Hello, I know I'm new here but this website has a wealth of information and I'm wondering if any of the users here could help me out...
My dog's name is Candy...she's a great dog and now I'm worried sick because she swallowed a toothpick!
Here's the story: (Bear with me on the bad grammar/sentence structure...been crying)
My dog swallowed a toothpick at 1 o' clock in the morning last night. Being a very, very concerned owner I rushed her to a 24 hour vet, and let her stay the night for the vets to see if everything will be okay.
I went to see her in the morning and the doctor that was working on her assured my family and I that our dog is fine. He went over the x-rays with us and told us that the wood could not be seen by x-rays so all he could do for suggestion is a endoscope, surgery, or wait and hopefully let the toothpick pass by. My father asked if her stomach and intestine looked fine and he replied with a yes.
So we chose to wait and brought our little doggie back home with us. What I'm worried about is that the toothpick was pretty big and my dog is just a 6lbs. I'm pretty scared, but my dog seems to be alright for now...it's been 4 hrs since she got home and she ate her food and drank plenty of water. I also gave her some medicine that the vet prescribed to us- Zantac I believe. Tomorrow we will be taking her to our family vet to get a second opinion/look.
I'm wondering if there's anything else to be worried about? I'm trying to make it very comfortable for her right now..she seems fine. She is sleeping right now with no signs of discomfort except maybe for a little bit of rapid/heavy breathing but that's been normal for her. I fed her some bread but this was about 12 hrs after she swallowed the toothpick so I really have no clue if it will help at all.
I'm so worried right now...I've read that dogs can pass a toothpick with no problems but my dog is a pretty small dog. Ugh, I also feel like beating myself up because we had an option for an endoscope when we first brought her in but the vet didn't guarantee that the toothpick would be removed since there was too much food in there, so we decided not to scope her yet...and after 10 hours pass by...i think it's too late for a scope. :smilie_tischkante:
I'm really concerned and I'm praying every moment for her that the toothpick will pass through no problems.
Thank you for reading..do any of you guys have any suggestions? It would be appreciated.
My dog's name is Candy...she's a great dog and now I'm worried sick because she swallowed a toothpick!
Here's the story: (Bear with me on the bad grammar/sentence structure...been crying)
My dog swallowed a toothpick at 1 o' clock in the morning last night. Being a very, very concerned owner I rushed her to a 24 hour vet, and let her stay the night for the vets to see if everything will be okay.
I went to see her in the morning and the doctor that was working on her assured my family and I that our dog is fine. He went over the x-rays with us and told us that the wood could not be seen by x-rays so all he could do for suggestion is a endoscope, surgery, or wait and hopefully let the toothpick pass by. My father asked if her stomach and intestine looked fine and he replied with a yes.
So we chose to wait and brought our little doggie back home with us. What I'm worried about is that the toothpick was pretty big and my dog is just a 6lbs. I'm pretty scared, but my dog seems to be alright for now...it's been 4 hrs since she got home and she ate her food and drank plenty of water. I also gave her some medicine that the vet prescribed to us- Zantac I believe. Tomorrow we will be taking her to our family vet to get a second opinion/look.
I'm wondering if there's anything else to be worried about? I'm trying to make it very comfortable for her right now..she seems fine. She is sleeping right now with no signs of discomfort except maybe for a little bit of rapid/heavy breathing but that's been normal for her. I fed her some bread but this was about 12 hrs after she swallowed the toothpick so I really have no clue if it will help at all.
I'm so worried right now...I've read that dogs can pass a toothpick with no problems but my dog is a pretty small dog. Ugh, I also feel like beating myself up because we had an option for an endoscope when we first brought her in but the vet didn't guarantee that the toothpick would be removed since there was too much food in there, so we decided not to scope her yet...and after 10 hours pass by...i think it's too late for a scope. :smilie_tischkante:
I'm really concerned and I'm praying every moment for her that the toothpick will pass through no problems.
Thank you for reading..do any of you guys have any suggestions? It would be appreciated.