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My dog ate a toilet paper roll. Should I call the vet or just monitor?

Updated On September 23rd, 2025

Pet's info: Dog | Mixed Breed | Male | neutered | 2 years and 4 months old

Panda is a shih tzu border collie cross and is quite small he has eaten half a roll of toilet paper including the cardboard roll he is eating ok hasn't drunk much but seems bright what should I do does he need to see a vet or is he ok to just monitor over the next few days

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Answered By Dr. Melanie, BVSc MS

Veterinarian

Published on February 11th, 2019

Oh no, that wasn't good that Panda ate the toilet paper and cardboard roll! You can take him into a vet now to have vomiting induced to prevent any chance of an obstruction from occurring. I hope this helps!

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