From the article: Icky Things Pets Eat
Pets often eat things they shouldn't. Was it a good-smelling item? A toy that seemed like a good idea to taste? Sometimes people give harmful foods or medications to their pets, not realizing the toxic potential. Lawn and garden items, such as slug bait, rat poison and cocoa mulch are all very toxic, made worse by the fact that they have an appealing taste.
Finally, pets eat odd things because ... well, who knows? Some articles of ingestion will remain a mystery. Please share your stories and warnings here. You may help prevent an emergency.
Related Reading: Pets Eat the Ickiest Things
The other dog's poo
- I'd taken our Puggle to the vet and asked what can be done about her eating the Great Dane's poo. He'd said "I can give you something to give the Dane to make his poo taste bad." Uhhh, "taste bad"?? Isn't poo gonna taste bad all by itself? He'd said that many dogs eat poo. So, when the sweet little poo eater decided to cuddle up to me she burped. OMG!!! Can you say poop breath? It was awwwwful. She'll eat them in the winter...frozen. I now call them TT's, Turd Trophies. (huuuurp)
- —Guest galadrial
Shocked but not surprised
- My pitbull had always been crated when I went out for longer than a half hour. I decided to test him out by going for groceries. I ran into a friend and was gone for three hours. When I came home he was chewing through and scratching at the drywall by the kitchen. I've kept the cut out and plan to hang it on the wall beside his kennel so he's reminded why he's in there and not lazing on the couch when I'm not home.
- —Guest Deuce's mom
Vaseline
- A golden retriever I had ate an entire large tub of Vaseline I left out after changing a diaper. She pooped mush for a week!!
- —Guest Deuce's mom
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nom nom
- My two monkeys will eat anything and everything. All toys get consumed, we can't have Christmas decorations anymore and their very favourite being cardboard and cat poo yuk!! Bear's favourite appears to be sticks though. Hmmm strange appetites x
- —Guest kympossible
LiIly plant and my cat Honeybutter
- I did not know lilies were toxic to cats when I purchased one at a local store. My 2 cats were staying away so I thought nothing of it. But just a few days ago I saw one cat going near the plant. I shooed him away and left for work. Not even an hour later I got a call from my hubby saying Honeybutter threw up some of the plant. I immediately do a google search to discover my 8 dollar plant was toxic!! GASPS. I called the vet ASAP and get my cat there within an hour of ingestion. Those two nights he was in the hospital were torture but the great news is that he has a clean bill of health and is home now. Happy to be here and happy to be had.
- —Guest Brandie
Glass!
- My Shepard used to eat everything (and occasionally still does). Glass from a broken vase, lipstick, paper towels, toilet paper, socks, allege framing in the house, tile grout! All the grout and broken tiles in the bathroom and kitchen, plastic cups, all the eyes from every stuffed animal in the house, pillow pets, every shoe I own, my bathrobe!!! And fleece blankets (they all have holes in them) I remember when she was little she ate one of those silica gel packets in new purses, or beef jerky! I freaked out, and rushed her to the vet every time and she is fine! Never had an issue! This girl makes me crazy sometimes:-) and our shi tzu always eats her own poo. So gross!
- —Guest Avery
appetite for everything
- First my american pitbull ate a ipod, m80(firecracker) my bed, crayons( pretty poo afterwards) almost every pair of shoes i have ever owned. And my american bulldog emily had bad separation anxiety, show she moved and entire couch to get to the window tore up and completly destroyed carpet and pad im a room, pooed everywhere in the house, tore up the baby bed also. Thank goodness both of them don't have anymore issues besides the occasional sock. And to anyone who dislikes pitbulls. They are great loving animals with big hearts and smiles. I trust them around all of my children, more than most humans. Don't judge a dog until you met them.
- —Guest mom of three pits
Strange things your dog has eaten
- My six month old pitbull puppy had emergency surgery two weeks ago for an intestinal obstruction. She had not eaten in almost 6 days. The vet said that what she removed was a hard ball, preventing my puppoy from eating or passing it in her stool. After surgery she put the object in a plastic bag. When she gave it to me I knew right away what it was. She had been eating the siding off of the back of the house!
- —Guest Debbie
milk carton
- My dog bella somehow found her way into the toy room, and upon finding a plastic milk carton, she decided to chew it.
- —Guest molly
My dog is a walking garbage disposal!
- I have a 3 year old Kelpie and at the rate I take him to and/or consult with my vet I should be getting frequent flyer points! I now have to make sure he is inside the house at night and that absolutely NOTHING is left out! Some of the worst things he has eaten are: 1. White paint 2. A whole block of white chocolate (wrapping included) 3. A Bluebottle at the beach 4. A 50g pouch of Tobacco 5. A container of Fishfood 6. A packet of chewing gum (wrapping included). Lucky I love the little rascal so much!!! :)
- —Guest Christina
Mt St Helens ash 20 yrs later
- About 20 years after Mt St Helens errupted my daughter took a seal-a-meal of ash from Portland OR to her school in SD to show her class. when she got home she threw her back pac on the floor next thing I knew our Britney Spanial Ally-dog had ate it to shreds.
- —Guest digitalmaddness
Teddy
- Greater Swiss mountain dog barfed up whole bra, intact, in drug store parking lot. Two days later, he threw up 7 pairs kids underpants and 8th pr got stuck and had to be extracted at vet.
- —Guest Teddy
my puppy ate a popsock
- My ridgeless ridgeback 9 week old puppy ate a pop sock next day. After to poos he squatted down i grabbed him and he backfired .OOOHH what a messbut popsock went in bin lol
- —Guest ridgeless
icky things/ different dogs
- cat poo, donkey poo, possums, rats, toilet paper, paper napkins (paper always make this indoors dog sick)
- —Guest Tina
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