marsred Posted November 22, 2013 Report Share Posted November 22, 2013 Hi all, not sure if This is the right place for this thread or not, but here goes. Ela-yona was her normal self Sunday until early evening. Then she became lethargic, wouldn't eat or drink. We thought she had eaten something when we were walking at the beach in the morning. Monday there was no improvement and now she wouldn't get up or let us know she needed outside. Off to the vet we go. A series of x-rays showed she had a blockage in her small intestine. The good news was the blockage was moved without surgery. The bad news was the blockage was caused by her shredding the frayed ends of her rope toys and swallowing them. We didn't do well with our baby away overnite but, she was in good hands. By the time she came home Tuesday evening all of her toys had the ends trimmed. The question is are they ok like this? We know we need to watch when they become worn. But, what else should we be aware of? She is much better now and we would like her to stay this way so any suggestions would be helpful. Alan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jase Posted November 22, 2013 Report Share Posted November 22, 2013 Glad she is okay, and well done to you for your observations and acting so quickly! Others will be better to give you preventative advice for the future. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mobezilla Posted November 22, 2013 Report Share Posted November 22, 2013 I don't give mine rope toys at all because of fear of this, plush toys are pretty much out of the question too once they're shredded. I try to stick to the hardest rubber type toys I can find and toys with super tough stitching. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BingBlaze n Skyla Posted November 22, 2013 Report Share Posted November 22, 2013 Glad she's ok . Mine don't really have rope toys they prefer stuffed toys and tennis balls , what about the rubber tug toys you can get instead? like this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Posted November 22, 2013 Report Share Posted November 22, 2013 Glad Ela-Yona is now ok We had rope toys too. When I noticed Echo my White German Shepherd having trouble pooping. I noticed she had strings hanging out of her butthole. On went he rubber gloves to help pull it out. Turned out to be the same, shredded rope toy. I binned the rope toys. Better safe than sorry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay Posted November 22, 2013 Report Share Posted November 22, 2013 Same here rope toys have been banned here too. Mine would eat the string and it would hang out the other end Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leyka&Diva Posted November 22, 2013 Report Share Posted November 22, 2013 Mine have rope toys as we play tug with them but only ever when they are supervised and they get taken away as soon as we are done playing tug they are left for them to chew xx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chula Posted November 22, 2013 Report Share Posted November 22, 2013 Because mine will eat any/everything, she only gets toys while monitored. We've already had exploratory surgery once (not from a toy, but could have just as easily have been). And she gets no rope toys, and nothing that she can chew a part off of. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marsred Posted November 22, 2013 Author Report Share Posted November 22, 2013 Thanks for the responses. At first we thought it was something she vacuumed up on one of her walks as she tries to eat everything on the ground. Trying to keep that from happening is hard enough, but to know we allowed this hurts. She loves her toys and will tug and fetch till she is worn out. She has a few hard rubber toys but they need many washes before she will play with them (hates the smell). Just glad she is ok. Sure is a large learning curve. Alan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Val (Zebedee) Posted November 22, 2013 Report Share Posted November 22, 2013 so glad to see she is doing well now, it is such an upset when they're not well for any reason. Kaviq has rope & fleece tug toys, but he tends to spit out any stray strands he pulls out & he doesn't bother with them unless one of us is playing tug with him so he is not bad with them, but we do have the kong rubber toys too (one of which he started ripping apart & swallowing small chunks which got pooped out, but I know that could have caused a blockage so it went in the bin!) But it sounds like you have a chewer & swallower, so big chunky hard-rubber toys will be better Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
^Aurora^ Posted November 22, 2013 Report Share Posted November 22, 2013 Aurora will eat anything! And i mean anything so we don't have anything like that either. Cant take the risk with my walking dustbin! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mazz Posted November 22, 2013 Report Share Posted November 22, 2013 Aren't these Huskies little devils sometimes. Good that you took her to the vet when you did. I would pitch the rope toys. Better safe than sorry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazeediamonds Posted November 23, 2013 Report Share Posted November 23, 2013 the only thing Eskie cant physically eat at the moment is a plastic bottle and the black kong, keep trying tough rubber plastic etc toys but he always manages somehow to eat them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tatipu Posted November 26, 2013 Report Share Posted November 26, 2013 I did not know this :l. . Fortunately our rope toys are very tough to rip x_o. Must keep a close eye from now on though X_o Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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