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Background to this image: Two posts from Twitter-using vet Pete Wedderburn (Telegraph vet columnist and one of my vets for Irish Cavalier Rescue!) You can follow him on Twitter at www.twitter.com/petethevet. He posts on patients and often adds images.
NB: an intestine in this state can quickly become necrotic -- eg tissue can start to die -- and cause the animal to die painfully and very quickly. So please, please keep items like this well away from dogs that like eating them, and always get a dog to the vet if they are showing worrying symptoms.
Background to this image: Two posts from Twitter-using vet Pete Wedderburn (Telegraph vet columnist and one of my vets for Irish Cavalier Rescue!) You can follow him on Twitter at www.twitter.com/petethevet. He posts on patients and often adds images.
This dog ate a sock yesterday - vomiting since, not eating, xrays suggest an obstruction. Beings transferred ...
Here's the xray of the sock swallowing dog. All the black areas are gas-filled distended intestines, typical ...
NB: an intestine in this state can quickly become necrotic -- eg tissue can start to die -- and cause the animal to die painfully and very quickly. So please, please keep items like this well away from dogs that like eating them, and always get a dog to the vet if they are showing worrying symptoms.