Pet Beagle wolfs down stapler pins, 100+ got out of tummy after surgery

That innocuous-looking stapler pin can prove dangerous if you have a pet at home. A pet dog swallowed at least 100 stapler pins which were extricated through surgery. The stapler pins were lodged all over the dog’s innards, reports Alex Fernandes. Nandi, an 11-month-old Beagle, is a “very curious, naughty fellow”. This is how his pet parent Neeti Dalvi describes him. It was just another ordinary day at home recently when the dog strolled into one of the rooms of the Chembur home, fished out the packet of pins from the bottom drawer of a cupboard and ingested them.

Finding stapler pins strewn on the floor, Dalvi checked for any sign of trouble, but found none—no injury in or around the mouth, not to the paws either. A few hours later, all hell broke loose. The pet started retching. Then, he threw up; and eight or nine stapler pins could be seen. “It was terrifying,” is how the pet parent described the moment. Nandi was taken to the vet’s. An x-ray showed pins lodged all over in the tummy, said Dr Atul Patil, head veterinarian at Dynamic Multispecialty Pet Clinic, Wadala. The canine was wheeled into surgery that went on for almost four hours.