Thoughtless Thursday - Xylitol resulted in Scrambled Eggs!?

Hi everyone. Well, a very concerning thing happened yesterday. But, before you panic, its all resolved now! 

Basically, I came home from school, took the dogs out, and noticed a lump of chewed chewing gum on the bottom of my shoe (urgh, people who spit it out along the streets disgust me). Anyway, I put the dogs securely inside and put my shoes outside for the time being. My mum then arrived home, and let the dogs out herself, unaware. After turning her back on Ethel to lead her out into the garden for 2 seconds (still saying 'come on!' to her as she went), she turned back and noticed Ethel pulling on the gum!!! She tried to get it off her, but failed. It wasn't a large bit, but then we also noticed that the rest had gone, so thought - Earl. Had he snook some? Earl is a master at sneaking.

So we rang the vet, and knowing that chewing gum's ingredient, Xylitol, is toxic to dogs, we were very worried. They told us, especially with Ethel being so young, and the bulk possibly gone by Earl, we took them up, where they took them through, made them sick, and put them in separate crates to recover afterwards for a few hours, whilst monitoring them to make sure there were no problems. We left them there, and boy did the house feel wrong without their antics occurring every few seconds, even if that just may be snoring almost silently or mooching delicately over the tiles with a non-terrier elegance. 

A few hours later, we got the phone call that Ethel had thrown up a small amount of something they suspected was the gum, but poor Earl nothing - so he was sick, not for much! Better to be safe than sorry, we all agreed, smiling, as we went to collect them. They were all sleepy and sorry for themselves, but slept throughout the car journey and at home that evening, surrounded by my tender strokes and gentle head kisses. 

The vets recommended we feed them a scrambled egg tea, or rice, or pasta. So as we were having eggs ourselves for dinner, we opted for scrambled eggs! I don't know if they were feeling well enough to fully enjoy it, but they seemed to. 

A delicious, light tea.

Why not their usual food? - Because they would simply sick this back up again afterwards! So its best to feed a light meal after being made sick, for the dogs sake.

As the gum had already been chewed, it was better than if it still had all the toxic ingredients still in. However, that one disgusting human, luckily, chewed out some toxins for themselves.

But luckily, my two are absolutely unharmed :-)

Xylitol is toxic to dogs is too much is consumed - even if your dog accidentally has a little bit, contact the vet! But first off, keep all gum and toxic products AWAY from your dog!

We're happy to be participating in the Thoughtless Thursday Blog Hop very kindly hosted by Ruckus The Eskie and Love is Being Owned By a Husky! - thanks again, guys!