My dog swallowed a bone. Is there a home remedy to get it out?

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  Answered By Rebecca, DVM

  Veterinarian

  Published on September 15th, 2017

  Poor Lunch! Remind your family that bones can kill dogs, the should get no table food at all. A chihuahua is very far removed from wolf ancestors. ;) ok, that's enough lecturing. But you're right to be concerned. It depends on the size of the bone that she swallowed if it will cause any problems. Continue to monitor for normal activity, eating, drinking, defecation. If she has any vomiting or seeming constipation or straining to defecate she needs to see the veterinarian ASAP. Bones can potentially cause obstruction of the G.I. tract or perforations. Depending on how long ago she had the bone you could consider going to the vet for an exam and x-ray to see if the bone is still visible in her G.I. tract and if the vet thinks it's likely to cause any problems. Primarily just monitor her for normal appetite and activity and get her to the vet at the first sign of illness. Sometimes bones are other foreign bodies may not cause any problem until several weeks after ingested. I hope Lunch continues to do well. Thank you for using Petco Pet Education Center, formerly Petcoach

  

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  Answered By David Elbeze, DVM, MRCVS

  Veterinarian

  Published on July 23rd, 2018

  If it's a huge bones basically 2 things can happen. first and only relatively positive scenario is that Scout keeps the bone in his stomach for a long time with minimal or no side effects until the bone is completely/mostly digested. second and more likely option is that your dog will start vomiting constantly and stop eating, this will be a sign of an obstruction, this will require immediate surgery that might be at high risk. for this reason i recommend taking him to the vet right away in order to have an xray done, when your vet knows where to look for the bone he will then perform surgery in order to remove it. at this point the surgery is very low risk.

  

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  Answered By Tomasz Wnuk

  Veterinarian

  Published on May 1st, 2020

  Hello and thank you for contacting Petco Pet Education Center, formerly Petcoach. I am glad to hear that Europe is doing well. If she had the bone well over 24hrs ago now, it means that she is out of danger and she will be fine. Bones of that size are rapidly digested in the stomach, so you won't see it in her stools.

  

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