Last weekend, My dog, 4 year old pitbull, started acting wierd and throwing up everything he ate. I took him to the vet on Sunday (five days ago) and she said that he had a bowel obstruction 3 inches long in his small intestine and that the radiologist was confident that it would pass and surgery was suggested but wouldn’t be necessary. Since Tuesday, he hasn’t thrown up at all and has been pooping either multiple M&M sized poos or 2.5 inch long toostie roll sized poos. I would think that he would have pooped it out by now but hasn’t. Yesterday, my dog refused eating regular dog food or the high fiber dog food but ate mac N cheese off of my young nieces (about 1 cup’s worth). This morning after refusing his favorite dog food, I made a mixture of 1 part high fiber dog food, one part shredding/chopped cooked hotdog, and one part raw hamburger (all together about 1 cup of food). He gobbled it up. I’m hoping that he continues to poo for me.
My question is how long should this take to pass?
ummmm…the dog may need to go back to vet. if it is truely stuck the dog may need surgery or can die…sometimes they can’t pass it on their own or since the xray it may have become stuck….by delaying this can cause intestines to die and ever rupture and leak out toxins into the dogs body.
I am surprised the vet isn’t watching this closely.If things aren’t back to normal by Monday I’d take him back in.
it should have passed by now. your dog needs to be rechecked by his vet.
I believe it is time to have a recheck at the vet, nothing should take that long to pass. He may not need surgery but he definitely needs help. People have over the counter meds for this but dogs? I don’t know of any.