I think my puppy swallowed cellophane.

[IDoDis]

You have an adorable puppy! I hope he passed the cellophane. One of our Shelties used to eat pebbles & small rocks from our back yard when he was just 4 months old. It used to freak the living daylights out of me, but he'd poop them right out. Many times there was more rock than poop coming out the other end. Our Shelties have also eaten small footie socks, nylon socks (my dd wears thick nylon skating tight socks when she ice skates and if her bag was not zipped shut all the way, the dogs pull out the nylons out and eat them. Theyd always throw them up as I'd find the footie socks or nylons full of gunk in their crates or out in the dog run where they do their duty. Now that they are older and we are better about keeping things zipped tight, it hasn't been an issue. We've been lucky that nothing has gotten stuck. I was convinced once that one of the dogs ate a small magnet that fell off of the fridge, but he either passed it or never ate it to begin with.

Good luck with Brian!

 

[Aisling]

GOOD NEWS!

No poop during the night or this morning. I even took him for a loong walk thinking to stimulate his bowels.

Well, we get to the vets for surgery at 9 AM, and both vets were there. They examined Brian, scanned him again, and saw the cellophane had moved way down the lower intestine, almost to the rectum. So they decided to try a strong enema. (They said they couldn't use the enema or laxitives if the cellophane was still higher up for fear of it tearing his membranes=possible infection=tissue death=bad situation).

Within 60 seconds, Brian was circling around looking for a place to poop! And he did! No blood this time, just nice solid poop, and the long piece of cellophane stuck in it! OMG I cried from relief, and the two vets high fived each other. What a great decision to give it another chance without rushing into surgery. If it didn't come out, surgery would have been the only option left. One more scan showed all clear inside.

He's already back to his active happy self, and you can bet your bottom dollar that I'll be removing all cellohane wrappers if I ever again let him play with plastic bottles!

And from reading all of your experiences, I'll be keeping all rocks, stockings, magnets, pillows, etc AWAY from him, at least until I calm down!

Thank you all SO MUCH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[DebIreland]

Yay! That's great news! Delighted to hear it!

He's already back to his active happy self, and you can bet your bottom dollar that I'll be removing all cellohane wrappers if I ever again let him play with plastic bottles!

no pun intended?

 

[JessicaR]

Hurray for Brian! So glad it all turned out well in the...end. Couldn't resist. Oh and don't be betting anything on his bottom for a while. I bet Brian is a happy puppy even if he doesn't know the fullest extent of what awaited him. Happy for you all, was thinking about him today, Thanks for the update.

 

[wdwiala]

Way to go Brian!

 

[darlak]

Aisling, so happy to hear Brian's fine now! He's such a cutie!

We have a new dachshund puppy, Elvis, who's 7-months old now. Last month, one of our cats knocked a snow globe off the mantle while we were at work/school, and when I got home, I discovered that Elvis was eating the glass! The other two dogs were just laying and watching him like they thought he had lost his mind. I was hysterical and immediately called the vet, who told me that if his mouth wasn't bleeding, I should just keep checking his poop for blood and call him back if I saw any. Something I didn't know though was that the bigger concern was whether he had injested much of the liquid from the snowglobe. Apparently the water in a snowglode usually contains antifreeze, which is lethal to dogs, but they love it.

We watched him closely for days afterward and I even took 2 days vacation time from work to keep an eye on him. Luckily, he never showed any ill effects whatsoever.

 

[airhead]

good news!!!!!!!!!

 

[The Mystery Machine]

 

[DisneyBrideToni]

YAY! I am so glad Brian is all better!

 

[terri01p]

GOOD NEWS!

No poop during the night or this morning. I even took him for a loong walk thinking to stimulate his bowels.

Well, we get to the vets for surgery at 9 AM, and both vets were there. They examined Brian, scanned him again, and saw the cellophane had moved way down the lower intestine, almost to the rectum. So they decided to try a strong enema. (They said they couldn't use the enema or laxitives if the cellophane was still higher up for fear of it tearing his membranes=possible infection=tissue death=bad situation).

Within 60 seconds, Brian was circling around looking for a place to poop! And he did! No blood this time, just nice solid poop, and the long piece of cellophane stuck in it! OMG I cried from relief, and the two vets high fived each other. What a great decision to give it another chance without rushing into surgery. If it didn't come out, surgery would have been the only option left. One more scan showed all clear inside.

He's already back to his active happy self, and you can bet your bottom dollar that I'll be removing all cellohane wrappers if I ever again let him play with plastic bottles!

And from reading all of your experiences, I'll be keeping all rocks, stockings, magnets, pillows, etc AWAY from him, at least until I calm down!

Thank you all SO MUCH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hey don't forget to remove any bandana's too....( in case you never seen my thread)
So glad every thing is fine!!!!!!