[Dailydrool] Tummy meds

[Beverly Szaton via Dailydrool]

barfing things up:
Do not induce vomiting if the items is  glass, splinters of wood or
anything sharp that may slice through delicate tissue on the way out-- feed
bread lots and bread more more more-- a whole loaf the more the merrier,
the idea being to cushions those sharp points. And call your Vet this is an
ER
Do not induce vominting if the item is caustic-- bleach, kerosene,
gasoline, toilet bowl cleanser: bread may help here as well but this is
definitely Now a Vet trip RIGHT NOW.Don't even put on a  clean shirt, get
going. Now.

Peroxide; when you give peroxide give 3ccs and then 3cc of water to
activate it. Keep giving it: the dog will vomit.

When you use table salt to induce vomiting you have to mix it with water
(melt it down) before giving it, don't just feed them salt.

Apomoprhine is a drug which is given by the Vet to induce vomiting and boy,
does it ever. Not for home use even if you could get it.

Ipecac used to be the drug of choice for Mom's to keep on hand but the
disadvantage is that the dog pukes and pukes and pukes and pukes and there
is no convenient off switch. Peroxide is self-limiting. Ipecac may make
your dog sicker than he needs to be.
Remember:
No vomit-it-up  will be particularly effective after about 20 minutes. You
can try but if it is something bad you should also be on the way to the Vet
by then.
Anything after 20mins-40 mins you don't not try but call the Vet first.

I THINK all this is correct. Ask your Vet the next time you are there for
something, what he recommends. Also pick up a 20cc syringe and 2 3-cc
syringes for this kind of stuff It's a whole lot faster than a spoon.

MomPerson to Doc, Conley & MertaLou

bgszap2 at gmail.com

PS along the same vein it is very dangerous to attempt to pull out anything
partly swallowed or partly ummmm...defecated. Grass is probably ok but
cloth and such, you cannot tell how wound around something it might be. Go
to your Vet.
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