Denver – who likes chewing the cardboard from bathroom rolls – had a brush with catastrophe when he wolfed down fish bones he scavenged at the beach.
Adorable sprocker spaniel Denver swallowed the sharp bones when his owner Samantha Wilkie had her back turned for simply a number of seconds.
The bones lodged in his belly and wouldn’t budge – leaving food-obsessed Denver, who has had a string of accidents, at danger of a perforated colon and harmful shock.
He was hurried to Vets Now, who put Denver on a drip to stop him getting dehydrated.
They administered laxatives to get his bowel to move – however the bones were lodged tight, leaving five-and-a-half-year-old Denver significantly nervous and distressed.
Then Denver was sedated and offered more powerful laxatives – which lastly was successful in clearing his blocked intestinal tracts of a big quantity of fish vertebrae.
Warning to dog owners at the beach
Emergency Vet Dave Leicester, head of telehealth at Vets Now, says this is a suggestion for pet owners to be aware of the potential hazards when taking dogs to beaches this summertime.
Vet nurse at Vets Now Worthing, Amy Webster, said: “Denver was extremely brave, and our group had the ability to unclog him without sedation. We’re pleased he’s made a complete healing and is back to his typical self. Samantha did definitely the best thing bringing him and was extremely client, understanding and calm throughout the entire treatment. Clogged intestinal tracts can have actually severe and – often – deadly repercussions for a dog.”
“Fish bones can be particularly sharp – much shaper, for example, than a cattle bone – and that leads to a much higher risk of essential organs being punctured.”
