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My dog ate Reese's cups and foil, now throwing up. What should I do?

Updated On September 23rd, 2025

Pet's info: Dog | Dachshund | Male | neutered | 9 years and 6 months old | 19 lbs

My dachshund ate a full bag of Reese’s cups last night. Foil and all! He is throwing up foil balls now. Is there anything else I can do?

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Answered By Dr. Melanie, BVSc MS

Veterinarian

Published on April 7th, 2018

Oh no, it's not good that MJ ate an entire bag of Reese's cups! While one doesn't contain a lot of chocolate, an entire bag of them may be enough to cause chocolate toxicity, one sign of which is vomiting. Because of this and his currently symptoms, I would take him into a vet immediately for treatment. He needs decontamination procedures in case he is suffering from chocolate toxicity. There is also the potential that enough foils could cause a GI blockage, and that needs to be ruled in or out as well. Either take him into your normal vet or find an ER vet clinic or vet on call if your normal vet is closed. Best of luck!

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