looking for info on intesten surgery ( obstipation) asap

Iv got a 16 month old dog who needs surgery on his intestine because he ate a collar. Didn't shit nor ate in 54 houres now.
Its very unfortunate as im about to go on an important trip this weekend. Surgery will be about 800 dollar. To be honest I don't have so much to spend at the moment and I don't know if the dog is even worth it. Still considering getting it done.

I read sometimes they have to remove intestine partially too. Does anyone have experience with such surgery, how was the recovery and did the dog experience any negative effect in his life after? Racing is the only purpose for this dog.

Have you given the dog some mineral oil? B.Baily told me to give it to a dog that did the same thing. I thought he was joking . Within 8 hours he started shiting the collar out little. It worked for me. Good luck

R.I.P my friend

Thanks for your answer loot. I will have to inject it with a syringe , how much cc should i give at a time?

I found my note on it. 15cc of Mineral oil and a can of dog food. Hope it works... Your welcome

Sure will give it a try, he eats nothing though. Boiled some chicken for him, wont even take a small piece. Will try to inject 15 ml into his troath. probably best a mixture with some water to prevent it lubing his thoath?

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Originally Posted by Nut

Sure will give it a try, he eats nothing though. Boiled some chicken for him, wont even take a small piece. Will try to inject 15 ml into his troath. probably best a mixture with some water to prevent it lubing his thoath?

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Seen this work mineral oil I tried it but didnt use enuff dog would shit but not the chunk of kong ball he had in him at same time buddy used a whole bottle on his male that eat his water bucket both dogs drop to near death I had my vet put mines down as i felt it was to much for him! My buddy kept pumping his with mineral oil and his passed the blockage!!
Internal damage is done had a dog named Garners king who was the great grandfather to my male never be shown because of his run in with a kong ball also might have been a good thing as he could give u a bulldog even when bred to a rabbit!

Damn.

If it don't suck bad enough to spend that kind of money on a dog who hasn't proven himself, and bring a scarred dog into the vet, internal damage would make it all for nothing.

Dog won't come out of his crate this morning. Will need to make the call now.

Nah ill get surgery done in a few hours. Hope cost and damage will be as low as can be.

What you should have done is given him hydrogen peroxide the moment you knew he ate the collar, then he would have vomited it out.

The only reason you need part of the intestines removed is if you do exactly what you did: wait too long which allows the gut to rot.

An Intussusception is when the intestine devours itself, usually caused by eating something long, like a collar.

RULES:

1) If you catch the problem right away (as in you know for sure he JUST ate the bad thing to eat), use hydrogen peroxide to make him vomit it out immediately.

2) If you realize something's wrong, but it's a few hours later, THEN use mineral oil, to facilitate the ease of passing all the way through the intestinal tract.

3) If the dog doesn't pass the object within 24 hours, get him to a vet and perform surgery, otherwise, YES he will have to get part of his gut removed, and may die while you sit on your add and wait too long.

Jack

Hydrogen peroxide worked for me when one I have ate a scotchbrite pad. Worked within 2 minutes!