Bones

Re: Bones

molladog — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 08:37:21 GMT

[quote user="Ilovehorses"]I've heard of feeding bread too for these types of FB, also heard of feeding cotton wool!! Not something we've personally recommended xx

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My old practice used to recommend feeding stodgy food (bread mixed with dogs regular diet) to bind around and help push bones through. I must say it usually worked very well but this was many years ago so maybe some vets have never heard of this tx as things change....................

Re: Bones

Ilovehorses — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 22:00:05 GMT

I've heard of feeding bread too for these types of FB, also heard of feeding cotton wool!! Not something we've personally recommended xx

Re: Bones

Nicola Russell — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 20:13:41 GMT

this looks like a shar pei pup. I've known a few vets who have advised inducing vomiting in dogs that have eaten bread as they said they are at risk of bloat. I just thought that giving that amount of bread to a small dog would likely cause problems.

Re: Bones

Sal the 1st — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 19:48:06 GMT

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Just read on someones FB wall that their dog ate half a chicken with bones, apparantly she was advised by a vet to feed 8 slices of bread for 4 days to coat the shards so they pass through.

Has anyone heard of this before, as it really sounds wrong

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At risk of sounding thick why does this sound so wrong? - my practice advises something bulky to help things pass if there is no risk of penetration by a sharp piece of bone. What else is everybody doing? I suppose it depends on the size of the dog and the nature of the bone.

Re: Bones

Nicola Russell — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 19:46:08 GMT

thanks for the reply,

We've recommended a high-fibre diet for a dog that ate a sock but never heard about doing it for sharp FB's, would be concerned about a traumatic peritonitis.

Re: Bones

Katie Mansfield — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 19:09:44 GMT

Not a dog - my little brother, and this was 1976. My uncle gave us tiny glass beer tankards for Xmas and being only 3 at the time he chewed the side like he did with his beaker and swallowed a bit of glass. My mum rushed him to the hospital and they told her to feed him on bread and jam and porridge for 3 / 4 days as this would coat the glass and help it pass through. He was fine, apart from not being able to eat Xmas dinner, but then he was 3, so that probably pleased him!!!

K x