Wednesday, March 11, 2009

The Kong of Doom!

We had a close call last week, Oma ripped the top of a baby Kong toy off while in her Kennel and ate it, not a cool thing to come home to. Rather then panic and rush out to the vet I decided to just wait it out and see if she passed it.
After two days she had not passed it, but food and poop cycles continued as normal, so I stopped worrying about it. Three days after eating it she woke me up early one morning and puked it up whole. I feel like we dodged a bullet, this could have gotten into her intestines and been a real problem, and I don't think it would have shown up in an x-ray. I had considered getting her to vomit on the day she swallowed it, but I assumed it was already in her intestines at that point, next time I might just induce vomiting.
Needless to say, we're going up to the tougher and bigger sized Kongs.

2 comments:

  1. Ollie & Necco DESTROY the toughest Kongs around... it seems like they rip apart the supposedly heavy duty black kongs quicker than the red.

    things Ollie & Necco have thrown up:

    -whole glove
    -wood chips
    -various kong bits
    -chewed up tennis ball
    -ripped up pieces of blanket
    -bone (who knows from where)
    -paper with staples
    -grass
    -metal screw

    its amazing what they can ingest...

    -Jason

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