My dog ate tulip bulbs, drooling and diarrhea. Is it life-threatening?
Updated On September 23rd, 2025
Pet's info: Dog | Boston Terrier | Male | neutered | 25 lbs
Hi, my dog recently ate some Tulip bulbs that I freshly planted. I don't know how many he ate, but he has been drooling and has diarrhea. I know they are poisonous, but do you know if this could be life threatening? I'm hoping that we can just wait out the poison.
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Published on April 24th, 2018
Yes tulip bulbs are indeed to toxic to dogs and cats. Signs of intoxication are vomiting, depression, diarrhea, hypersalivation. So your dog clearly has been poisoned. With large ingestions, more severe symptoms such as an increase in heart rate, changes in respiration, and difficulty breathing may be seen. Should you notice your dog having breathing problems or should he appear very ill you should contact your vet or take him to a Pet ER. Generally it is not life threatening in a healthy dog, however every dog is different and there is no guarantee.
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Published on May 10th, 2017
Generally tulip flowers and leaves cause stomach upset, vomiting, and or diarrhea. This is dose dependent. So a large dog eating a small portion of a leaf or plant is unlikely to have significant signs, whereas a small dog ingesting a large portion of the plant will be more affected. the bulb of the plant can cause much more severe signs.
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Published on May 6th, 2018
Tulips can be dangerous to dogs but in this case, I think Emmie should be ok. First of all, the most toxic part of tulip is the bulb while stem and petals are much less dangerous. Ingestion of small amount of tulip can produce drooling, vomiting and diarrhoea (as the plant is irritant to the gastrointestinal tract) but there should not be any serious problems, like heart dysrhythmia. Please, monitor Emmie for now at home, you can give her some water to drink and to rinse her mouth. If you see any worrying sign, like profound drooling, severe diarrhoea or vomiting get in touch with your emergency vet (if your vet is closed they will have a contract with one of the emergency clinics to see you out-of-hours, if necessary) but most likely it won't be necessary.
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