My dog ate cooked potato skins. Are they safe? Do I need to induce vomiting?

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I gave my corgi cooked potato skins not knowing it could be bad. Do I need to induce vomiting? Pet's info: Dog | Pembroke Welsh Corgi | Female | spayed

Dr. Melanie, BVSc MS · Accepted Answer

There is a poison in potato skins called solanine, but it is most commonly found in green skinned potatoes. Cooking it should reduce some of it, and if you didn't feed Hollie green skinned potatoes, then she should be fine. If that is the case, there's no need to induce vomiting, and the skins should be digested and passed without problem. Should you have given her green skinned potatoes, then I would take Hollie into the vet to induce vomiting with a shot. It's much safer for her to have a vet induce vomiting with a shot. That's because hydrogen peroxide, which is used to induce vomiting at home, can and does cause severe esophagitis and gastritis, often worse than the initial problem. It can also lead to aspiration pneumonia. There should be a vet on call in your area or check online for an ER vet clinic near year. The information to find a vet on call is typically on the clinic's answering machine or they may have an answering service to handle emergency calls.

My dog ate cooked potato skins. Are they safe? Do I need to induce vomiting?

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