German Shepherd just ate nectarine pip - what to do?

[mommybunny]

DD10 left a nectarine pip in a bowl at his nose height and before we knew it he snaffled it up. He is a large specimen for a GS, over 45kg, and at the moment seems ok in himself. Should we be worried?

He will be fine

Don't worry. If it gets through his oesophagus (so if he is comfortable and not shaking/vomiting) it'll go through his system.

Why wouldn't he be? Surely he must eat worse while out

A pip?

A nectarine tree will grow inside him 😂😂

I'd probably call out of hours vet for advice as to what to look out for. I'm a worrier. His size will be in his favour though.

There's lists of symptoms to look out for online. Hope he's ok

May sound bizarre to worry but of course we have googled it and there are all sorts of horror stories on the internet about dogs getting blockages and needing surgery. DH is on warpath and poor little DD is beside herself and I just hoped we might have some reassurance.

Many thanks

Oh I misread. Apricot pits can be bad news don't know if nectarines are the same

Depends what you mean. If you mean the stone, I had to remove a peach stone that got stuck in a Labrador recently, so not necessarily benign. If he has just eaten it, I would advise getting him to a vet to induce vomiting just to be on the safe side. Otherwise keep an eye on him closely over the next couple of days and if he goes off his food, is vomiting and miserable get him to the vet.

Yes the stone. Sorry if my terminology is wrong - I'm American and we would say "pit" but I mean what Brits would call the stone.

Nectarine pips are tiny! He'll be fine, don't let your daughter feel bad, dogs eat all kinds of crap. My friends dog ate the entire family stash of Easter eggs with no ill effects. (She then later on ate the whole Christmas turkey AND most of the Tree, but that's another story 😁)

I wouldn't worry, but would look out for any stomach troubles for a few days....

I would also like a picture of this naughty babydog! :o

Thanks struckbylightning. The way DD eats nectarines the stone would have had lots of nectarine still around it so I am hoping that would have eased its passage through the oesophagus.

And yes, we have already had fire drills googling "how much chocolate is harmful to a dog" when DD left her Easter eggs out a couple of years ago... his size does work in his favour...

My Labrador managed to get hold of a half eaten peach out on a walk once and had swallowed it before we could do anything. He vomited it back up again a few hours later so he was fine, didn't get far enough to cause a blockage and wasn't in long enough to release 'cianide'. Maybe it's worth seeing the vet as they may prescribe an emetic?

Given his size I'm not really worried about the toxicity- it is just the blockage I'm concerned about. We've just given him some rice and he has eaten it fine. He seems comfortable enough so I guess all we can do is watch and wait.

Trying to attach a photo ...

And yes, at the first sign of vomiting we will have him to the vets.

Aww, hope your dd doesn't feel too bad, dogs will be dogs!! Hopefully it will be ok, even if not you know what to look for- the last one I did the owner had no idea the dog had eaten it, and so we had no idea what we were looking for!
Incidentally, corn cobs snaffled by dogs after bbqs are one of the most common foreign bodies at this time of year! Hope he is aok

When ddog got an apple core stuck in his oesophagus he started choking, vomiting, frothing at the mouth, shaking etc pretty much straight away. It was very dramatic and quite horrible and required a nighttime dash to the vet hospital for surgery (thankfully successful), so I'm sure he'll be fine if he's acting normally

lovely boy! Hopefully he'll be fine and dandy!