Festive Season Warning: Watch out, Home Decorators! My Dog Ate a String of Lights!

’Tis the season! With New Year’s and Christmas approaching, if you love dazzling your home with twinkling lights, you need to be extra careful! This is a cautionary tale of "Dearna" the dog, who came in feeling gloomy and lethargic. Her owners suspected she might have snacked on a "wire"

The vet rushed Dearna into the X-ray room! And the picture was clear! A long, coiled foreign object, looking exactly like a "power cord" or "string light", was chilling in her stomach and intestines! The vet decided to Admit her for observation and gave her medication to induce vomiting. And just as expected, not long after... Dearna literally vomited out a real string of wire.

A Quick Caution 

Homes decorated with twinkling lights, small ornaments, and filled with curious dogs and cats are a recipe for danger! If you notice your pet starting to look depressed, repeatedly trying to vomit but nothing comes up, or acting strangely, suspect that they might have eaten something unusual! Rush them to the vet for a check-up immediately.