So I was going over whatever I thought he was into the last day or so. We encountered a dead mouse on our walk Saturday, he sniffed it before I saw what it was, but did not lick or ingest it. He might have swallowed a wad of hair that I accidentally left on the lower shelf after hand stripping him a bit on the floor. I gave him 1/2 a pig's ear on Friday. Finally Sunday I was doing some gardening and threw a handful of stones on the pathway in the garden. Ozzy was playing with the stones, moving them with his paws, but at one point I accidentally threw them in his direction and I was worried one got down his throat.
I was so worried he had swallowed a rock or something solid that was causing a half blockage thanks to Dr.Google
I never knew how dangerous it was to swallow a rock, I mean it's obvious it would cause issues, but I didn't know how easy it was for a dog to swallow them. So this morning we were lucky the vet had a cancellation at 11am. I brought him in and got xrays and bloodwork. It felt like a really long wait to find out the results of the xrays, but they revealed nothing but bubbles (gas) and possibly a slow moving soft object (through his intestines) that was causing built up gas and making him nauseated and feeling like poop. No rocks luckily.
He has anti-nausea and anti reflux meds. The vet administered the anti vomit meds there and when we got back he was walking around slowly in the garden, grabbed a couple toys to carry around and ate 1/4 the can of gastro wet food I got from the vet.
He was seeming very lethargic this morning (like worse than yesterday) and refusing his food, so I was getting really worried, but feel so much better that we did all the tests and found a potential reason why he's been under the weather. I'd say he is 50% better after the anti-nausea meds.
If he doesn't improve by tomorrow, the vet will test for pancreatitis (because of the pig's ear), but she's fairly certain it's the gas bubbles.
So a lesson for me! No more high fat pig's ears. No more playing with the rocks. It was very stressful for us this morning since he was not doing any better. It was reminiscent of what happened with our elderly girl in 2020, so not a good feeling. But I told my SO he is a young pup, he'll be fine. Still quite a scare! I learned my lesson, live and learn!
and he often has the rabbit ears with all the hair on too.
