Be sure to avoid stuffed toys
with plastic eyes or buttons, ribbons, yarn, or bells to eliminate potential choking hazards.
Small parts of games, stuffed animals (think
of plastic eyes, for instance), batteries and more can result in an emergency trip to the veterinary hospital.
If it is a plush toy, watch out
for plastic eyes or noses that are sewn or glued on.
With brands like Ubbi, a diapering station in the nursery no longer has to be a disorganized,
plastic eye sore!
If you're looking at a soft toy that has
plastic eyes sewn on, find another that either has no eyes at all or nothing that can be ripped off and swallowed as a choking hazard.
Toys with removable parts — like squeaky toys or stuffed animals
with plastic eyes — can pose a choking hazard to animals.
Avoid ones with ribbons,
plastic eyes, yarn, or anything that can be pulled off and put into your child's mouth.
Fun tip - instead of buying
the plastic eyes, simply use a hand hole punch to cut two perfect circles out of white paper and use a black marker!
Make sure to remove
any plastic eyes, nose or buttons that can be easily swallowed.
Look for plush toys that are durable and that do not have
plastic eyes and noses, as these are potential choking hazards.
Toys that are not safe for this area when you are gone include tennis balls, rope toys, toys that are shorter than about double the length of the puppy's snout, and stuffed toys that have glass or
plastic eyes and noses, Barlow said.
Ribbons, bells,
plastic eyes, noses, and whatever other doodads are attached to that cute little toy are simply something to be ripped off, chewed up, and sometimes swallowed.
If so, go ahead and remove them now so your Miniature Schnauzer does not ingest them / This includes things like ribbons, strings, adornments,
plastic eyes, and so forth.
Additionally, make sure the toy doesn't have small parts that are easy to swallow, such as buttons, strings, and
plastic eyes.
One big difference between
a plastic eye and a glass eye is that tears run more beautifully over glass.