Pippin might have eaten some gum
 

I called the vet and they said to induce vomiting. He had exploratory surgery about a month ago and had a stomach biopsy. I don't know what to do? If I take him in the technician said she would give him the hydrogen piroxide.

What kind of gum was it, I don't think you need to worry unless it was sugarless. Do you have any hydrogen peroxide on hand? If not, I'd go see the technician. You need to do something in the first half hour!

He got into my daughter's purse. We don't know if he ate a half a piece of
Extra gum or it could have been two pieces. She doesn't remember.

We called another vet. She said Extra doesn't have Xyzitol it isn't posionus. Extra has sorbital. That vet said not to induce vomiting.

Did you mention to them that he had surgery recently? Personally, if it were my pup, I would let them induce vomiting just in case something might happen. I have given peroxide to induce vomiting before, but with a pup that had surgery, I might be a bit hesitant.
Was this sugarless gum? That stuff is toxic to dogs.

Oh great what a relief! It's a good idea to always have some hydrogen peroxide on hand, and know the exact amount to give in an emergency. It's based on the weight of the dog.

Phew! That's a relief! :)

What if that vet is wrong? Since Pippin just had two stomach biopsies I hate to put something that caustic in his stomach. I'm looking at my fingers that got the peroxide on them and they are discolored. What would it do to his stomach?

Kim has now called 3 emergency clinics. The last two said they would not induce vomiting. They would keep an eye on him and rush him in if he starts to act funny.

I went to the Extra website and checked all the different flavors. They all contain sorbital, not Xylitol! :thumbup:

Wrigley.com :: Extra

Thank you for that information. I feel a LOT better now. I kept googling and couldn't get a definate answer.

I feel like I've just aged 10 years. I have been home cooking for him to try and heal his stomach from the IBD.

That is what I would do! It really sounds like all is going to be just fine. There is no xylitol in Extra and I doubt the gum will hurt him.

Thank you for your advice. I'm going to go in the other room so he'll relax on my stomach. I'll check in later.

Valerie

Wishing both of you a quiet and eneventful rest of the evening. :)

Sometimes it doesn't takes years to age us, it can happen in a few minutes! Best of luck!

That sure is the truth. We are always so careful to keep everything out of Pippin's reach. He's like a vacuum cleaner. The boys are not even allowed in my 30 year old daughter's room. Pippin can jump on her bed and get on her desk and Kim was worried he would get into something that could hurt him. She had gone into her room for a second and didn't realize Pippin had snuck in. We started watching TV and I asked where Pippin was and we started looking. When she opened her bedroom door and we saw him in her purse we were both sick.

It has only been 4 weeks since we went through his exploratory surgery. I was holding the bottle of peroxide in my hand thinking...if his stomach lining is raw from the IBD what is this peroxide going to do to it.

He's on my lap right now and he is acting normal. I want it to be tomorrow morning so I know he will be fine.

I think life would be easier if we didn't love them so much. The whole time Kim and I were trying to decide what to do I kept thinking what am I going to do if I lose him. Next to my two daughters, Pippin is my world. Maybe it's because he is so little and acts like velcro. We kid that he is allergic to the floor because he has to be on my lap all the time.

We're heading to bed and hopefully tomorrow will be a better day.

Ha ha that's funny, Joey was like that as a puppy, but now he only wants to be held when he wants to be held, he does give me good cuddling at nighttime.

Let us know how he's doing today.

Pippin is doing great today. Thank God it wasn't toxic. It really was a wake up call. You think you are being so careful and all it takes is one mistake.

He spent a lot of the day snuggled on Kim's lap. I told Pippin he needs to get into her stuff more often. All the guilt is causing her to spoil him rotten. Marley is her baby and her lap is usually reserved for him.

I am happy to hear that all is well! Accidents happen....that is why they are called accidents. I dropped an Ibuprofen tablet on the floor one day and one of my pups scooped it up and off to the vet we went. I was horrified. I am always careful about medicines and stuff....it just happened...things like that DO happen even when we are careful!

That is SO true! Nothing is ever fool proof! We had to start putting everything up in a cabinet because our cats (who are still being trained on DON'T GET ON THE COUNTER!!!) swat things off for the dogs to get into!