Hydrogen peroxide? - Page 1

I have been informed by a vet that if you need to induce vomiting you can use hydrogen peroxide. He said use 1/4 cup and suck it up into a turkey baster or syringe, then squirt it as far back into the throat as possible and make sure it was swallowed. This ratio is for a larger dog, ie: GSD, Lab, etc. It was not for my dog, but for my bosses new dog..... he got into a bag of chocolate. Have any of you used this technique?

Keep in mind that most of the hydrogen peroxide you buy in drug stores is actually 3% active ingredient. It works, but syrup of ipecac is quicker, imo.

we tell people to use it on thier pets when they eat rat poison or anything that they are not supposed to eat. 

somethings you don't want them to throw up, so always check with your Vet.

Syrup of Ipecac is the best choice...this is the purpose of Ipecac and the *drug* of choice.  I would not use Hydrogen Peroxide internally at all...ever.

I have used this successfully when I had 3 dogs - one of them got into slug bait, but I didn't know which one and wanted to avoid having to take all 3 to the emergency vet on the weekend since none of them were acting sick yet.  Pet Emergency said about 1 tablespoon per 10 pounds of dog.  I used a medicine syringe, and did this outside.  It worked - no ill effects in the dogs and no evidence that they had problems from the slug bait either. 

Opal

All vets tell you to keep peroxide on hand for that exact reason...All three of my vets have instructed me how to use.

One of the things my vets do know about  ..What do you think they give your dog in the emergency vet the minute you bring it in with ingestion of unknown or poison...yes...and then they pump stomach...they also have other things to administer but peroxide works amazingly fast.

I dont want Ipecac for a mouse or a gob of something I know they just ate.

Hp works fine and no ill effects.

Ipecac is most likely best... but H2O2 is something everyone more than likely has on hand.  It does work, and quite well. Generally time is of importance in these cases... so better to use the H2O2 and treat quickly than  drive to a pharmacy and have to stand in line for 20 minutes to be waited on.  If you've both on hand, it's not a problem

I had a puppy eat wild mushrooms and my vet told me to use salt.  Everybody has it on hand at all times and it works instantly.  Grab the snout, open the mouth and pour it to the back of the throat.  Works like magic.  Peroxide can bleach out fur, carpet, etc.  Salt is completely safe, doesn't stain if spilled and really works.  Just another thing to keep in mind.

If peroxide can bleach the fur, what does it do to a dogs insides?!

Hydrogen peroxide comes in different concentrations, but the kind you can buy at WalMart or wherever didn't bleach my dogs fur.  I think at higher concentrations it can.  When I used it I ended up getting it everywhere since the dogs weren't actually cooperating, and even our black lab didnt have any fur issues from it.  It was an emergency though, and it was more important that I got the slug bait OUT since it can be deadly.

Opal