LorifromGA
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This has been an awful afternoon. My 9-year-old son brought home a small box of raisins from school and left it in his bookbag. Jasper found them. I caught him in the act and immediately called the vet. Most of you probably know that raisins are toxic to dogs and can cause renal failure.
This was not Jasper's first encounter with raisins. He got sick as a young puppy after my 5-year-old son fed him about 7 raisins, but thankfully he didn't go into kidney failure. He had diarrhea, and that was the end of it. I took him to the vet then, too, and had a full panel run to check his kidneys.
When I called the vet today, he told me to induce vomiting with 1 teaspoon of hydrogen peroxide. I did this, and Jasper vomited about 25-30 raisins that were totally undigested. Then he started vomiting clear fluid. I called the vet back to see what else I needed to do, and he said he thought that should take care of it. However, he admitted that he simply didn't know what else could be done at this point. He didn't seem worried at all, but I am. I've read all kinds of awful things on the internet.
Right now Jasper is acting fine and is eating and drinking normally. It's been about 2 hours since the incident. I induced vomiting within 15 minutes after catching him eating the raisins, and after the intiial 3 vomiting sessions, he hasn't vomited since. The vet warned that he might have diarrhea tonight.
Do you think there's anything else I should do at this point other than watch him closely? I've read the signs of acute renal failure and will take him in immediately if I see any evidence of it.
Any thoughts? I'm worried absolutely sick!
Lori
This was not Jasper's first encounter with raisins. He got sick as a young puppy after my 5-year-old son fed him about 7 raisins, but thankfully he didn't go into kidney failure. He had diarrhea, and that was the end of it. I took him to the vet then, too, and had a full panel run to check his kidneys.
When I called the vet today, he told me to induce vomiting with 1 teaspoon of hydrogen peroxide. I did this, and Jasper vomited about 25-30 raisins that were totally undigested. Then he started vomiting clear fluid. I called the vet back to see what else I needed to do, and he said he thought that should take care of it. However, he admitted that he simply didn't know what else could be done at this point. He didn't seem worried at all, but I am. I've read all kinds of awful things on the internet.
Right now Jasper is acting fine and is eating and drinking normally. It's been about 2 hours since the incident. I induced vomiting within 15 minutes after catching him eating the raisins, and after the intiial 3 vomiting sessions, he hasn't vomited since. The vet warned that he might have diarrhea tonight.
Do you think there's anything else I should do at this point other than watch him closely? I've read the signs of acute renal failure and will take him in immediately if I see any evidence of it.
Any thoughts? I'm worried absolutely sick!
Lori