I know you wanna know… you are looking at that title… and you are DYING TO KNOW. Well.. I’ll tell you.
This story begins when I finally got to come home from work. I had a few errands to do around town before reaching my destination. So tired is too mild of a word to describe how I felt. I came in, set my stuff down, gave Jason a hug, used the restroom, then made my way to the bedroom where Jason had just gone into. We began to talk and tell eachother about our day WHEN I realised that our dog was gnawing on something. I had heard this same sound moments earlier but didn’t think much of it. Bella loves go pull wrappers out of the trash. And in this moment I was just too tired to care or chase her down just to throw it away for the second time. So I IGNORED…. Not a good choice in this case.
Not too long after that initial notification…. something inside me said, “you need to see what she has gotten a hold of.” Turning my body in a way that allowed me to see the floor where she sat, I realised that I had made a huge mistake in not taking interest sooner.
OUR DOG CONSUMED NEARLY A WHOLE PACK OF BIRTH CONTROL PILLS! We didn’t know what to think or do. I freaked out while Jason looked up and called a local Vet. His advice was to give her a teaspoon of hydrogen peroxide to induce vomiting. He then said that we should call the animal poison control #. There would be a $60 charge to hear their verdict……… SO WE THOUGHT ABOUT IT. We both knew that neither of us would be able to live with ourselves if something serious would happen to her from our desire to save $60.
So Jason dialed the number, told the lady what happened, she asked many questions about many things including the type of pill it was, then the verdict was in:
It doesn’t appear to be harmful for a dog to take a months worth of ‘no baby pills’. We were told she may feel a little nausiated and throw up or have diarrea, but other than that…… our dog is completely fine. We are also quite confidant we will not be having puppies any time soon 🙂
PHEW!
I think they should revise the warning lable:
! WARNING- Don’t leave medication laying on your night stand, it may be consumed by household pet !
If you call human poison control it’s free. Next time, you could claim ignorance and see if they give you advice that way 🙂
Great idea! but lets hope I never have to use either phone number again 🙂
We’ve called poison control 4 times and every time I think let’s hope that we never have to do that again. It’s totally in my cell phone.