Stuff Found in Kids and Pets Stomachs | kids,dogs

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Last Updated:: March 4, 2010

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Weirdest Stuff Found in Kids and Pets Stomachs

Funny thing about kids and dogs - most of them will attempt to eat most things that are 'not on their plates - or in their bowls'!

I recall my mother recounting to others the many horror stories about her kids and the family dogs ... 'if you think your kids/dogs did something real stupid, just wait til I tell you what mine did.' The way she tells it - if we could not make whatever it was disappear because it would not fit up our noses, we simply got rid of it by popping it straight into our mouths and swallowing!

For Kids : the Top 12 Things that are the hands down winners for 'Shoving Up Your Nose' are:

- buttons

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- bottle-tops
- thimbles
- stones
- food
- dead flies and moths
- anything round
- anything square
- anything long
- anything short
- anything soft, hard or gooey
- anything new and never seen before

Dogs on the other hand thank heavens, are not properly equipped to 'shove stuff up their snouts' - but, some of them are seriously challenged and 'dumb' when it comes to what they will 'eat'.

Now, I subscribe to the newsletter of wonderful vet Dr Andrew Jones who you can find here at Veterinary Secrets Revealed - and what sparked this post today was what he sent to my in-box this week, an interesting article titled - Top 10 weirdest items removed from pet's stomachs.

After reading Dr Andrew's newsletter and in-between the odd under the breath snigger, I kind of felt that perhaps two recent posts I wrote about 'Am I Ready To Have A Dog Or Cat' and 'Planning To Have Children? Then This Is A Test You Must Take' - should absolutely have included a 'Glossary of Unusual Nose and Stomach Foreign Objects' together with some instructions on what to do about them if they suddenly made their way up the noses or into the stomachs of a child or pet on your watch!

Anyway, here they are - Oh! and if you have any 'nose or stomach foreign object stories' of your own, please, let's have them ...

For Dogs : The top twenty list in full is:

1. Ten-inch tent peg
2. Christmas decoration (star shaped)
3. Kitchen knife
4. Alphabet fridge magnets
5. Man's wig
6. Ann Summers underwear
7. Bell
8. Fishing hook
9. Socks
10. Rubber duck
11. Baby's dummy
12. Golf balls
13. Coins
14. Balloons
15. Metal ball from a computer mouse
16. Shoe laces
17. Power ball
18. Corn on the cob
19. Needle and thread
20. Box of chocolates

In closing, let me say to all you adults reading this who are having a laugh or scoffing at the stupidity of kids and dogs - please, oh please take a quiet and private moment to reflect and remember some of the really 'dumb ass' things you have managed to do ... AS AN ADULT! .. LOL ...

Celebrate and Enjoy Life with .. if not a Clear Conscience then at least ... Clear Nasal Passages!!