They ate what?!

Chloe Beattie
Greencross vets southport

Patient: Bella
Maltese x poodle

Owner works from home- patient insisted on “helping mum” with paperwork.
Vomiting, painful abdomen on palpitation.

Shakira
Fur Life Vet Highton

Patient: Daisy
Golden Retriever

Puppy came in for first vaccination, during welcome puppy snuggles.. Daisy decided to have a nibble on one of our staff members ears and in a flash of a second. Her earring went missing… we found it on Xray though! Staff member has since had it returned, cleaned and wears them everyday

Joan Ray
Pet Stock Vet Rouse Hill

Patient: Abby
Irish Wolfhound X

Catch of the day! Caught, tagged and released.

Dog swallowed a fish hook managed to fish out in time, no pun intended!

Euan McKenzie
Falcon Vet

Patient: Bo
Labrador

Spring is here!

5 mo Lab pup presented after 2d V+. Concern for FB as scavenges from owners yard. Rads showed large spring in descending colon. Ex-lap to check if will be able to pass – milked out per rectum without having to do enterotomy. Bo back to full health very quickly.

Dr David Kim
Racecourse Road Veterinary Clinic

Patient: Audrey and Hudson
Labrador

Audrey (6m F) is a black Labrador who decided to do some late night home maintenance and ate her way through the wall into her owner’s art room that was under construction at the time. A gift was left at the front door to let her owner know the works were done… a mangled pin cushion..surely she wouldn’t eat a pin, right? Audrey was taken to the doggy doctor where she had x-rays performed and confirmed that in fact, yes…yes she would eat a pin…or 3! She headed straight into surgery to remove the offending hardware…Only for her owner to return home and find a deconstructed pin cassette in the yard. Introducing Hudson…Audrey’s fellow friend, a one year old yellow lab who was swiftly loaded into the car after a little deliberation on whether she was that unlucky to have two dogs that enjoyed haberdashery. X-rays on Hudson revealed that he not only ate 2 pins, but that he had also started a little internal zen rock garden! So off to surgery for him too.
Fast forward 4 years and the answer is yes and no… Yes, Hudson has learnt his lesson and has not eaten any more inanimate objects.. Audrey? No, no she has not learn’t her lesson. She is the dog that has eaten Christmas, scrunchies, hair ties, socks, kids toys, cardboard and anything that isn’t screwed down. Touch wood and cross your fingers and toes, She has not had to have her zipper opened again.
How do we know so much about these dogs…Well, they are owned by one of our very own nurses of course!

Madi
CVC

Patient: Deja
Weimaraner

My sister’s 6mth old pup was presented to me lethargic and off her food for one day. Being a cheeky puppy I knew she’d probably eaten something. So off to work we went to do some X-rays. They were highly suggestive of something in her stomach or small intestines. Upon exlap we found the issue immediately, what felt like material in her stomach and small intestine. The whole clinic was taking guesses for what it could be but nobody guessed correctly. Deja had eaten an entire CHUX CLEANING CLOTH ROLL!! It came out like a magicians hat… never ending!

Jeffrey
UVTHS

Patient: Molly
DSH

Presented with urethral obstruction. Routine unblocking but when I took x-rays to screen for stones, I realised that stones weren’t the only thing I should be worried about..

Shari
Falcon Vet

Patient: Bo
Labrador

Bo, 5 month old Labrador likes to snack on inappropriate things (known to enjoy munching on sticks, rocks and snails). Presented to clinic after vomiting for a few days.
X-ray showed he had eaten a clothes peg! An ex-lap was undertaken and the peg was removed. Bo is recovering well 🙂

Emma
The Wild Vet

Patient: Lady
Carpet Python

Lady swallowed tongs while being fed a rat. She was scheduled for surgery the following day, but luckily regurgitated the tongs herself overnight!

Rebecca
Tullamarine Animal Hospital

Patient: Henry
British Bulldog

Owners believed that Henry had eaten a TV remote control. X-ray confirmed. Exlap preformed to remove rubber cover off tv remote. Henry is doing well and not allowed to choose the TV shows anymore.

Alex
Sash

Patient: Nala
Ragdoll

Was actually done at my last clinic but this is one of my favourite X-rays to date. She presented for vomiting and lethargy. A little quick X-ray confirmed our suspicions but was not what we were expecting to see… a BUG on X-ray! After a routine exlap to remove the foreign body we discovered it was a plastic ladybug toy!

Louise Hutton
VETS ON PARKER
DSH

Young otherwise healthy cat, not a known scavenger who has ongoing vomiting. X-ray showed obvious obstruction. Exlap performed, removed a $2 coin.

Alice Gough
Station Street Veterinary Clinic

Patient: Blu
Curly Coated Retriever

Patient presented for coughing, drooling and not himself. X-rays revealed a fish hook embedded in his tongue

Steph Crocker
Glenelg Vet

Patient: Maddy
Irish setter

This is one way to deliver an insulin dosage. Maddy was jealous of her brothers diabetes so she ate the insulin syringe needle (left the syringe in pieces). She has now done this on two occasions. Needle passed fine in her faeces.

Jill MacGibbon
NSVets

Patient: Maggie
Springer Spaniel

Caught red-handed with a pin cushion!

Tess Hosking
Palmyra Vet Hospital

Patient: Winnie
Rottweiler X

Winnie decided to chew up a very sharp kitchen knife and swallow part of it. Luckily it was retrieved via scope without any further issue!

Tess Hosking
Palmyra Vet

Patient: Winnie
Rottweiler X

Winnie decided to eat a tin of tuna (tin included).
When she was made to vomit she also threw up my wallet, which had been missing a few days.

Bec
Weston creek veterinary hospital

Patient: Edith Joy
Mini Bull Terrier

Edith decided a fish hook was the latest gourmet treat, shame it’s one that definitely doesn’t belong in her stomach.