Foreign Body Obstruction

Name: Pet Kare Clinic
Address: 102 Anglers Drive, Steamboat Springs, CO, 80487
Telephone: +1-970-879-5273
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Foreign Body Obstruction (Object stuck somewhere in the GI tract)

Dogs and cats often eat strange things and when these objects cannot pass through the intestines safely they need to be surgically removed.
The most common surgical foreign bodies are: corn cobs, sticks, underwear, cloth, string, bones, and rocks.
Symptoms of a GI foreign body obstruction include vomiting and diarrhea for several days and severe lethargy. Most patients with a an FBO, cannot even hold down water.
Diagnosis of an FBO is usually determined by abdominal x-rays, plus or minus a barium study, and in some cases, abdominal ultrasound.

In the photos below, you can that this Chocolate Lab ingested 5 golf balls that had to be surgically removed. Labrador Retrievers are notorious for ingesting foreign bodies.