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Originally Posted by lillymae  Don't feel like you need to justify your actions. I was a tech for many yrs & the cotton is what we used for most sharp objects. Also when my cousin was little he swallowed a screw & my Aunt took him to the ER & YES they fed him cotton rite there at the ER & sent my aunt home with some to continue to feed him for the next 2 days. BUT it has to be real cotton, not the imitation. |
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Originally Posted by Yorkiemom1 One of mine ate a small glass Christmas ornament....I was hysterical...the ER vet told me to take a piece of bread, put a moderate amount of mayonaise on the slice of bread, spread out evenly about 4-5 cotton balls, and then take scissors and cut that slice of bread/cotton, into 1"squares and feed it to the dog...the cotton will snag around any sharp glass, the mayonaise will lubricate it going down as well as facillitate bowel movment. It worked....I found little pieces of red glass Christmas ornament encased safely in wads of cotton.... |
As has already been done in this thread - there have been comparisons with people. I am not a vet. But my concern, as it was earlier, people read these "past experiences" as suggestions. Anyone going to a forum asking questions are seeking advice. Correct? So, by stating what has been done in the past is indirectly suggesting what someone should do. My concern is that these suggestions will then be followed, and someone will end up with a sick puppy or child at the EC. Granted I am not specialized in animals, but glass in either animals or children really doesn't physiologically cause different problems. For what it's worth.