Dog has foreign object, bloody diarrhea. Should I wait to remove?

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My boy has got some identified foreign object in his stomach shown in the X-ray but he isn't acting sick not vomiting but still active and eating well. However he has been on diarrhea soft poop with jelly red blood like on the stool for the past 6 days. My question is, 1. how long can I wait before we can do any indepth diagnostic or even operation to remove object in his stomach if he isn't acting sick? Can we wait a week or two? 2. Does the objects look like tumor to you? 3. Pet's info: Dog | Dachshund | Male | neutered | 8 years and 1 month old | 25 lbs

Daniel Fonza, DVM · Accepted Answer

Hi there and thank you for using pet coach to address your concern. The soo we the foreign material is taken out of the stomach the better. I know it is not causing a problem now but if it decides to pass through into the intestines, this could cause far worse problems than just sitting in the stomach. I would advise against waiting so thst you are not faced with an emergency surgery. If the object passes into the intestines, it could cause a lot of trauma which may lead to part of the intestines dying due to lack of circulation from squeezing on this object. It is difficult to say if this is soft tissue or not but it has the characteristic of an ingested foreign object. I hope this helps guide you in the right direction. Please let me know if you have any other questions or concerns.

Dog has foreign object, bloody diarrhea. Should I wait to remove?

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