My dog ate Honey Nut Cheerios. Should I be worried about his cough?

Hello and welcome to Petco Pet Education Center, formerly Petcoach. This should be fine for Gracie. I would monitor for GI upset (vomiting, diarrhea, painful abdomen), and if these occur have her seen by a vet, but this is unlikely. Best of luck with Gracie!

Any balanced dog food is fine at this point. Foods like you mentioned are safe short-term, but they are not a balanced diet with things like fiber, vitamins, and minerals. Some dogs will have an intolerance to milk-products, and if that is the case for Chutki, then I would avoid those. The coughing should be evaluated by a vet to determine the cause and start treatment. X-rays of the chest may be indicated. Somtimes the vomiting can be treated by appropriately treating the cough. Other times an anti-nausea medicine is needed.

Hi, thanks for using Petco Pet Education Center, formerly Petcoach! Poor Chutki! Curd is not appropriate nutrition for animals. They need to be on a commercial dog or puppy food if over 5 weeks of age, Under 5 weeks they should be fed a puppy formula. Regardless the curd should not be causing coughing. Curd can cause vomiting and diarrhea though. If dogs cough hard enough they can stimulate their gag reflex and end the cough in a gag or vomit. I would worry about the breathing with the cough. Causes could be kennel cough or pneumonia. I would have her examine by a Vet and consider having X-rays of her lungs. I wish you both the best!

Hello and thank you for contacting Petco Pet Education Center, formerly Petcoach. Fortunately, there are no toxic ingredients for dogs in this product. Ingestion of large amount of sugar may produce vomiting and transient diarrhea but Kahlua should not develop any more serious symptoms. Please, offer your puppy small amounts of water every 30-60 minutes and monitor her closely at home. If she does develop diarrhea and profuse vomiting, you may have to take her to your local vets to get symptomatic treatment.

Just keep an eye on Lilly for now. This may at most cause her some GI upset. If you do see some GI upset, I can give you a home remedy for her. Withhold food for 12-24 hours, then feed a bland diet of boiled white meat chicken (no bones) and white rice in small amounts several times a day for a couple of days. Then slowly add back in her normal diet. If the vomiting continues in the absence of food, she vomits the bland diet, develops diarrhea, stops drinking water, starts vomiting water, or becomes very lethargic, she will need to see a vet right away. I hope this helps!

I'm sorry that Yeezy ate cough drops! In looking up the ingredients for this product, I see it contains menthol 9.1 mg eucalyptus oil, beta carotene, flavors, glucose syrup, honey, soy lecithin, sucralose, sucrose, and water. These ingredients may cause GI upset, but the biggest concern I had about the cough drops were if they had xylitol in them. That's because xylitol is extremely toxic to dogs, and if the cough drops had them, Yeezy would need to see an emergency vet right away. Because these do not have them, he should be ok, but you may see some stomach upset in the form of vomiting and diarrhea. Should you see that, withhold food for 12-24 hours, then feed a bland diet of boiled white meat chicken (no bones) and white rice in small amounts several times a day for a couple of days. Then slowly add back in his normal diet. Yeezy should be just fine, I hope this helps :-)

Thanks for using Petco Pet Education Center, formerly Petcoach! Coughing can be a sign of many conditions such as pneumonia, bronchitis, heart disease, among many other possibilities. Loss of appetite can be observed with many conditions such as gastroenteritis, dietary indiscretion, kidney disease, pancreatitis, among many other possibilities. I recommend that you have Hooch evaluated by your veterinarian for further assessment and treatment. Likely diagnostics to be performed include thoracic radiographs, abdominal ultrasound and bloodwork. Treatment would be dependent on findings. Good luck and have a good day!