Thread: Eating Twigs?!?
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Old 04-16-2008, 01:09 PM   #31
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Originally Posted by estes7 View Post
Our babies eat sticks, twigs and pieces of bark like they are starving to death. It scares me. I'm always afraid a piece of a stick might perforate something. They are relentless, I can't stop them. They smuggle bark chips in and hide them under the couch for snacking on later. They found a pencil a few days ago and took it under the couch and ate it! By the time I figured out what they were doing, all that was left was the eraser! I hope it doesn't harm them.
Oh! So it was YOU that taught him! LOL JK! I dont think its anything to worry too much about, but like you I am worried about thier digestive system. Eatting sticks and twigs can't feel good going in or comming out. I think pencils are pretty non toxic for the most part now days but if you notice a diference I would call the vet. Lead poisoning is nothing to fool around with, but do we even use real lead in our pencils? For some reason I remember reading lead was not used anymore? I wonder what they have aginst erasers! I think my two would have eaten that too!
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