This round's on me.
Posted on 07/25/2006 10:52:08 AM PDT by Abathar
SAN ANTONIO -- Amber Flores said she wants animal lovers -- and parents -- to be aware of her dog's nearly fatal encounter with a bottle of Gorilla Glue.
About two weeks ago, Flores said, her normally active dog, Princess, seemed to lose her appetite.
"Everything was fine except she wasn't eating and she wasn't going to the restroom," said Flores.
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Flores then noticed teeth marks on a bottle of Gorilla Glue and realized that Princess had eaten about an ounce of glue, she told San Antonio television station KSAT.
What she didn't realize is that the glue had grown to the size of a grapefruit -- weighing nearly 1 pound --- inside Princess' stomach.
Flores' veterinarian, Dr. Kristen Rohde, decided surgery was necessary to save Princess' life.
Rohde said she was shocked at what she saw inside the dog's stomach.
"I made the incision in the stomach. We actually tried to get it out of the stomach," said Rohde. "It was just like a big, old, water-logged, soggy mass of rubber. It was like a rubber ball that had been in a swimming pool too long."
Rohde said Princess' encounter with the glue is not an isolated case.
She warned that children are also at risk of accidental ingestion.
"Please keep it out of reach of children or animals because it's really scary," said Rohde.
Flores said Princess is now doing fine.
She said she hopes her story will convince pet owners and parents to keep animals and children a safe distance from Gorilla Glue.
I ate airplane model glue when I was about 3 or 4. It tasted really sweet. Later, I threw up blood.
Good glue, bad dog owner.
My dog used to pull disposable razors out of the trash and chew on them. He's even chew up the blades. He wasn't the brightest dog in the world.
How can this stuff be sold without a seven day waiting period and then without Glue Locks?
Then what about Crazy Glue, the damage done to little fingers and door locks,then there is that unpredicatable Elmers Wood Glue,(without this evil product, items of self assembly furniture would never have destroyed the self esteem of secure rational men and right angles would forever remain unchallenged ).
Thank you for the heads up. We need some new laws .
In addition to the French and Spanish labels, now we are going to have to put them in Doggy-speak. Different breeds have different dialects, so we'll need dozens. Most dogs can't read well, so we'll have to put little ipods on all dangerous substances that will read the warning in all languages, including Doggy-speak in all its dialects! A bottle will now cost $250.
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Can you $ay pancreatiti$?
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Why the pancreatitis? I thought dogs were good for most of that stuff? Or was it the volume eaten?
lol.. no, but I think it's name is Lucky.. it has 3 legs..
Although my dog has an excellent command of spoken English she reads only poochism. Perhaps now, with the spending republican party, I can finally send her to K-9 school to study ESL.
Damocles Tunnel ceiling panels. Thanks for the best laugh I've had all day. :)
This round's on me.
I GUESS IT REALLY "STICKS TO YOUR RIBS", THOUGH........
Back in about '75 when Krazy Glue was new on the market, I was at a friend's house where we were testing it out on some broken stuff and amazed at how well it worked. After they finished with it they left the tube on the coffee table. Their 2-3 year old son had seen us "playing" with it and so wanted to play with it, too! He grabbed it, tightly of course, and the glue squirted out all over his hand. I reached to stop him and of course immediately got glued to him, hand to hand and tube all in one! He freaked out and started screaming and yelling and trying to pull away. We spen the next 2 hours with nail polish remover trying to separate the little hand and the tube and my hand. Being glued to a yelling screaming 2 year old should be classified as torture............
Tell me more about Gorilla Glue. I have a wall fountain that I am determined to repair. The receptacle is some sort of fiber glass and it leaks because it was dropped at some point. My poor husband has repaired it about 8 times with Bondo and it is almost water-tight, but I still have a slight drip.
The water receptacle is a quarter round, and the surface is uneven. I am concerned that if there still is an invisble crack somewhere, that water will get in and changes of temperature will open the crack again.
I'm looking for a material to coat the whole inside that will seal it. Then I'll paint it with Rustoleum.
We were going to try auto undercoating, but would this Gorilla Glue form a water-tight seal that could be painted?
See #55. Thanks.
LOL Good one!
I guess I'm over cautious, but I would always assume this sort of stuff is hazardous to dogs and kids. I keep mine on my workbench in the garage.
susie
Ungh...I can think of many happier ways of passing an afternoon, that's fer sure!
Poor kid...and poor you! Betcha he didn't do that again anytime soon, though...
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