Karen I'm surprised it flushed. One of mine accidently I think flushed a pencil and it got stuck, I had to take the whole toliet off to get it out. DH was working third shift and told me it would be a good learning experience for me and went to bed
but I got it done. One of them also flushed a regular wood clothes pin when they were like 3 it was easier to remove, it did not get down as far, so I could hook it with a straightened clothes hanger. I'm sure there have been lots of things that have gone down that I haven't found out about because they didn't cause an immediate problem.