Help..ruby's Eaten A Pencil

[maggie217]

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Help..Ruby's just eaten a pencil. Will the lead do her any harm? Or is it not really lead...graphite? Is that different and harmless

 

Pauline

 

[meddling]

Bluebell has eaten several in her short life and they don't appear to have affected her :b

 

[peppermint lady]

mine go hunting for crayons of elishas

i always know who has had it depending on what colour their poop is in the garden :x :lol: :lol:

but its never done them any harm :thumbsup:

 

[Painted Lady]

Murph does this regularly too...I blame the kids for leaving them lying around..... :- " :- "

 

[maggie217]

Thanks for setting my mind at rest............she should be okay then?

Pauline

 

[*Lesley*]

She'll be fine mine have eaten a couple the main thing with pencils is the shards of wood not the lead :sweating:

 

[beaker]

mine go hunting for crayons of elishas i always know who has had it depending on what colour their poop is in the garden :x   :lol:   :lol:

but its never done them any harm :thumbsup:

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:lol: Amos does the same with Faiths crayons, he was pooping green last week :lol: :x

 

[alfyn]

Help..Ruby's just eaten a pencil.  Will the lead do her any harm? Or is it not really lead...graphite?  Is that different and harmless 

Pauline

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Don't worry on that score,they stopped putting lead in pencils years ago :thumbsup:

I'm sure she'll be ok :huggles:

 

[Trish]

they do panic us dont they pauline,luckily with websites like this we can get peace of mind fairly quickly :thumbsup:

glad rubys ok :huggles:

 

[maggie217]

they do panic us dont they pauline,luckily with websites like this we can get peace of mind fairly quickly :thumbsup: glad rubys ok :huggles:

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She's OK thanks, Trish, just me that gets to be a nervous wreck

 

Thanks everyone

 

Pauline

 

[Bedlam]

I machine graphite every day and your dog will be fine.

its only nasty if you breath the dust in long term

 

[Seraphina]

Pencils are mainly made for use by children, therefore it is expected they will be licked and sucked on, so they should not be very dangerous. Mine also eat pencil and biros. Look what Stella brought me today (w00t)

 

[aslan]

LOL! Is that a stick or a stick insect, Lida? And who did she want you to call ... Santa perhaps? She wants to put in an order for her own mobile phone. :lol:

Pauline - I would still keep a bit of an eye on her because of the wood in the pencil - if she got a bit lodged somewhere it might cause her some trouble.

Maybe a little dose of parafin oil to help everything slide out easily? My vet gave me parafin oil for one of mine once - I can't remember what it was that they'd eaten now though. :wacko:

 

[maggie217]

Seraphina & Aslan

Thanks for the further replies. I will keep an eye on her, but I think she chewed the wood pretty thoroughly going by the bits left on the floor. I have had my mind set at rest re: the lead/graphite, especially being reminded of use by children.

Thanks all



Pauline

 

[Seraphina]

Meant to also say that graphite is just a carbon, it is not poisonous.

Lead is definitely not good for anybody to lick or consume, but there is no way it is in pencils nowadays.