He is still a bit slow. He had a small poop.
He will have mineral oil with some wet food every hour if all goes well and also have the IV in place with a collar so he does not pull it off.
The vet was a bit shock that the most bones had vanished from his gut.
He barked at the staff when they had lunch, he has a good view of the lunch room.
So Ariane, your dog did not have the surgery and they are hoping the blockage will pass with the addition of mineral oil?
It sounds like he is doing really well, so happy to hear this.
I have been following along since you posted. Sending out well wishes for everything to normalize soon.
He sounds like he is in good spirits and sounds like he might be hungry, sending a message to the staff when they were eating!
Kind of funny they were shocked at the bones becoming digested.
Are they opposed to raw feeding?
There are critical narrow places in the GI tract. The opening from the stomach to the small intestine. The place where we have an appendix is another one, the ileo-cecal junction, where small bowel meets large. Food can "hang up" in either place, especially if it's mixed with a little grass or whatever. Some dogs can develop a telescoping of one part of the intestine into the next part too, this can just happen from "bad luck" even if the dog is just eating kibble. (intussusception) Worms had cause that too.
Sounds like your dog is going to avoid the knife, which is terrific. IV fluid is really helpful with this, keeps everything moist and moving. Antibiotics to help with any penetration of the bowel is good too. Don't be thinking you should have just ignored that vomit that smelled like stool and waited and things would have been fine. Ain't necessarily so...
I hope all is well. Sounds like a close one!
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