I need help - advise please!! Asap!

Mark,

I'm going to have to be more graphic than a lady should be, but there is no way she's been in the bathroom trash since that time, and even if she had been there would not have been sanitary pads for her to ingest. I only use them once a month and that time has not come around again. Besides, after all we've been through you don't seriously think I would leave them within her reach again do you??

I am 100% sure that they have been in her tummy for over two weeks. She threw up another early this morning. I know it seems bizarre, believe me, but it's a fact.

With the exception of the one she passed, they are obviously not getting into her digestive tract. They're just in her tummy. X-ray showed no intestinal obstructions.
 
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Thanks Angie! Honestly, with the exception of barfing up a pad at least once a day, she seems perfectly fine. I'm trying to take comfort in that fact and not worry too much about her.

I did not induce vomiting as it seems the consensus was it wouldn't do any good anyway. If there are any left at this point I'll just have to wait it out. So far she's passed one and thrown up four. There couldn't be many more than that! I would feel a lot better if I knew how many she ingested. The little stinker!

I think she might have a crush on the new young male vet at the clinic. I would understand if she did!
 
MissSuzie said:
Mark,
I'm going to have to be more graphic than a lady should be, but there is no way she's been in the bathroom trash since that time, and even if she had been there would not have been sanitary pads for her to ingest. I only use them once a month and that time has not come around again. Besides, after all we've been through you don't seriously think I would leave them within her reach again do you??
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I get all of that, and no I don't think you would do that at all. The possibility that she found another source occurred to me, maybe from a box of new ones? I obviously have no knowledge of your situation, so I didn't want to go into a lot of conjecture... The possibility of an alternate source seemed worth considering.

MissSuzie said:
With the exception of the one she passed, they are obviously not getting into her digestive tract. There just in her tummy. X-ray showed no intestinal obstructions.
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So that's 3 that she's thrown up? What percentage of a Sheltie's stomach would 3 of them occupy? And she packed them around for 2 weeks, but still somehow did not become malnourished nor dehydrated? And the things spent 2 weeks in stomach acid, and then were puked-up intact. That xrays showed no blockage makes it seem even less likely, not more...


MissSuzie said:
I am 100% sure that they have been in her tummy for over two weeks. She threw up another early this morning. I know it seems bizarre, believe me, but it's a fact.
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Do you have eyes on her 24/7? I believe you are 100% sure she isn't getting them out of your trash can. But are you that sure there's nowhere else she might find them?

All I'm saying is, what you described violates numerous well-founded principles of physics and anatomy. I would agree that sometimes events that are considered to be less than remotely plausible, do in fact occur. But way more often, it's merely that things are not as they seem.

(I really, really wanted to avoid making you more frustrated than you already were. Clearly I have failed at that; please accept my apologies.)


-Mark
 
I know it seems crazy, she's actually thrown up 4! They're not unused from a box. They are rolled up just like they are when I put them in the trash. They are not even chewed, simply swallowed whole.

It may defy all logic, but it's true. I don't have to watch her 24/7 to know she did not ingest any after the first incident. There have been none in the trash since that time and the unused are not even within her reach.
 
MissSuzie said:
I know it seems crazy, she's actually thrown up 4! They're not unused from a box. They are rolled up just like they are when I put them in the trash. They are not even chewed, simply swallowed whole.

It may defy all logic, but it's true. I don't have to watch her 24/7 to know she did not ingest any after the first incident. There have been none in the trash since that time and the unused are not even within her reach.
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To answer Marks' questions, and respond to your situation, this has happened to Bentley before. He has had them in his system for anywhere from 3 days to a week. (And he would also poop them out/throw them up whole)

Also, I have a friend whose dog ate a corn cob. They didn't think anything of it, but months later the dog exhibited symptoms and had surgery. The corn cob was in its stomach the entire time.
 
OMG! You would think that a foreign object in your stomach for weeks and/or months would be toxic. That's a concern of mine.

I just hope there can't possibly be many more!
 
I'll vouch that they could easily have been in her stomach that long. My Baxter ate the vet wrap from his foot after surgery and brought it up 10 days later, totally intact looking just as it did when he ate it. His appetite was normal and no vomiting or diarrhea up to that point. He seemed to be feeling perfectly fine. I knew the bandage was missing and thought if he'd eaten it there would be symptoms. Nope, none till it came up. Shocked the heck out of me.
 
I don't know about dogs but I know our stomachs strech...the more we eat the bigger they get. Also very strange things have been found in people stomachs long afte they have been ingested. I am with you though & hope they are all out. So glad that she has not felt bad.
 
mmcginty said:
An aside, I know how frustrating it can be, trying to keep them from eating things other than their kibble. It seems to be fading, but my Jake had an inordinate interest in the cat box. He knows damn well he's not allowed, but... And the hell of it is, we can't lock it down, it must be accessible to the cat. My GF (it's her cat) has suggested putting it on the bathroom counter, but even thinking about it (much less having it at sink level a foot away) while brushing my teeth is even more revolting than what Jake does, so... hoping Jake grows out of it completely -- soon!

-Mark
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I just wanted to add to this that they make dog-proof litter boxes... I haven't tried it but the reviews on Amazon seem positive. Maybe it'd be worth it to try it out.
http://catlitterboxesonline.com/what-are-dog-proof-litter-boxes

And as for poor little Lottie, I hope she's out of the woods and feels better soon.
 
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