What is the strangest thing your pet has eaten?
By beachstarz
@beachstarz (1092)
United States
March 1, 2009 10:58am CST
Hi everyone ! I was beach combing with my daughter 2 weeks ago . When we returned from the beach she put her bag of sea glass on the patio table. Our 7 month old
German Shepherd dog got up there and was eating the glass! We found small shards of glass on the floor , so we know she had to have eaten some of it . We read on the internet that if you give the dog bread it should be okay. We gave her 4 slices and she was just fine! It made me think back of some of the strange things dogs will eat . Once my son was holding a popsickle and our lab took the whole popsickle and swallowed the whole thing , stick and all in one gulp! The dog was fine , and we never found the stick. What are some of the strangest things that your pet ever ate ?
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15 responses
@mommaj (23112)
• United States
2 Mar 09
Labs are funny. Mine was spiteful. She ate my underwear and the only reason I knew about that was she threw it up in front of me. She also ate rings. She must have had a soft stomach because she threw them up too. She ate wood. That mostly stayed down. Needless to say she had to go to another home. I kept her for twelve years as she did all this. LOL. My husband said he would probably go before the dog did. I still have him. LOL
@beachstarz (1092)
• United States
2 Mar 09
Hi mommaj! Labs are awesome dogs , and yes they are funny ! Well I guess its got to come out one end or the other. I'd rather have it come out that end , lol
I'm glad you got your rings and underware back.. I doubt you wanted your underware after that , hehe
Thanks for the response !
@czafle (99)
•
2 Mar 09
strangest??? got to her newborn baby. it was really shocking! she just gave birth and we've counted the babies correctly. all of a sudden 1 gone missing! where else it would go right?! i was so mad at her that time! thought she was a monster :( i really freaked out!
@xParanoiax (6987)
• United States
2 Mar 09
I know this was put in the "dogs" section, but you said PET...so...
My kitten eats pineapples. I know, weird right? Cats are carnivorous. They don't go around hunting wild pineapples. I'm not sure why he really likes pineapples (mobs me for 'em whenever I have 'em)...but he really does.
@beachstarz (1092)
• United States
2 Mar 09
Hi xparanoiax ! dogs, cats, birds, all the better . I guess I should have listed this one under pets hu?
A pineapple eating kitty ? That has to be one of the strangest ones yet! Hey at least it's alot healthier then eating glass or brass valves hu?
I don't think dirt would hurt them either. I have dogs that eat sand.
Thanks for the response xparanoiax!
@cndn420 (2062)
• Canada
7 Mar 09
HAHA you never found the popsicle stick! that's too funny 
wow, glass is pretty bad! i didn't know you should give them bread, but as i think about it, it makes pretty good sense as to why.
i think the strangest thing my dog ate was our cat's poop! when my Jack Russell was a puppy she used to stick her head in the litter box and start eating the poo! it was disgusting, but we asked our vet and apparently it's common for puppies to do that with cat poo.
he said cat poo has a lot of nutrients that are good for the dog and she'll grow out of it! and she did, but at least it was less poop for us to clean! 
wow, glass is pretty bad! i didn't know you should give them bread, but as i think about it, it makes pretty good sense as to why.
i think the strangest thing my dog ate was our cat's poop! when my Jack Russell was a puppy she used to stick her head in the litter box and start eating the poo! it was disgusting, but we asked our vet and apparently it's common for puppies to do that with cat poo.
he said cat poo has a lot of nutrients that are good for the dog and she'll grow out of it! and she did, but at least it was less poop for us to clean! @beachstarz (1092)
• United States
8 Mar 09
Hi cndn420 , We had 2 cats and 2 dogs , and I had to keep our litter box up on the washing machine . Both our dogs would eat cat poo . They think its the best thing in the world! and would keep going back for more, ewwww!!
Thanks for the response cndn , and have a great night !
@cortypants (604)
• United States
1 Mar 09
My Chesapeake has eaten everything you can imagine. Socks, underwear, shoes, tables, blankets, pillows ... I think it is a retriever thing to just chew, chew, chew. He rips all the green fuzz off of tennis balls, then bites the ball in half, and leaves the two halves for the Boxer to play with. When he was about a year old he ate a Bic lighter. He has eaten money, too. That one was an expensive habit to break!
@beachstarz (1092)
• United States
1 Mar 09
Hi cortypants, a Bic lighter? that's as bad as broken glass ! I'm glad mine don't eat money . I would be tempted to pick them up and turn them upside down and try to shake my money out of them . thanks for the response.. lets hope our furry friends stay safe !
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@cortypants (604)
• United States
1 Mar 09
Yep, a lighter. That was scary, we ran him to the vet, they did all kinds of tests, hundreds of dollars, besides yelling at me for 'allowing him to eat it' ... like I fed it to him!! Jeez. But he was fine, they didn't even give him any meds. Luckily he is one of those dogs that has an iron stomach.
@sweetseoul (732)
• Philippines
4 Mar 09
my shih tzu ate her own stools when she was just few months old...
thank God she doesn't do it anymore...
@beachstarz (1092)
• United States
4 Mar 09
Hi sweetseoul! I've had that problem with two of my dogs before, but they grew out of it quick . It's gross ! I was sure happy when they decided to leave the poo alone . The youngest , the one in the photo decided my flip flops taste much better , ,lol
Thank you for responding, enjoy your shih tzu ! and have a good day!
@Ohara_1983 (4117)
• Kuwait
2 Mar 09
Hi beachstarz, My lil' puchie he ate marble before. But thank's God because when he make poo with the marble also. Since that we threw all our marbles. Maybe that time he was enjoyed to play and bite it until he swallowed. And he love to ate Ice cream, fruits, Ice. SPecialy if your going to open ref, he was so happy because he knows what's inside. But if you give him a dog food, he don't like it.
@beachstarz (1092)
• United States
2 Mar 09
Hi ohara! I bet marbles probably slide down easy, without choking them . Thats a good thing . Oh mine love to get a little ice cream to, who doesn't?
puchie is a very cute little guy , thanks for posting his picture , and thanks
for giving your response !
@mermaidivy (15394)
• United States
2 Mar 09
I have a 6 months old yellow lab, he likes to eat the little rocks on the back yard... When he was little, he goes straight to the rocks everytime I let him out do business. My husband and I wondered if it is because the rocks are like the dog food and he doesn't chew at all when he eats, so he thinks the rocks are his food?... I don't know :-p
Fortunately, we did not need to bring him to the vet and take out the rocks - he finally dumbed them out...
@beachstarz (1092)
• United States
2 Mar 09
Hi mermaidivy, Labs are too much fun ! Rocks hu? maybe you should have named him Rocky, lol . I'm glad he didnt do himself any harm eating those rocks .. thanks for responding to this .. and have a good evening !
@playapal (894)
• United States
2 Mar 09
Hey beachstarz, I was just reading about what your baby dog eats. Well, do I have a story for you! Back in the day when we lived in the states we had a 100 pound shepherd/wolf mix. One day my husband went down to the basement to replace a brass valve that had gone bad. When he was done with the project and cleaning up the mess he couldn't find the old valve,so figured he must have already thrown it out. the next day he found the valve,in the middle of a pile of Wolf's poop !!!! That had to be FUN to pass !! Sorry we don,t have a picture of Wolf, it didn't make it to Mexico.
@beachstarz (1092)
• United States
2 Mar 09
Hi playapal! OMG ! I can't imagine any dog eating a brass valve !! I bet that hurt coming out . My goodness! and we worry about the type of dog food we feed these guys .. go figure ! I think I'm going to be cleaning the bodega this afternoon .
There are all kinds of tools and parts out there that ours could get into ..
Thanks for your response playapal ..
@bloodcakelover (420)
• Malaysia
2 Mar 09
hi there...
i have two pet hamster...and one day i notice the hamster eating something that look like a plastic bag...i dont know why it got there.i put it away from my hamsters but i know they already eat some of it. luckily,there is nothing bad happened to them or ... i was very thankful =)
@beachstarz (1092)
• United States
2 Mar 09
Hi bloodcakelover , The plastic must have been sitting just close enough to the cage , I've heard that hamsters love to chew and will chew just about anything in reach. Good thing it didn't make them sick . Happy Hamsters are a good thing !
Thanks for your response bloodcakelover!
@bignik (272)
• Italy
1 Mar 09
Hi beachstarz , the most incredible thing my dog ate was , all the red ornamental flowers i grew last summer on my patio , she did not touch them untill they were lovely and mature, maybe because of the smell or i dont know what but she ate them all, she was sick for a day but as i gave her charcoal tablets it did dissintoxicate her , by the way she is only 2 years old , and she also chews slippers shoes and anything she can get hold of, she is my little household disaster , but i love her, greetings bignik
@beachstarz (1092)
• United States
1 Mar 09
I know what thats like bignik ! My pup ate a new flower I recieved for my bithday
two weeks ago . There wasn't a trace of it anywhere in the yard , not even one twig or leaf . I just have to tell myself that she will calm down , um maybe in a year or two, lol
@alphabetagamma (148)
• Hong Kong
2 Mar 09
My dog is a pug, he always looks like hungry and asking for food.
Whenever he feels not okay, hungry, stomach problem, or angry with me, he will start search the house for plastic bag. And the plastic bag always makes him want more. Fortunately, he can poop the plastic bag out a day later, and it seems doing no harm to him.
@beachstarz (1092)
• United States
2 Mar 09
Hi alphabetagamma, Pugs are such cute little dogs! I'm sure glad he was okay with the plastic bags. I would worry it would block the wind pipe or something ..
Glad that isnt the case with your little guy ! Thanks for responding ,and have a good day!
@beachstarz (1092)
• United States
2 Mar 09
Hi genterx , 5 dogs! I know you are busy ! That really isn't that bad ..
I had one that got a hold of a bunny in the back yard and ate part of him ,
I had to get it away from the dog . Thanks for responding !! have a good day
@nycdeezel (8)
• United States
2 Mar 09
I have a shitzu named Bubba. He is happy go-lucky as anything, and with this also a little on the hollow headed side. One day I came back from school to find him with his head buried in one of my drawers. I call the drawer he was in my junk drawer, because that is my place for keeping all my random crap. When I looked inside the drawer, I found my dog munching on triple A batteries. I had a package that was open a little bit, and he tore it right open! One battery was missing, one was extremely chewed up. A couple days later, there were visible pieces of metal in his poop. Ugh!
@beachstarz (1092)
• United States
2 Mar 09
Hi nycdeezel! Batteries? Man just when you think you have heard it all, you hear something else . That's got to be up there with the dog that ate the brass valve !
Thanks for responding nycdeezel !! have a good one!
@ofrockwood (52)
• United States
1 Mar 09
Harley has eaten a glove before. She's one of those dogs who acts like an angel when you're watching her, and when she notices no one's watching, the sneaky little brat will strike. We were wondering why there was a really disgusting-looking glove on the floor, how she managed it... I wish I knew.
@beachstarz (1092)
• United States
1 Mar 09
Yes they are brats ! I just remembered one night our oldest dog took a 2 Pound bag of red Twizzlers off my computer desk and ate the whole 2 POUNDS !!
That's alot of Twizzlers! , Keep an eye on that little sneak ofrockwood ! and thanks for responding !
