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My dog swallowed a stress ball with an LED light in it. I was paranoid because of the battery, so I called the pet poison control line. They expected me to pay an $85 fee just for information, which I do not have because I paid my electric bill last night. I called the poison control hotline, and they sent me to the pet poison control hotline midsentence. The vet was also closed.

I ran to the store, bought some peroxide, and gave him a few teaspoons. He threw up the ball whole. Crisis averted.

Good to know there is a reliable service out there when your pet is in need. :)

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[Ice Star]

I really hope this is a joke blog because I'm pretty sure that can kill your poor dog. Please don't give your pets poison.

[Muggonny]

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Peroxide is recommended to give to your pets in cases where they ingest something potentially life-threatening, and the recommended amount is usually no more than a few teaspoons to induce vomiting. Any more can be dangerous. While giving your pet an antiseptic that, yes, can be dangerous if consumed in larger amounts, it's a better alternative to seeing what happens if you don't take action. I made the call to do it, looked up right amount to give him based on body weight, and all that matters is he's safe. Please don't criticize pet owners without doing basic research.

[Ice Star]

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Please don't criticize pet owners without doing basic research.

I'm a pet owner myself and I'd never heard of giving any animals peroxide before. I've never heard of giving it to humans for that purpose either. I was always taught that household items that can induce vomiting in pets (salt, mustard, or olive oil) can actually provoke more toxic reactions and that trying to induce their gag reflux doesn't work because animals have different anatomy and their gag references don't work this way. I know that hydrogen peroxide is poisonous to cats too, but I never knew about it being usable in dogs. I'd always been informed that it was poisonous to animals and to keep it away from them.

[Muggonny]

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https://www.pethealthnetwork.com/dog-health/dog-toxins-poisons/inducing-vomiting-your-dog#:~:text=You%20always%20want%20to%20use,1%20ml%20per%20pound%20weight.

Again, do your research. Cats are different from dogs and therefore have different reactions. I can send you more links if you don't believe me.

This was the first link I saw on Google. I'll go deeper if I have to.

[Ice Star]

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I do believe you -- I looked it up after your first reply to see if I was missing information. Also, I said in my reply that I was broadly told that it was poisonous to all animals before.

[Muggonny]

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Sorry for getting defensive, but your first comment put me on edge and the second read as argumentative. I will stand by what I said in that doing research before you criticize pet owners is important, especially if you don't own specific pets like a dog. I knew about the peroxide thing because I heard about it before, and when I called up my mom for ideas she suggested the same thing. She told me about the time that her dog got ahold of an entire bottle and ingested a lot of it. The most it did was make him vomit for a few hours. Midas (my dog) only had a few teaspoons a few hours ago, has only vomited a few times, and still retains most of his energy.

If somebody told you to hide peroxide away from pets because it's dangerous, they're right, so I don't blame you. It can still have damaging effects in large amounts, which is why I think it's best used as a final alternative, even if they're only ingesting a few teaspoons. It was also suggested to me to use dish soap, but this was a "HOLY SHIT GOTTA MOVE" fast situation, and peroxide works quicker since it foams up in the stomach.

[Ice Star]

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Sorry for getting defensive, but your first comment put me on edge and the second read as argumentative.

Apology accepted. That was never my intent, I was just trying to explain why it was that I held that piece of (mild?) misinformation.

I will stand by what I said in that doing research before you criticize pet owners is important, especially if you don't own specific pets like a dog.

I did have two dogs growing up. They ate things that they shouldn't have -- or tried to -- but it always passed normally in their stool. Or, they didn't manage to ever get more than a few bites out of something. I've never had a dog owner mention that I've known mention the peroxide trick either. It's just a massive case of TIL.