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My dog ate a hole in the wall. Is eating Sheetrock dangerous for pets?

Updated On September 23rd, 2025

Pet's info: Dog | English Bulldog | Female | spayed | 8 months and 12 days old | 55 lbs

I came home yesterday in jazzmen ate a hole in the Sheetrock

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Answered By Sara Farmer, DVM

Veterinarian

Published on April 26th, 2019

I don’t think ingesting this amount of sheet rock would cause a problem although you could see vomiting and diarrhea. She may need to be crated or otherwise confined when unsupervised in the future to prevent this kind of destructive behavior.

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