Button battery
Also called: disc battery · coin cell battery · lithium button battery · CR2032 · alkaline battery · dry cell battery · watch battery
Dog
Dangerous
Described signs
drooling, mouth pain and pawing at the muzzle, agitation or aggression from the pain, vomiting, diarrhea, refusing food, tremors and laboured breathing; mouth ulcers may not show for hours, and if the battery lodges in the gullet there is gagging and trouble swallowing. A single 3-volt lithium button battery can burn through the gullet in 15 to 30 minutes of contact, and it does not have to break open or leak: it burns by the current it passes. A mouth that looks normal rules nothing out
Cat
Dangerous
Described signs
drooling, mouth pain and pawing at the muzzle, refusing food, vomiting, painful swallowing and low energy, with mouth and gullet ulcers that may appear hours later; with the battery lodged in the gullet, repeated gagging and trouble swallowing or breathing. A single 3-volt lithium button battery can burn through the gullet in 15 to 30 minutes of contact, and it does not have to break open or leak: it burns by the current it passes. A mouth that looks normal rules nothing out
This is a compendium of public veterinary sources, not a diagnosis. The weight of your pet changes what a dose means.
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