Yikes. :eek: It was in a plastic bag in our garbage outside, but they got to it. Please tell me they will be ok! They seem fine at the moment- it was about an hour ago… except they are all drinking alot of water.
Yikes! I’d be really worried about all those sharp splintered bones. :no: Keep a very close eye on them. I’d suggest calling your vet if they’re open and telling them what happened, in case they have a recommendation. They might want you to withhold food for 12 hours.
Good luck!
Thanks Guin- talked to my vet and he suggested Maalox. My corgi is acting constipated, but the other two seem fine 
Mineral oil in liberal doses is my remedy. 
My garbage-gut beagle did that one year, we still have no clue how she managed to get into the garage through the door that we humans had trouble opening with our hands and body weight!
She survived just fine.
I got curious and Googled it, and one site recommended feeding the dog 7 soaked cotton balls, with the theory that it would “pad” the bones, to hopefully prevent any punctures. I’ve never tried it, first I ever heard of it.
This site seemed to have the most sensible advice:
http://www.justanswer.com/pet-dog/1lk1o-dog-ate-turkey-carcass.html
at least from a “what to watch out for” perspective.
Our retrievers have eaten turkey carcasses, large batches of chocolate brownies and tennis balls. So far, no one has had a serious problem (although some tennis ball pieces were vomited up). While I certainly recommend trying to keep dogs away from forbidden items, I do think a lot of them survive unscathed. Watch the dogs carefully, but try not to worry too much.
I got curious and Googled it, and one site recommended feeding the dog 7 soaked cotton balls, with the theory that it would “pad” the bones, to hopefully prevent any punctures. I’ve never tried it, first I ever heard of it.
I thought this was curious so I just asked one of the doctors standing near me who generally does our internal impaction surgeries (specialty clinic) and I’ll roughly attempt to explain the face he made with this emoticon :eek:
He said if you would just prefer paying to pull out cotton balls AND turkey bones from the gut instead of just turkey bones, go for it :lol:
Honestly I would be at an emergency clinic so they could monitor for a perforated bowel.
A raw carcass is one thing because the bones are soft but brittle cooked bones are a whole different matter. With cooked bone I’d always rather be safe than sorry but I’ve also worked at a clinic for many years so I am used to seeing the worst case scenarios.
I spoke with my vet. He just suggested keeping an eye on them. And pepto bismol… So far they haven’t skipped a beat. They won’t get fed until tomorrow night. And BTW… I spoke with a neighbor today whose dog ate, by himself, TWO turkey carcasses last year and was fine.:winkgrin:
My golden was a champ at finding things he wasn’t suppose to eat. White “Wonder” type bread was recommended by my vet. Same theory as the cotton balls.
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I thought this was curious so I just asked one of the doctors standing near me who generally does our internal impaction surgeries (specialty clinic) and I’ll roughly attempt to explain the face he made with this emoticon :eek:
He said if you would just prefer paying to pull out cotton balls AND turkey bones from the gut instead of just turkey bones, go for it :lol:[/QUOTE]
That was pretty much my reaction also, so I was NOT recommending it, just making a note of it, and that some information obtained on the internet may not be the best advice!
How are the turkey-carcass dogs? I hope there were no complications!
Hope it went better than my dog from a clean-up perspective. Was at my parents’, Dad turned his back for five minutes, and…one beagle, one corgi, no Puff. After a search, we found him exactly where Mom said he’d be–a hundred yards up the road, in the ditch, with the deer head and skin someone dumped. Later that day, I swear he threw up everything he’d eaten for a week (the piddle pads they have for Molly, who sometimes cannot make it through the night even if you take her out at midnight and who’s trained to go on them, work very well for catching and containing vomit.) He was fine the next day after drinking a lot of water, but I never knew a dog as skinny as he is could have THAT much packed into him.
Then of course the next day as soon as he was feeling better he wanted to go back for seconds. Zero correlation between puking his guts out and the smelly dead thing. Cause and effect: dogs do not have it.
To say nothing of the carsick cat on the way home…
I’m with AKB. Last Christmas our coonhoundxbernese got ahold of about half of a cooked ham in the garage. Ate everything and was chewing on the bone… took me about 20 minutes to figure out what it was! He has also eaten cartons of half-and-half (we have our dairy delivered, and he brought it when we weren’t home so it was on the front porch) as well as a carton of eggs, a plate of double stuffed baked potatoes, raw steak, a plate of cookies, the list goes on… fortunately he has stopped stealing things out of the kitchen, but now he eats stray hoof picks and bell boots.
My bishonxshi tsu has also eaten almost an entire chocolate bunny and he’s still alive and kicking. When he was a puppy he ate crayons… pooped rainbow for a few days!!
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Thanks Guin- talked to my vet and he suggested Maalox. My corgi is acting constipated, but the other two seem fine ;)[/QUOTE]
Why am I not surprised there was a corgi involved?!?:lol:
I hope the others are okay after a little maalox… “I’m sure they are living the alka-seltzer commercial…I can’t believe I ate the whole thing! BURP!”
