# GAH! My dog was chewing on a bottle of trombone lube, and I don't know what's in it!
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gah-my-dog-was-chewing-on-a-bottle-of-trombone-lube-and-i-dont-know-whats-in-it/290910
**Category:** Factual Questions
**Created:** [February 19, 2005, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gah-my-dog-was-chewing-on-a-bottle-of-trombone-lube-and-i-dont-know-whats-in-it/290910 "2005-02-19T17:43:28Z")
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### Author:  [@papergirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/papergirl)
#### Post date: [February 19, 2005, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gah-my-dog-was-chewing-on-a-bottle-of-trombone-lube-and-i-dont-know-whats-in-it/290910/1 "2005-02-19T17:43:28Z")
Any ideas? I don’t think he got much out of the bottle–you have to squeeze it out drop by drop, but I’m still worried. Checked the website with no luck on finding an ingredient list.
It’s Slide-o-mix Rapid Comfort trombone lubricant - all in one-, according to the label. It has a pearly sheen to it.
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### Author:  [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)
#### Post date: [February 19, 2005, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gah-my-dog-was-chewing-on-a-bottle-of-trombone-lube-and-i-dont-know-whats-in-it/290910/2 "2005-02-19T17:47:04Z")
There is, however, a note under the product description on the website, which reads:
> [@](#):
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> By judgement of the health authorities in Germany, it is “non toxic for human beings and it is non irritant to mucous membranes”. “No sanitary objections against this or against the complete formula exists.”
I think your pooch is safe.
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### Author:  [@Metacom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Metacom)
#### Post date: [February 19, 2005, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gah-my-dog-was-chewing-on-a-bottle-of-trombone-lube-and-i-dont-know-whats-in-it/290910/3 "2005-02-19T17:54:25Z")
And if **Q.E.D.**'s word isn’t good enough for you, there’s always [Animal Poison Control](http://www.aspca.org/site/PageServer?pagename=apcc). They’re not cheap ($50 a call), but you’ll get to speak to a veterinarian (veterinary toxocologist) with access to a lot of data almost instantly. I used them once when **Metadog** drank a bottle of clipper lubricant (turns out petroleum distillate isn’t that big a deal for healthy animals in moderate amounts), and was pleased with the service…
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### Author:  [@papergirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/papergirl)
#### Post date: [February 19, 2005, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gah-my-dog-was-chewing-on-a-bottle-of-trombone-lube-and-i-dont-know-whats-in-it/290910/4 "2005-02-19T17:54:33Z")
Oh, thank you thank you thankyou. I was in such a panic I totally missed that section. [wipes away tears of relief]
I feel so much better. Now I have to go pet him and tell him he’s going to survive.
🙂
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### Author:  [@daffyduck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/daffyduck)
#### Post date: [February 19, 2005, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gah-my-dog-was-chewing-on-a-bottle-of-trombone-lube-and-i-dont-know-whats-in-it/290910/5 "2005-02-19T17:56:45Z")
_I think your pooch is safe._
If not your carpet… he may have lubricated himself 😛
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### Author:  [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)
#### Post date: [February 19, 2005, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gah-my-dog-was-chewing-on-a-bottle-of-trombone-lube-and-i-dont-know-whats-in-it/290910/6 "2005-02-19T17:56:54Z")
My God! Your dog sounds fantastic!
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### Author:  [@The\_Hamster\_King](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Hamster_King)
#### Post date: [February 19, 2005, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gah-my-dog-was-chewing-on-a-bottle-of-trombone-lube-and-i-dont-know-whats-in-it/290910/7 "2005-02-19T21:22:36Z")
I have nothing to add.
I just like saying “Slide-o-mix Rapid Comfort Trombone Lubricant.”
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### Author:  [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)
#### Post date: [February 19, 2005, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gah-my-dog-was-chewing-on-a-bottle-of-trombone-lube-and-i-dont-know-whats-in-it/290910/8 "2005-02-19T23:49:24Z")
That is good, isn’t it? I think “lubricate the trombone” is a euphemism just ripe to enter the vernacular.
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### Author:  [@blowero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blowero)
#### Post date: [February 20, 2005, 8:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gah-my-dog-was-chewing-on-a-bottle-of-trombone-lube-and-i-dont-know-whats-in-it/290910/9 "2005-02-20T08:57:13Z")
Watch your dog for the following symptoms:
- Behind the beat
- Out of tune
- Missed entrance
- Too loud/can’t hear the strings
- Doesn’t swing
- Talks during rehearsal
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### Author:  [@blowero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blowero)
#### Post date: [February 20, 2005, 8:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gah-my-dog-was-chewing-on-a-bottle-of-trombone-lube-and-i-dont-know-whats-in-it/290910/10 "2005-02-20T08:59:18Z")
- Constantly drops mutes on floor
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### Author:  [@flodnak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flodnak)
#### Post date: [February 20, 2005, 9:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gah-my-dog-was-chewing-on-a-bottle-of-trombone-lube-and-i-dont-know-whats-in-it/290910/11 "2005-02-20T09:41:09Z")
> [@blowero](#):
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> - Behind the beat
> - Out of tune
> - Missed entrance
> - Too loud/can’t hear the strings
> - Doesn’t swing
> - Talks during rehearsal
_\_ What are ‘Things The Freaking Trumpet Players Do And Then Blame On The Trombone Section?’ Right, then I’ll take Musical Knowledge for 400, Alex.
(We did not talk during rehearsal. We launched tiddlywinks at the kettle drums. That’s an important distinction.)
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### Author:  [@pullin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pullin)
#### Post date: [February 20, 2005, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gah-my-dog-was-chewing-on-a-bottle-of-trombone-lube-and-i-dont-know-whats-in-it/290910/12 "2005-02-20T16:06:47Z")
“Slide-o-mix Rapid Comfort Trombone Lubricant”
Way more fun than having a bottle of Pond’s Cold Cream in your case, eh?
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### Author:  [@Archergal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Archergal)
#### Post date: [February 20, 2005, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gah-my-dog-was-chewing-on-a-bottle-of-trombone-lube-and-i-dont-know-whats-in-it/290910/13 "2005-02-20T21:51:56Z")
> [@Metacom](#):
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> And if **Q.E.D.**'s word isn’t good enough for you, there’s always [Animal Poison Control](http://www.aspca.org/site/PageServer?pagename=apcc). They’re not cheap ($50 a call), but you’ll get to speak to a veterinarian (veterinary toxocologist) with access to a lot of data almost instantly. I used them once when **Metadog** drank a bottle of clipper lubricant (turns out petroleum distillate isn’t that big a deal for healthy animals in moderate amounts), and was pleased with the service…
FTR, the manufacturers of some products will pay for the cost of inquiring whether their product is poisonous or not. I called a couple of years ago when my dog drank out of the Christmas tree holder. We’d put some of that Christmas tree preservative stuff in the water, and we wanted to know if it was toxic or not. We had to give our credit card info up front, but the product was one covered by the manufacturer, and we ended up not having to pay for the call.
The relevant quote from
[the web page:](http://www.aspca.org/site/PageServer?pagename=apcc_phonenumber)
> [@](#):
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> Animal Product Safety Service Products
> When the call involves a product covered by the Animal Product Safety Service, the product manufacturer will absorb the cost of the call; thus there is no cost to the caller.