HELP! 8 mo labrador has eaten a whole kitchen roll inc cardboard tube...

[Romy7]

less for about seven chewed up sheets on the floor and an inch of cardboard... I was only out for an hour... is he going to bloat the more water he drinks?
How long will it take to come through....
is this animal going to be constipated for the whole of next week?!
Flipping labradors!

labradors eh!! When will they ever learn
Seriously though, im at a loss as to what advice to give, my first instinct was to laugh and think it would pass through. It most probably will but then i got to thinking about how kitchen roll is a bugger when you flush the toilet with it, it wont break down (sorry this sounds a bit daft but i am being serious). If it were a weekday i would say ring the vets and if they laugh and say "well its a labrador what do you expect " then stop worrying. But its a weekend so a vets visit is going to cost big time. I am willing to bet all would be well, but would advise calling the vet and seeing if you can get some advice over the phone. Blockages can be fatal relatively quickly. He is unlikely to bloat as this sort of thing is not likely to cause a torsion (twisted gut) but if he becomes uncomfortable, tries to vomit and his tummy is swollen he must be taken to the vets without delay, IMMEDIATELY! Chances are the whole thing will be digested and you will end up with a dog with diarreoah, but if you have a dog that is being sick but not passing, same advice VETS ASAP.

Call your local vet, get some advice me thinks, Beautiful girls is a vet but she might not be around.

thanks lemum - will watch him - he seems fine enough at the mo (except a bit hangdog when i found him in the kitchen amidst the wreckage) so hopefully it will manage to keep moving on through... i spent five minutes thinking it must have rolled under the cupboard or something, but nope. it's definitely inside...
so now i can't leave ANYTHING on my kitchen surfaces as he's tall enough to reach...
our vet has an emergency line, so i'm fairly confident i'll be able to get hold of someone urgently if nec, i'll dig it out and see if i'm brave enough to ring before it gets to be an emergency - i'm fairly sure they'll probably say the same as you - watch him and bring him in if...... if i end up at the vet dh is going to kill me - he's away until wednesday... do you think kennel club insurance covers treatment for kitchen roll consumption? the last dog we had i kept having to go to the vet every time he went away... fortunately i'm better with the children...
and i hope it's not 3am, as i'll have to drag the dcs with me... how quickly is 'quickly' in the fatal stakes?
wish me luck...

Agreed - just watch him any signs of bloating do not delay - rapidly fatal within hours if that does occur - though it is pretty unlikely to happen even if the tissue swells. Usually the bloat thing is to do with trapped air and whilst things like this may contribute to it happening it is still not a likely outcome here.

Yep the KC insurance should cover you if it is after the inception period without exclusions...and that should also include emergency visits out of hours too if needed. Good luck!

oh thank you thank you!
will watch and wait - what's your expert opinion on likely passage time for kitchen roll...?

Another one agreeing here, just watch him. I took our lab puppies to the vet constantly until they were about 8 months old, and I knew better what to expect when they had just eaten a teatowel/rotten crabs off a beach/sofa cover/sofa cushions and yes, eventually the sofa frame. And actually, thinking about it, one of them did eat a large quantity of kitchen paper one day with no ill effects.

Can you sleep in the same room as him tonight to ensure he is OK?

im going on holiday tomorrow my fil is coming to stay here to look after our puppy buddy- i cook a few meals so fil can just reheat so far today buddy has eaten chilli con carne and rice chicken curry and rice and sausage he did leave the mash .....my back was turned for literally 3 min so we are having to have chippy chips with homemade curry and i have to recook for fil later.

that will put me in the dog house with dh - i let the last dog sleep in the bedroom and i still haven't heard the last of it after ten years... ah well. maybe i can bribe the dcs not to tell him.... and i'll have to take lab no.1 as well, or she'll whine at the bottom of the stairs all night...
i'm not going to get any sleep am i?
ah well.
thank you - i was pretty sure he wouldn't be the only lab in the world to have had an inappropriate snack or ten...

just thought i would post - no subsequent drama - he is obviously a completely normal labrador who is quite capable of eating the entire house with no noticeable after-effects. mil asked if i was feeding him enough lol, thanks all.

Glad he's ok. Doesn't suprise me though - our puppies ate 2 entire chicken carcases plus the tin foil they were wrapped in, at 8 weeks old!!!

Labs can survive anything.

My older lab has a v. dodgy tummy - is sick whenever he has anything other than dry food, and dh and the kids will insist n giving him fat off meat, bits of cheese. So he throws up. But by the time I have got kitchen roll to clear it up, lab no. 2 has usually gobbled up his vomit, with no discernable effects

Kerist Labs are thick. How are dogs you can train to be guide dogs so damn thick?