Brother watching dogs - Dogs ate lightbulb

[DogPaddle]

My brother was "watching" my dogs and they appear to have eaten at least some of a lightbulb. Ack . . . panic! What should I do!
Aside from kick brother.

[gooeydog]

Never had this happen before, but a call to the vet (if you haven't already done it) would probably be your best bet as to seeing what to do next. I did read something around christmas time about soaking cottonballs (has to be real cotton) in milk and feeding those to the dog if they ate any glass from x-mas bulbs... something about the cotton wrapping around the glass and trapping it in there so the edges would cut up the dog's insides. I have no idea whether it actually works or not, so it'd be a really good idea to check with the vet first :-?

[DogPaddle]

Thanks - called emergancy vet - its after hours here - the tech said watch them - if they show any of these symptoms bring them in immediately . . . long list of sympotms. Otherwise go to family vet in morning, going out for cotton balls and cream now.

[DogPaddle]

Got cotton balls and cream, dogs think their in doggy heaven and are oblivious to my concern, so far so good.

[Malamum]

So the vet confirmed about feeding them cotton balls?? How did you get them to eat them??

Sorry for the million questions but I guess it's handy to know if any of us get in a similar situation.

Keep us updated on how the furkids are doing.

[DogPaddle]

Vet TECH said it wouldn't hurt.
I just took the cotton balls and soaked them in cream (10%) and fed them too them like treats - they loved them and were so eager I had to clean the cream off their eager little faces afterwards. I think your supposed to feeze them, isn't that what the other thread suggested, but no time, now I'll have some for future incidents though :-?
Anyway no bad symptoms yet. On a cat note, I thought the cats would like a special treat of the leftover cream - one wouldn't touch it and the other had a few laps at it and walked away - of course their both practically anerexic (sp?) kitties so maybe that's why.

[Malamum]

Thanks DP,

I hope I never have cause to try it for myself but it's handy to know just in case.

I hope there is no issues with the boys.

[Peng1zrule]

It's supposed to be cotton balls and half-and-half, something real heavy. the liquid and the cotton attract the little shards--once gypsy ate a porcelain mask. I gave her two half-and-halfs and cotton balls and you could never tell she'd had the porcelain

[DogPaddle]

The boys seem fine, Kavik seemed a little more worried today than usual, but othewise no change in bahviour.

[Malamum]

Good news!

[ellieangel]

Phew they were lucky !!! :o
It's been 24 hours now so they'll be fine now I reckon :wink:

[mouseatthebusstop]

we had a tread like this a christmas time in case a dog ate a glass ball off the tree, the cotten balls wrap around the sharp bits so they can be passed safely and normal. I do not remember anyone saying freeze them

[DogPaddle]

Ellieangel - Yay! They are definately fine. Zaphod is tearing around jumping and doing play bows, vainly trying to get Kavik to play. Kavik is playing catch with himself. Both boys had a great training session today - Zaphod finely clued in that the "down" command doesn't always come with me hand luring him with a biscuit. Of course now he lies down if I walk up to him but progress is progress. Kavik was flawless. :D

Mouse - Thanks, maybe I just thought I aught to freeze some up so I'd have them ready on hand - we don't keep cream around here much.