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Some dogs and cats eat waaaaay more than just pet food, according to Brea, California-based company Veterinary Pet Insurance’s “60 Most Unusual Ingested Objects” for 2010. The list, which included oddities such as jellyfish, jumper cables and a hearing aid, was derived from the company’s nearly 2,000 foreign body ingestion claims for the year.
Socks, hand towels, sticks and rocks were especially popular pet “snack” choices. Some pets ate multiple unusual items, such as the one that ingested an estrogen patch and a make-up brush.
In random order, VPI’s 60 most unusual ingested objects removed from dogs & cats bellies are:
- jellyfish
- glue
- estrogen patch/make-up brush
- tube of denture adhesive
- dead poisoned vole
- bikini
- ink pen
- plastic nose from teddy bear
- magnetic purse clasps
- baseball
- glass Christmas ornament
- hearing aid
- bed sheet
- box of pencils
- popsicle stick
- avocado pit
- dental floss
- coffee filter/coffee grounds
- fishhook
- pain relief tablet/B.B.pellet/highlighter
- tent door
- toy squeaker
- watch
- 16 steel wool pads
- pseudoephedrine/sponge/snail poison/tampon
- 20 cherry pits
- light bulb
- barbecue brush
- Frisbee
- jumper cables
- razor blades
- uncooked rice (1 pound)
- wallpaper paste
- squirrel
- balloon ribbons
- bird (whole)
- butter/sand
- deer antler (partial)
- extension cord
- leash/3 sticks of butter
- pin cushion
- portion of wool rug
- tobacco
- TV remote control
- 10 quarters, one penny, one Canadian coin, three arcade tokens
- foot-long submarine sandwich
- fire log
- wooden toy train
- pine cone
- round chew bone (whole)
- caulk
- eye glasses
- money (paper)
- oil-soaked dirt
- sand
- rosary crucifix
- 25 to 30 soiled diapers
- bath bubble mix
- bathtub cleaner/outdoor plants
- duck bone
VPI noted that all pets made full recoveries and received insurance reimbursements for eligible expenses (got to love pet insurance!). Collectively, VPI policyholders spent almost $3 million treating pets that ingested such foreign objects.
Sooooooo ... what's your pet's favorite "snack"? Please feel free to share your stories!
~Zena
Hey, Infiniti .... I am not seeing compost pile on the list ... guess it was number 61 ... hehehe. ;-)
Sunday, December 26, 2010
