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Joey’s Pet of the Week – Nasty Nicotine
By John Morgan | Dated April 30, 2015
Hey gang!! How are you all? Looks like we are heading for more wet and yukky weather. I know I spoke about it recently, but be sure to make sure that your animals are safe when the weather turns nasty. Not many sleeps until Mother’s Day. I don’t know my real Mum but I’m lucky enough to be surrounded by a team of surrogate Mum’s. To celebrate all the amazing Mums out there, we are going to be running a super competition. Tune in next week for the details!!
My star this week is the handsome Fred, an 8month old Staffy. Fred came in to see Dr Genevieve Zhang after he ate a packet of nicotine chewing gum. Now, we all know that smoking is bad for you, but unfortunately for Fred, eating nicotine chewing gum isn’t a healthy alternative! Aside from that much nicotine potentially being an issue for him, Dr Gen was also worried about the artificial sweetener that is in the chewing gum. You may remember the post we did about some artifical sweeteners being toxic to dogs. Fred was feeling pretty sick when he came in and Dr Gen decided that the best approach was to induce vomiting so Fred could get as much of the chewing gum out of his system. Fred’s Dad told Dr Gen that Fred is a bit of a cheeky scavenger, and this made sense when he vomited up not only chewing gum and the foil packet, but also some cloth material as well!! Once Fred had finished vomiting, Dr Gen fed him a charcoal mixture to soak up any of the remaining toxins and also an anti-nausea injection to help him feel better. Fred went home later the same day, not looking terribly remorseful!
Well, it’s short and sweet today, but I’m a very busy Pymble Vet clinic cat and I have important sleeping, I mean jobs to do! Don’t forget to tune in next week for the amazing Mother’s Day competition. Meows for now, love Joey xxx
Dr Gen checking Fred over before inducing vomiting
Fred’s chewing gum and cloth filled vomit!
Written by John Morgan
John first started with Gordon Vet Hospital back in 2004 as a weekend Nurse while studying Veterinary Science. When he graduated he worked in Goulburn for a few years before spending 2 years doing locum work through Canada. John returned to Australia in 2013 and came back to Gordon Vet Hospital. John completed his postgraduate studies in Small Animal Practice in 2013 and in 2015 gained Membership to the Australian and New Zealand College of Veterinary Scientists in Small Animal Surgery.
