List of weirdest ingestions of 2010
Pets eat weird things. Everyone knows that, especially veterinarians. But the full extent of the issue is sometime hard to appreciate. Luckily, pet health insurance provider Veterinary Pet Insurance (VPI) has compiled a list of the year’s oddest foreign body ingestion claims from dogs and cats.
According to the company, the pets that ingested the following reported items "made full recoveries and received insurance reimbursements for eligible expenses." VPI said that its policyholders spent close to $3 million for treatment of pets that had ingested non-edible objects. Some highlights:
| jellyfish | pseudoephedrine/sponge/snail poison/tampon | extension cord |
| estrogen patch/make-up brush | light bulb | leash/3 sticks of butter |
| dead poisoned vole | Frisbee | TV remote control |
| bikini | jumper cables | 10 quarters/one penny/one Canadian coin/three arcade tokens |
| glass Christmas ornament | razor blades | eye glasses |
| bed sheet | uncooked rice (1 pound) | money (paper) |
| box of pencils | squirrel | oil-soaked dirt |
| tent door | bird (whole) | rosary crucifix |
| watch | butter/sand | 25 to 30 soiled diapers |
| 16 steel wool pads | deer antler (partial) |