My dog ate a dead, smelly crab. Will she get sick? What to do now?

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My dog ate dead smelly crab like an hour ago will she b very ill what can I do for her I'm worried. Pet's info: Dog | American Pit Bull Terrier | Female | unspayed | 85 lbs

Jeffrey Milner · Accepted Answer

This is one of those situations where I would say you have a couple of options. Depending on how confident you are about your dog's digestive abilities, you have the option of inducing vomiting. It typically takes at least a few hours for food to move from the stomach into the intestines, so we still have time to prevent most digestion from occurring. If you decide to just take the wait and see approach, it's possible you might not see anything. The most common thing to look out for here would be diarrhea, vomiting, lethargy. Monitor feces for any distinct blackness or redness. Inducing vomit would likely prevent these from occurring if done soon. Because this is seafood and, by your question, I am assuming was spoiled, we cannot completely rule out the possibility of some pretty nasty viral and bacterial infections residing on the crab. If this were the case, it can cause pretty serious illness that would likely require hospitalization. This is not likely but worth mentioning. Hope this all makes sense.

My dog ate a dead, smelly crab. Will she get sick? What to do now?

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