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Location: Arkansas | Karen, wait and see is the right approach for now. Watch for vomiting. He may puke it back up or he may pass it with no issues. If he starts vomiting, take him in. |
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Location: The end of the Earth, SE AR | Three4luck, yeah it's Dr. P |
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Location: 100 miles from Nowhere, AR | rollingrfarm - 2014-01-23 4:05 PM
Three4luck, yeah it's Dr. P
He's not one for unnecessary interventions. Personally, I would trust him on this. |
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Location: In the Hills of Texas | Our Am Staff swallowed a whole squirrel, tail and all. We were lucky to see her do it and I dosed her with hydrogen peroxide until she threw it up. Of course...from the time it happened and when he got back with you was too long.
Like others said..vomiting is your big clue that you would need to take him in.
Hugs and prayers it all comes out okay.
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| My old Border Collie used to eat underwear intact all the time (like probably once a month...) and it came out in one piece just the way it went in... She lived to be 16. I honestly wouldn't worry that much! lol |
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Location: Where Governor's make the liscense plates | Stay with canned food only! until you see it pass. I would ask your vet if they have any laxitone its a pet laxative. My vet just had to use this on her dog(lab). make sure he goes for walks to move it through- with his size I'm sure he could take an adult laxative pill too? just lube that stuffed toy through best of luck, remember if you find him loosing appetite not pooping and vomiting go straight to the vet! |
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Location: Florida.. | Blueridgedreaming - 2014-01-23 4:27 PM Watch for vomiting! If he vomits this could mean he has a blockage, which is the main concern in swallowing a toy. The toy will not show up on radiographs, however if he does get blocked.. you can see the pattern in the stomach and it will not appear normal. A vet should be able to tell in the next day or so on a radiograph is the intestines are blocked. If so, emergency surgery will be required to remove the toy.
ditto.. you will see the bowel and pattern and if its complete or partailly blocked. |
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Location: The end of the Earth, SE AR | Thanks everyone. I will keep you posted. |
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Location: Stuck in a cubicle having tropical thoughts | My co-workers Collie like to swallow babies socks. He usually pukes them up 3 days later.
My husky has swallowed and entire mouse, whole, while it was still alive with no problem. She's also stolen my mom's Chihuahua's rawhide chewer sticks and swallows them whole. I thought she'd be sick for sure but nope, no problem. She also swallows horse hooves all the time and people always say she's gonna get really sick and puke all over the house and it never happens.
My nephews used to swallow marbles and pennies when they were toddlers and my cousin would find them a day or two later in their diapers! LOL! |
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Location: In The Land of Cotton | Morning update? |
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Location: The end of the Earth, SE AR | Because of my sinus infection and meds, I did not wake up last night when Jim let Ruger out . Jim let him out and said Ruger was outside for at least 20 minutes around 3:30 am. It was 15 degrees out and Jim said there was no way he'd watch the dog outside in the middle of the night at that temp.
I am at work today and couldn't bring Ruger with me, but Jim is off today and keeping an eye on him. This morning I fed him more baked sweet potatoes mixed with canned yams before I left. When I get home tonight I'm going to look around the yard and the edge of the woods where he (Ruger, not Jim) likes to go to the bathroom.
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Location: In The Land of Cotton | rollingrfarm - 2014-01-24 11:59 AM Because of my sinus infection and meds, I did not wake up last night when Jim let Ruger out . Jim let him out and said Ruger was outside for at least 20 minutes around 3:30 am. It was 15 degrees out and Jim said there was no way he'd watch the dog outside in the middle of the night at that temp.
I am at work today and couldn't bring Ruger with me, but Jim is off today and keeping an eye on him. This morning I fed him more baked sweet potatoes mixed with canned yams before I left. When I get home tonight I'm going to look around the yard and the edge of the woods where he (Ruger, not Jim) likes to go to the bathroom.
To make you laugh a little - I guess we at Barrel Horse World are praying for poop then.
He probably passed it when it was 15 out. |
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Location: In the Hills of Texas | If I'm not mistaken..It takes at least 24 hours to pass food or non food eaten. |
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Location: MD | I hope your doggie pood out that toy! |
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Location: West Tennessee | Nevertooold - 2014-01-24 12:34 PM If I'm not mistaken..It takes at least 24 hours to pass food or non food eaten.
I think you're close at least since it's usually the next day that we find whatever colorful disgusting thing Duke has consumed recently.
Karen, I totally understand your concern and I hope he's going to be just fine. I know Duke hasn't haad an issue YET & I swanney he eats anything & everything he get away with. |
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Location: Near San Antonio, TX | Frodo - 2014-01-23 2:02 PM I had a dog eat the thigh bone of a chicken whole. My plan was for him to eat the meat off but he managed to gulp the whole thing down before I could stop him. No problem whatsoever. He was a huge dog too. Hope everything is okay with yours.
I had a dog swallow a beef short rib bone whole. She had to have it surgically removed from her stomach. Vet said it's easier on them to have it removed while still in stomach, then "wait and see" then have to remove it from intestines. She recovered quick and completely. |
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Location: Sunny California | Years ago my Doberman ate a mens tubesock and passed it a couple of days later. |
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Location: Texas | pookey - 2014-01-24 9:17 PM Years ago my Doberman ate a mens tubesock and passed it a couple of days later.
My Doberman has eaten many things... she ate an entire fitted crib sheet just this year (she left the elastic). We had white poop all over the yard for a little while.
Our vet uses the wait and see, they do xrays though every now and then to track its progress. If the dog starts acting sick or the object isn't moving they will go in and take it out. |
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| I had big dog that ate her own nylon collar. It took about 3 days, but she finally started passing it (it was in pieces). It took about 3 days after that for her to get all of the pieces out.
The vet told me that as long as she was still feeling good and eating well not to worry because she would pass it. And she did! Scary though.......... |
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Location: The end of the Earth, SE AR | He threw up the toy at 7 am this morning on the bedroom carpet. YIPPEE! |
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