Dog ate a cactus

[stopwhiningsadie]

my dog ate a cactus please help! she is a beagle 8 years old I thought they got wiser as they age not dumber! I don't have any cactuses growing in my backyard so idk how she got it? I have offered her water she won't drink it I think her tongue is hurting she whimpers when she tries to chew her bone . will it pass? I'm real worried my parents are at work so I can't take her to the vet she ate one small chunk of the piece that was in my backyard and probably regretted it I saw her eating grass (probably to get the spines off her tongue?) I called her in to eat thinking she was hungry. other than that she acts fine

 

[sairving]

Did you call your parents? Let them know what is going on. Your vet also needs to be called. They can provide you with basic first aid information for the dog.

 

[PascalKrypt]

Call your vet, explain what happened and ask for advice. Then call your parents and if the vet encourages you to seek medical attention (which I think they will), get your parents to take the dog to the vet asap.

 

[stopwhiningsadie]

Did you call your parents? Let them know what is going on. Your vet also needs to be called. They can provide you with basic first aid information for the dog.

I'm trying to ring my mom she is not picking up I think she is busy I will keep ringing

 

[Amazoniantanklvr]

What about your dad?

 

[stopwhiningsadie]

my dog is at the vet my mom picked us up they told us to bring the piece of cactus to identify it

 

[Amazoniantanklvr]

my dog is at the vet my mom picked us up they told us to bring the piece of cactus to identify it

hope all goes well.

 

[Amya]

I wouldn't worry too much. I had a cat who ate insulation, plastic bags, broken glass. He was always fine. Animals stomachs are pretty resilient. I hope your dog is ok!

 

[stopwhiningsadie]

my dog is ok but her tongue is very sore she gets to eat pumpkin for a week she ate one of the fuzzy looking cactuses they had to sedate her and pluck the tiny spines off her tongue with tweezers

 

[Amazoniantanklvr]

my dog is ok but her tongue is very sore she gets to eat pumpkin for a week she ate one of the fuzzy looking cactuses they had to sedate her and pluck the tiny spines off her tongue with tweezers

OOF, that's bad. Hope she gets better!

 

[stopwhiningsadie]

OOF, that's bad. Hope she gets better!

yeah each time they plucked a spine she would bleed a little and thanks I hope so too