Puppy ate sprinkler hose pieces, vomiting, not eating. Is it serious?

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My dog is a 55 lb lab mix puppy that got into some underground sprinkler hoses about 1.5 weeks ago. This morning and again this afternoon I found clear vomit with pieces of the sprinkler line. Now she will not eat or drink anything. Her stomach is upset -- I can hear it rumbling and she's been gnawing on grass. Should I be worried? Pet's info: Dog | Mixed Breed Medium (23 - 60lb) | Female | unspayed | 8 months and 10 days old | 55 lbs

Jeffrey Milner · Accepted Answer

If Marlow is only just vomiting up the sprinkler line now, it means that it has been sitting in her stomach all along unable to pass through the GI tract to be defecated. Depending on how much she ate, there is potentially more in there. Unless it is possible she could have found some more as recently as today and she was vomiting it up, I would be quite concerned for a foreign body in the stomach. An x-ray plus a barium contrast study would be helpful in mapping out the location of the sprinkler parks to see if surgical removal is going to be needed. Sometimes, depending on their location, the pieces can be removed with a scope instead of actually having to open the dog up. It all depends on their location and the size of the remnants, as well as the number of remnants.

Puppy ate sprinkler hose pieces, vomiting, not eating. Is it serious?

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