Dog ate chinchilla kit dry formula - safe?

[greychins]

So... I was cleaning cages today and when I got to the cage with the kits, I took out the food bowl and the smaller bowl which I was putting some of the dry formula mix for the kits in... and thought nothing of it (put it on the floor next to the cage). Fastforward several hours and I have a friend over, who notices "my dog is eating something by the one chin cage." Normally she eats stray pellets... but this time she completely downed a huge bowl of pellets (maybe 2 cups worth) and maybe 5-6 Tbsp of the dry kit supplement.

She's acting normal and everything.. and I know the pellets should be ok for her (she hoovers them all the time off the floor), as well as the baby oatmeal/rice cereal, but I wasn't so sure about the goat milk replacer, as I recall that it says on the bag (just as an example) don't feed to sheep because it contains copper, and I guess sheep shouldn't have copper? Which makes me wonder if there are other animals it could be bad for...

This is the stuff - http://www.tractorsupply.com/livest...-kid-reg-goat-kid-milk-replacer-8-lb--2211217

Ingredients: Dried whey protein concentrate, dried whey, dried whey product, animal fat (preserved with BHA, BHT, citric acid & ethoxyquin), lecithin, ethoxylated mono-diglycerides, propylene glycol, calcium carbonate, L-lysine, DL-methionine, sodium silico aluminate, dicalcium phosphate, ferrous sulfate, artificial flavor, magnesium sulfate, choline chloride, vitamin E supplement, vitamin A supplement, zinc sulfate, maltodextrin, vitamin D3 supplement, manganese sulfate, ascorbic acid, niacin supplement, biotin, calcium pantothenate, copper sulfate, vitamin B12 supplement, sodium selenite, folic acid, riboflavin supplement, thiamine mononitrate, cobalt sulfate, mineral oil, menadione sodium bisulfite complex (source of vitamin K activity), pyridoxine hydrochloride.

I would assume with the small amount she ate, I'm likely overreacting and she's probably fine, but I thought I'd ask to be on the safe side.

 

[soysauce]

i just did a quick search and found this website http://www.animalrescuegroup.com/articles/dog_food_chemicals.html
there are several from that list in the kit formula. you said she didnt eat that much right? I would say that your puppy should be fine as long as you dont notice any nausea or other symptoms. you can however induce vomiting if you are that concerned.

 

[starleomach]

sheep can't handle copper there was a whole discussion at the shindig last year or the year before about trace minerals and how delicate of a balance they really are. The dog should be fine though. I wouldn't worry too much

 

[greychins]

Ok, good to hear. Yeah my dog appears fine and is acting normal, and she only ate a few Tbsp, not a ton, so I imagine she's fine, but good to hear other people think so as well.

 

[chinnychinchinchilla]

it should be fine. my dogs are always getting into stuff they shouldnt. we live in florida and wild lizards love our fence in our backyard, sometimes the dogs will find dead ones and try to eat them. they never get sick so she should be fine.

 

[GorillaJTA]

OMG!!! It has ascorbic acid in it!!! Be very careful!!! That stuff can be deadly in the wrong amounts.

JK! Ascorbic acid is just vitamin C. Your dog should be fine. I would worry more about his stomach being upset from the amount of fiber.

 

[greychins]

LOL for a second there I was like wait, isn't that vitamin C? Haha. I used to have degus and I'd sprinkle some ascorbic acid on their food so they'd have enough in their diet...

Just to note, since this was a little over a week ago that this happened, nothing ended up happening, my dog has since eaten and pood and acted like a normal dog, so apparently no harm no foul.