Yorkie ate cadbury egg
 

She's only still a puppy, about a year old, and I think she weights about 8 pounds. She's had bits of chocolate before, and I know that the cadburry egg itself isn't that big, but I guess I'm concerned about the chocolate and the sugar combined. What should I do?

Theres quite a bit of chocolate in a cadbury egg. I would call an emergency vet. How long ago did she eat it. You could give her some peroxide so she throws it up if it is recent

She only ate it about half an hour ago, and the egg was pretty small, it could fit into the palm of my hand, it was about 7 ounces I think, though half of it was sugar.

How do I administer peroxide?

It also depends on the type of chocolate, milk or dark? Dark has more of the toxic chemical than milk chocolate does.

I would call an emergency vet and ask how much would be toxic to your pup.

I cant remember if you give a teaspoon or half a teaspoon. Google how to make a dog vomit and youll get different sites with the amount

It was milk chocolate. It's a milk chocolate shell with sugar and cream filling on the inside, so total chocolate was probably only a couple of ounces.

I found this on the internet:

White chocolate: 200 ounces per pound of body weight. It takes 250 pounds of white chocolate to cause signs of poisoning in a 20-pound dog, 125 pounds for a 10-pound dog.
Milk chocolate: 1 ounce per pound of body weight. Approximately one pound of milk chocolate is poisonous to a 20-pound dog; one-half pound for a 10-pound dog. The average chocolate bar contains 2 to 3 ounces of milk chocolate. It would take 2-3 candy bars to poison a 10 pound dog. Semi-sweet chocolate has a similar toxic level.
Sweet cocoa: 0.3 ounces per pound of body weight. One-third of a pound of sweet cocoa is toxic to a 20-pound dog; 1/6 pound for a 10-pound dog.
Baking chocolate: 0.1 ounce per pound body weight. Two one-ounce squares of bakers' chocolate is toxic to a 20-pound dog; one ounce for a 10-pound dog.


I think you are okay based on this. Your dog may experience some upset tummy issues (e.g. diarrhea) from the smaller amount. Just keep an eye on the pup and make sure nothing goes amiss. I don't think you have to induce vomiting. Milk chocolate will often cause diarrhea 12-24 hours after ingestion. This should be treated symptomatically (fluids, etc..) to prevent dehydration.

Does it say how many ounces of chocolate each egg has? What is the total ounces in 1 egg if you don't know what portion is chocolate?

I worry because it is 1oz. per pound of body weight and I just read the baby is approx. 8 lbs. and if it was 7oz. of chocolate that is cutting it awfully close... You may consider inducing vomiting if that is the case.

I don't know the exact ratio but it's a hollow shell with cream filling so the chocolate portion at worst can't be more than 3 or 4oz., which seems to be okay according to the 1oz. per pound.

Thanks for the table!

Call the emergency vet ... always better safe than sorry. They can advise you on whether they need to see her or not. :)

You did go ahead and induce vomiting, right?

There's no way there is 7oz...almost half a pound of chocolate in a cadbury's creme egg! They weigh less than two ounces total (1.2 to be exact) and that includes all the creme filling.

Cadbury eggs are pretty big, that is a lot of chocolate and sugar for a tiny yorkie, I would have consulted an emergency vet for advice on inducing vomiting immediately.

Unfortunately toxicity isn't the only reason to induce vomiting. I think the charts online can only tell us so much.

Personally if my healthy Yorkie ate a Cadbury egg, I would have induced because of intestinal and pancreatic concerns.

Lucy ate chocolate not too long ago and I called the ER vet. They quickly calculated her weight; how many pieces she had; the size of each piece (luckily this was all on the bag); and determined that she did not need to come in.

Another thing that influenced their decision was that she had already vomited when I called.

So I did not have to go in; but I did have peace of mind that she was not going to keel over; because chocolate toxity doesn't always happen immediately.

I hope your dog is fine.