My dog ate a piece of cooked spare rib bone

keldracher · 07-24-2005, 12:17 PM

My small dog ate a piece of a cooked spare rib bone and has been coughing and lightly chocking on and off for a week now. Any suggestions as to whether the bone splinter will pass thru his intestines or medication he can take for this?

Thanks,KE

fireworksinjuly · 07-24-2005, 12:48 PM

The only way to know for sure is to get him to a vets soon and get x-rays done. Hopefully he can pass it, though one would think he would have already if he could. If not, he may need surgery to remove it.

Crossfire Bulldogs · 07-24-2005, 02:27 PM

I agree, after a week it should have passed and I would have your vet take a look. These type of bones splinter pretty easily and a piece could have gotten lodged somewhere in the trachea causing the coughing.

Novel · 07-24-2005, 09:09 PM

I'm thinking that an X-ray would show it, and wouldn't be too costly of an alternative to know one way or the other.

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