedy

isn't it absolutely amazing the things shelties ingest...I mean really, stuff you just never would imagine would have ANY appeal-does. I hope everything is ok!

 

[trini]

I've put the life of my dog in the hands of the internet: I've followed Trini's suggestion and fed some vaseline to him. I also did some research online and it seems like this is safe. It's been about 5 hours since he ate the plastic and 5 minutes since he ate the vaseline. He seems okay so far.

One of our early shelties, Mystery, chewed up a small orange plastic dump truck...our then 6 year old son's toy. We didn't know what had happened to the little orange truck until about 36 hours later when little plastic orange "flags" started appearing in each poop around the yard. Thankfully no damage to doggie Mystery, and the mystery of the disappearing truck was solved.

Hope the Vaseline works!

Trini

 

[Mignarda]

Fortunately Dickens isn't into eating strange things. But in the case of disposable razors, I never leave them where he might get them. You can never tell when your dog is going to throw you a curve!

 

[Saturn_skye]

Thanks for the tip, Trini! I know this will definitely come in handy down the road since I'm constantly stuffing my fingers in Declin's mouth because he is always getting things he shouldn't!! (No hard plastic yet thankfully…)

 

[trini]

Thanks for the tip, Trini! I know this will definitely come in handy down the road since I'm constantly stuffing my fingers in Declin's mouth because he is always getting things he shouldn't!! (No hard plastic yet thankfully…)

Although Vaseline can help slide an object through the digestive track, it is not a "cure all" for swallowed items...so always keep a very close watch on a pup/dog who may have ingested something foreign. And if the ingested item is known to be toxic, that is an emergency vet trip...or at least an immediate call to your vet to get directions on what to do.

Amazing what our doggies will eat!

Trini