Dog Ate Hand Sanitizer

Treatment of isopropyl alcohol isopropanol poisoning in dogs the most important thing is to get your pet stabilised and comforted.

Dog ate hand sanitizer. I dont know how much he ate. Most hand sanitizers have as their main ingredient alcohol some sort of quat ammonia and inert ingredients. I already used some so im not sure how much was in the bottle before he ate it but im positive he ate some.

My male maltese who is 11 pounds and about 1 1 2 years old just ate levels instant hand sanitizer with moisturizing formula. I got home and he had the bottle and there was hand sanitizer on the floor and all over the cap. The ethanol in hand sanitizers can cause alcohol poisoning if ingested.

Some can get enough to have. My dog chews and licks everything and he was chewing a bottle of hand sanitizer without me noticing it but it was open so he a little squirt worth and just licked is mouth a spat it out. Hand sanitizer has become a staple in homes cars handbags and offices.

Most of the time when enough is eaten we see stomach upset vomiting. The veterinary team may induce vomiting to clear the poison if it is within thirty minutes of when your dog was exposed to the alcohol. By the time i came into contact with my dog my hands were completely dry.

Is it just a stomach ache or more serious. I could also smell it in his breath. I put a lot of hand sanitizer on about 5 minutes before i came into the house.

Like other types of alcohol a large ingestion of hand sanitizer can cause lethargy vomiting incoordination weak respirations and dangerous drops in blood sugar blood pressure and body temperature severely intoxicated animals can potentially experience seizures and respiratory failure. If sufficient quantities ingested and depending on the concentration of alcohol some are pretty high the dog could get drunk. These alcohol based solutions are great for keeping germs at bay but they can also pose a danger to dogs that encounter them.