Food
Raw bread dough
Emergency — call your vet straight away.
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What to do right now
- 1.Remove remaining dough
- 2.Note how much and when it was eaten
- 3.Go to a vet immediately
Symptoms
- Swollen, painful abdomen
- Retching
- Wobbliness and disorientation (alcohol poisoning)
- Collapse
Details
- Category
- Food
- Toxicity
- Severe
- Species affected
- Dogs
- Routes of exposure
- Eating unbaked, rising dough.
- Urgency
- Emergency — call your vet straight away.
Veterinary notes and prevention
Rising dough expands in the stomach and produces alcohol as it ferments. Bloat from dough can be life-threatening on its own. Keep proving dough well out of reach.
Prepare the information your vet needs
- For Raw bread dough, report the exposure route: Eating unbaked, rising dough. Tell the clinic the time, possible amount and your pet's species and approximate weight.
- Photograph the packaging, ingredient list or plant if safe. Do not handle contaminated material without protection or delay the call to identify it perfectly.
- Keep other animals away from the source. An animal may appear normal before signs develop; do not wait for symptoms or calculate a home 'safe dose'.
- Follow the clinic's transport instructions. Do not give food, medicines or home remedies unless instructed, and take packaging with you if available.
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Sources on this topic
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- Bread Dough: toxicity to pets — Pet Poison Helpline
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