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My dog threw up after turmeric. Is it too much? What should I do?

Updated on September 23rd, 2025

Pet's info: Dog | American Eskimo Dog | Female | spayed | 13 years and 2 months old | 31 lbs

Hi. Angel had a ruptured tumor around her liver 4 weeks ago. I have been giving her Yunnan Baio pills twice a day to help control the bleeding. Her Vet also prescribed Denamarin once a day. She had been doing pretty well. But I made turmeric paste and have her some last night. She threw up a little later night and twice this morning. I'm wondering if it is because of to much tumeric?? She did this once before when I have her turmeric. Can you suggest what I do now besides see a vet?

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Answered By Dr. Massimo Orioles, DVM, Cert AVP, MRCVS

Veterinarian

Published on June 10th, 2019

Hi, and thanks for your question.
From your description I think this vomiting episode is likely to be related to the turmeric paste, which I would recommend to stop.
As a first approach, I would suggest as well to withhold food for the next 8-12 hours and then start feeding with a bland diet based on boiled chicken and rice in small portion every 6 hours for the following 48hours. Then gradually reintroduce the normal diet over 5 days.
I would definitively recommend a veterinary check up if the signs persist or you notice diarrhoea, more vomiting, lethargy or inappetence.
Hope this answer was helpful, but please do not hesitate to contact us again on the forum or by requesting a consultation if you have any more questions or to discuss it any further. If this answer was helpful please let us know, this will be used to improve our service!

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