No Idea What Is Wrong

[persephone]

Wow- she's recovered very well!

[Kirislin]

What a stoic old girl she must be to not really show alot of pain symptoms in the first place. I hope she has an uneventful recovery.

[oakway]

Great to hear.

Dam knuckle bones they have a lot to answer for.

[OSoSwift]

Excellent to hear. Hope she recovers quickly

[Kelpiegal]

Thanks everyone. I popped around & had a quick visit this afternoon & although she is very gingerly moving about she's held up remarkably well for her age.

Now I just have nurse gf through the vet bill!! Although in all honesty she would have paid whatever it took but quite a few free meals at my place will be taken up I think.....

[Mrs Rusty Bucket]

Last I heard, removing a bowel obstruction - eg strapping tape (damn footballers), from a GR, was about $1500.

What's the current rate?

It was enough back then to make me take out "expensive emergency" dog insurance.

[jm266]

Last I heard, removing a bowel obstruction - eg strapping tape (damn footballers), from a GR, was about $1500.

What's the current rate?

It was enough back then to make me take out "expensive emergency" dog insurance.

This sounds about right, my BC had a peach stone, of all things, removed about 9 weeks ago. He then developed a abscess between his stomach muscle and skin. The cost was about $1700 which included diagnosis, operation, 2nd anesthetic for abscess treatment with drains, hospitalisation and 3 days boarding, as it happened a week before I had to go interstate for my uni grad and I didn't expect the friend that was animal minding to keep his drains clear.

It took him a couple of weeks before he looked like he was back to normal.

9 weeks later you wouldn't know he had been so sick

Like the OP's friend's dog he was just off colour and not himself but had vomited which was a giant red flag

Glad the dog is feeling better and that treatment was sought promptly

Edited July 29, 2010 by jm266

[Staff'n'Toller]

The cost is very dependent on time taken in surgery, how much (if any) of the bowel is removed and how many days in intensive care.

If the dog has a large section of bowel removed and needs a few nights transfer to a 24hr hospital it can be much more than $1000-$2000.

Bowel resection takes a bit longer to recover from, particularly in an older dog, there is increased worry about fluid leaks etc.

[Mrs Rusty Bucket]

Yeah if I see her eat the forbidden thing, we go directly to the vet for a vomit treatment.

But if I came home and she was just off, it would be too late for the vomit treatment.

We've had so many bad experiences with bones, I don't give them to her anymore. Fortunatley nothing has stayed stuck, but the passing of bone looks really painful.