This puppy is determined to cause himself digestive distress.
In October he stopped eating and drinking and had various digestive symptoms (I’ll spare you the details). The vet suspected an obstruction but the X-ray and ultrasound were inconclusive (this seems to be the story of my life, btw). A few days later, the culprit was found: he’d been chewing on the towel we left him as a bed in his crate and he’d swallowed a two-inch square piece. We took the towel away and instead bought him a comfy bed for daytime use, when we can keep an eye on him.
This month he again stopped eating and drinking and had various digestive symptoms, but not as severe as last time. The vet ruled out parasites and Addison’s disease (the disease that killed our last dog, Miss Phee). A few days of a bland diet and anti-inflammatory meds later, we again found the culprit. A big chunk from a rope toy. While healing from that obstruction, he ate a hole into the corner of the comfy bed and ate some stuffing. We knew he’d gotten at the stuffing, but didn’t know he’d swallowed any until we found the evidence outside.
So, the poor thing can’t be left alone on his comfy bed and can’t have anything warm, cozy, or soft overnight in his crate. We also have to restrict the types of toys he can have.
[Here he’s pictured on the comfy bed we have to keep taking away from him for repairs with one of his safe toys.]
Share something frustrating about your fur baby in the comments. Any puppy troubles (or kitty, bunny, bird, fish, etc. troubles)? Good thing we love them, am I right?
Hi,
I think you will enjoy this. We have a malamute/shepherd mix. He is always eating tissues and strings off of rope toys. He eats just about most toys we get and he can have some very colorful poops. Our husky/shepherd mix howls at the Simpson’s, family guy and of Wentworth commercials. Of course it gets the other two going so we have three large dogs howling for several minutes.
We have an African gray parrot. We she is a character. I could write a book about het antics. One of my favorite thing she did was fool all of us. We were told she was a MALE parrot when we bought her. Even the vet thought she was a male barring a anal probing that would be definitive. He didn’t think it was need. So for 22 years we assumed that We had a male parrot until one morning she started acting strange. I was going to take HIM to the vet after I put the girls on the school bus. Well next thing we know there’s is an egg almost shaped like a goofball and just as big at the bottom of the cage. SHE looks at the egg from her perch and says “ooohhhh” and “Taz a good boy”.
3 large dogs?! Wow, more power to you. And your parrot sounds like a hoot! I didn’t know it takes them 22 years to produce an egg. Thanks for sharing! -Tori