Corn on the cob incident...

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Postby pitsnok » May 21st, 2010, 3:09 pm

I am in a mild panic right now because last night Degan managed to eat half of a corn on the cob... we grilled over at a friends and the drunk boyfriend brought the last one in the car with us. He was in the back seat with the dogs and I guess didn't notice Degan had taken it. I realized and got it from him whenever it was half way gone. (I was driving so that was the best I could do!) I know googling is a terrible idea but I googled and have seen tons of horror stories about dogs getting obstructions from corn cobs. Am I overreacting or do you guys think I should be worried? UGH! I am so mad at drunk boyfriend!


PS he ate fine this morning. Not sure if he has pooped or anything yet. Right now he is just being lazy as usual. Seems like he is feeling fine.
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Postby mnp13 » May 21st, 2010, 3:25 pm

Watch him VERY closely, and monitor his poop until it passes. Corn cobs do NOT break down in their systems and end up literally like corks. They also do not show up on x-rays.

Honestly, there's a chance it could still be in his stomach if he swallowed a big chunk, so in my opinion it wouldn't be a horrible idea to give him a nice big dinner and then a big dose of hydrogen peroxide to bring everything back up. He'll give you dirty looks for the rest of the night, but it's better than the alternative.
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Postby amazincc » May 21st, 2010, 3:58 pm

Ugh... how big was the piece? I tend to agree w/Michelle, but on the other hand you don't want to induce vomiting IF it's a fairly big chunk that could choke him... :neutral:
Have you called your vet and asked them for advise?

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Postby pitsnok » May 21st, 2010, 5:47 pm

It was half of a whole corn cob... I don't know if he chewed it, but I imagine he would have had to in order to get it completely broken in half the way he did.

I think I will probably go ahead and induce vomiting. I thought about doing it earlier, but I assumed it was too long ago to count.
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Postby pitsnok » May 21st, 2010, 6:06 pm

Christine, Tanner says significant other abuse is bad and we shouldn't do that... :giggle:

Anyway, I gave him a helping of kibble, and soaked a piece of bread with hydrogen peroxide...(I guess he has learned that wet bread=throw up) so I had to give him some cheese with it to get him to eat it! But about five minutes later he threw up a few times. CORN COB included! He had chewed it so I guess it wasn't necessary but it's peace of mind!
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Postby pitbullmamaliz » May 21st, 2010, 7:07 pm

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Postby amazincc » May 21st, 2010, 7:43 pm

:clap: :D
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Postby BullyLady » May 21st, 2010, 8:26 pm

Yaaaay corn on the cob vomit! :giggle:
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Postby ParisStreetPitCrew » May 21st, 2010, 9:37 pm

Whew!

I caught Shades eating a corn cob in the backyard one morning. We gave him peroxide and he never puked. I was a wreck until it all passed like normal. Damn squirrels feeding my dogs garbage!
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Postby Malli » May 21st, 2010, 9:39 pm

If it sat in there that long, its good he vomited it up. It could have eventually worked it's way down or caused other problems. You are lucky though that it wasn't whole...
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Postby mnp13 » May 21st, 2010, 11:07 pm

My parent's dog Emma had a piece of corn cob caught between between her stomach and her small intestine - it was only about an inch long.

It plugged the opening like a cork.

I'm glad you decided to get it out! YAY!
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Postby pitsnok » May 21st, 2010, 11:31 pm

Hopefully none of it passed and gets stuck. I know that's a long shot, but I don't feel completely out of the woods yet! He did eat dinner normally, though.
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Postby HappyChick » May 22nd, 2010, 6:36 pm

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Postby pitsnok » May 22nd, 2010, 7:28 pm

Oh just normal.

I hate that they scare us like this and then just go about their everyday business like nothing is up, ornery little turds!
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