I think my dog ate tidy cat whilst getting in to cat box? help!?

Question

I suspect he was in the kitty litter box. I called the Vet and left a voice mail. He's a pretty stout dachshund. I've read the label to the Tidy Cat and I've been on their website and nothing. He's been up all night and is throwing up some foamy grean/brown stuff that I'm hoping is bile and whatever nastiness he's eaten. PLEASE HELP. Anyone know how serious this is? He is just laying about. Anyone have a dog get sick from Tidy Cat? Thank you!

Answer 1

Not to worry, this is very common for dogs. If it isn'lt one kind of poop it's another.

Farm dogs love eating & rolling in the cow patties, or horse turds or goat pettets and the list goes on..................................... It's nasty to us but to them it is yummies. I've heard it said that they are getting nutriments that they lack in their diet but I think it is a aquired taste.

Try to find some place to put the litter box where the cat can get to it but the dog can't. Put up a dog gate. Train cat to go in toliet.

Put the litter box where you can see it and create a long distance correction tool. With a cola can, add a few pebbles in it to make a loud noise, seal top with scotch tape, attach a bail wire at the top of the can. When you see your dog start to investigate the little box, using the bail, sling the can to land right next to him and scare the crap out of him and at the same time you need to sound off a deep throated NO and make alot of noise. That's it, correction done for this time.

Everything is forgiven/forgotten until he heads for that litter box & boom, bomb, bang & 'NO' & noise and again it is over with. Life goes on.

It won't take him long before he will stop his nasty little habit. You can use a spray bottle adjusted to spary a long spray.

See they do not associate you with the correction cause you weren't right on top of him. You were sitting a long aways and they may even come to you after the can hits or the spray hits.
Both are pretty good long distance correctional tools.

Answer 2

It seems that you have already taken the first step by calling your vet. Watch him and make sure that he doesn't seem to get any worse. My beagle is always eating things he should and is then throwing up. (It doesn't matter how careful I am) If the vomiting gets worse, doesn't stop, or has blood in it you would need to contact your vet or an emergency vet asap. Otherwise, watch him, and don't give him any food until you can talk to the vet. As far as the kitty litter goes, I've seen many a dog eat the stuff and NOT get sick, but I'd call the vet and see. Some dogs can eat ANYTHING, and some can't. Good luck. I hope all works out well.

Answer 3

Well, be cautious about relocating the litter boxes too much, since if your cats are not happy with the location, you already know what they do. Unfortunately, some dogs really love the eat the "tootsie roll" presents in the litter box. If you can put some type of gate in front of the litter boxes that your cats can easily go through, but not your dog, that may be your only solution. Dogs don't jump over, but cats do.

Answer 4

Cat litter can definitely cause upper respiratory irritation and may incite
asthma attacks in susceptible cats. There are no confirmed cases of
problems from eating cat litter than I can find in the literature, although
there are persistent rumors of problems with scoopable litters. Dogs eat a
lot more cat litter than cats do, though -- and I only know of one
confirmed case of an intestinal obstruction in a dog from eating cat litter
and it ate nearly the entire contents of a litter pan! Using a litter that
produces little or no dust reduces the problems with respiratory disease in
cats prone to chronic bronchitis or asthma.

Answer 5

I see this is an older post. However, if your dog eats a large amount of clay litter, they can become very ill and require a costly trip to the ER. I know this because it happened to us last week. Our Great Dane was very ill vomiting and had a bowel full of gas that she could not pass. X-rays showed clay cat littler laying in the bottom of her stomach.
She presented with bloating, drooling, extreme redness in her eyes and membranes of her mouth. Her bowels were so full of gas that her stomach was protruding as was the lower part of her body that would normally be thin. She wanted to go out and she would strain so hard and pass small amount of soft stool and some gas. She paced and was unable to find a comfortable position to sit or lie.
If in doubt take you fur baby to the Doggie ER ASAP.
Best Wishes to Anyone Who Reads this Post

Answer 6

a dog eating some cat feces and the litterbox contents is actually not unusual....or particularly dangerous by itself. If your dog is throwing up.....maybe he ate something else, maybe he just needed to get rid of this litter that didn't feel as good in his stomach as it smelled in the litter box. Of course....if it keeps up, you need to have him see a vet...but lots of dogs do this....

Answer 7

I duno but i do hope you find the vet realy fast cuz it sounds serious

Answer 8

i am not good with dogs always wanted on ........dont worry stay calm .......well try to stay calm ........i have pretty much no clue of what u have said so yea sorry!