what will happen if a dog bites through a regular battery?

Question

My dog bite through a battery and now it has all this black stuff in its mouth and I wanted to know what should i do for the dog.

Animal experts (Prefereed) BUT any can answer

Answer 1

* it depends on the type of battery, liquid filled cells battery, lead battery, pencil cell battery, solar battery, rechargeable/non-rechargeable,etc.
* however,i assume that closest meaning of your regular battery will be the type we use in cars,motorbikes.
* as far as dog bite ,nothing serious will happen because dogs never swallow acrid/acidic material.they themselves try to throw it out with regurgitation and coughing.
* as far as u'r batteries future will depend upon the site and depth of bite.most probably u will loose u'r battery.
* u can give antacid+avil+betnesol/dexona tabs(1each) to dog for 1-5 days or till recovery.

Answer 2

Ouch. I know that has to hurt the poor boy. FIRST: Read Bell's answer. The first one on here. That is good advice. The antibiotic creme is good and alcohol will certainly help, but that probably is torture for him. Since dog bites do carry a lot of bacteria and his eye is swollen like that, I would find a vet to have him checked out. I would also ask you the situation under which your dog was attacked. If you were following all rules with your dog and this other dog just attacked him, then you should see the dog's owner and they should be paying for this vet bill. I do not know the situation, of course, but they are responsible for their dog's actions so long as your dog was where he was supposed to be, within reason. They should have offered this. The vet will probably clean the wound, which I know you have been trying to do, but vets have stuff meant for dogs that work so much better. They may also want to give him some antibiotics because if his eye gets infected badly, he could lose the eye, or worse. The fact that his eye is swollen almost shut means there is a lot of bruising and tissue damage around the eye orbit. I know sometimes things can wait, and sometimes we do not have to go to a vet at all, but on this one, I would. I would tell you to put a steak on the poor fellow's eye but I don't think that would work too well. It does take down the swelling but I think he would try and eat it. Until you do get him to the vet, keep cleaning it gently, and make sure you do not get any of that stuff you use in his eye. I have pros and cons on the alcohol. If you do use it make sure you do not leave the wound moist with the alcohol. And do keep using the antibiotic creme. If you have one with a little lidocaine in it to numb that might help him out some. You can always put a little ice on it for the swelling, an ice pack to be exact. But do not leave that on for longer than 15 minutes cause it will make the skin too sensitive. Sometimes heat works better than ice, but with the risk of bacterial infection, heat may make that spread faster so I would avoid that without a vet saying it. Poor Fellow. I know his eye is sore. It would be wonderful if you could get up in the morning and it be all better. And if the wound is not real bad, that may happen, but it is not likely. Do check with the owners of the other dog though. I would tell them I need to take my dog to the vet where their dog bit him. And you need to know if their dog is up on all his shots. Good Luck and I do hope his eye is ok. c: I am thinking (hoping) that the problem is no vet in the immediate area that can be reached tonight. Some very rural areas have the "vet clinics" that come around and do the vaccinations several times a year, but the vet's office is actually like an hour away. (Makes it H in an emergency!) We live way out, and before the local vet opened here I have driven over an hour to get my dog there when it needed a vet fast, and prayed the whole way. It was around midnight and I had called the vet and he said he would meet me at his office. You do what you gotta do when you take on a responsibility. Hopefully the person intends to take the poor thing in tomorrow.

Answer 3

It generally takes a while for the toxic chemicals to leach out, so throwing it up was such a good thing! Especially if the dog did it him self and did it withing 30 minutes to an hour of ingesting it.
Just keep watching him for blood in his poop (it will look dark black) or coughing up blood. And any unusual behavior. I think that is all a vet would do at this point. And you know your dog best.
My friends daughter did the same thing when she was 2, except she began gagging on the triple A battery. So I turned her upside down and out it came. Poison control said that it took several hours before the stomach acids could have leached anything out. Batteries have heavy metals in them too. They told me to just keep an eye on her for 24 hours.
however, if in doubt call the vet- many dogs eat odd things, so the vet will know how serious it is.

Answer 4

I am not an animal expert. I have a german shepard\Saint bernard mix and I went out of state for two days and left him on the farm to run, When I can back I found a destroyed car battery that he chewed up It did'nt kill him and I never took him to the vet for this but he did get pretty sick. I thought he was gonna die but after a couple days he was back to normal. Like I said I am not a vet, I don't think your will die my dog had the same black stuff in his mouth for 6 months before I did'nt notice it anymore. I should also tell you my dog weighed in at about 215 lbs when this happened.

Answer 5

I'm training to be a vet, my dad went to vet school and gave that up and now is doctor. :)
That's piosin actually. Take a rag and try wipe it off your dogs tongue. then keep it from swallowing if you can and quickly bring it to vets. If there are two people ther (you plus one other) or even you and two others. While you driving call the vet and say that you have a dog that has poison from a battery in it's mouth and that your on your way. if theres a nother person have them trying to make sure the dogs not licking the stuff back into its throut and swallowing. Comfort the dog and say calming things to it like in a calm voice (the words don't actually matter, but I think they do :) )

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Answer 6

VET
First wash his mouth out with plenty of water, and make sure it is drinking. The stuff you are seeing is battery acid. Battery acid can eat away at flesh, so it is very wise to get your dog to a vet as soon as possible.

Answer 7

You need to take him to the vet asap. Batteries have battery acid in them and are chemically corrosive. Try to flush his mouth in the mean time.

Answer 8

Call the ASPCA Poison Control 24/7 hotline. Please note that there is a consultation fee of $55, which is not a lot of money in terms of the life of your dog.

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Answer 9

give it lots of milk to drink to neutralise acidity. but not sure see a vet

Answer 10

Call Poison Control, and/or the vet.