Dog Ate A Dental Floss_ Here's What You Should Do.

1. Dog Ate A Dental Floss: What Should you Do? Here is where presentation begins


2. Table of contents Section Section 01 02 What should you do if your dog ate a dental floss?
 What should you do if your dog has already digested dental floss?
 Section 03 How do you know if your dog ate dental floss?


3. Introduction When it comes to your dog swallowing foreign objects the first two factors that matter are the size of the object and the size of your dog. If the dental floss is shorter than four inches then consider the dental floss to be most probably harmless. Whereas, on the other hand, if your dog has eaten a dental floss that is a long string it’s entirely dangerous since it could tie up your dog’s intestines together. If not treated immediately it could lead to a painful death. 


4. 01 Section What should you do if your dog ate a dental floss?


5. What Should You Do if Your Dog Ate Floss? If you find yourself in any unfamiliar situations, wherein you see your dog suffering and you have no idea why immediately call up your vet. There are times wherein you cannot identify what is the object your dog gulped down his throat and that’s why you can not intervene. So, always make sure to react in time. Time is essential in such cases.

6. Do not induce vomiting on your dog It is our duty to tell you that before you think of choosing this method to save your dog’s life make sure you consult your vet and only after their approval you induce vomiting in your dog. If in any case your vet is not available, do not induce vomiting on your dog. Contact an emergency number and then take the next step. But, never induce vomiting on your dog before consulting a professional. It won’t help even if the dog ate dental floss that’s very little. You might just hurt them.

7. 02 Section What should you do if your dog has already digested dental floss? 


8. What should you do if your dog has already digested dental floss? It may tend to be really difficult to solve the problem with inducing vomiting after one hour of ingestion and you should definitely consult your vet. The stomach is not the area where the floss may cause problems; instead, it’s the intestines where the dental floss causes the biggest of the biggest problems. The best solution here in this case as soon as you know your dog has digested the dental floss is to contact your vet and take your dog for a check-up immediately. Do not wait for symptoms to show up and then decide to call your vet.

9. 03 Section How do you know if your dog ate dental floss?


10. How do you know if your dog ate dental floss? It is necessary you observe your pet after they consume anything they shouldn’t have eaten or did not manage to digest for your pet dog to show any signs of discomfort or pain. Symptoms like vomiting, lethargy, etc are what your dog may show. Besides vomiting and lethargy if you see your dog showing any symptoms like the following contact your vet.

11. How do you know if your dog ate dental floss? Anorexia If you find your dog being eager to eat but isn’t eating consider it to be signs of anorexia. Abdominal Pain Even if it’s a minor sign of abdominal pain don’t take it for granted, if you are well aware that your dog has consumed something he shouldn’t have.

12. How do you know if your dog ate dental floss? Inability to Defecate There are high possibilities of something being stuck inside their body that is not letting them to evacuate properly. Loose Strings The very fact that you can see the string peeking out of your dog’s anus says that it has successfully passed your dog’s intestines and has reached the rectum. So in time, it will naturally get expelled.