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So, Cleo went in for her spay and stomach tack on Friday. They called me when they'd finished the spay and were moving on to the gastropexy. They felt "an object the size of a ping pong ball" in her stomach! Too big to pass, the vet said, so they wanted to let me know they needed to take it out. Of course, go ahead! So, unfortunately, she had a third procedure, a gastrotomy. But i'm glad they discovered the object, b/c it could have caused serious problems. I'm not sure why it hadn't. I think it must have been in there for at least a month or so.
It was a rock (see pic below which when i posted was for some reason labeled "sensitive content"! It's a rock.).
In related news, they gave her a soft cone to wear, and as soon as she started feeling better, she managed to chew on it. I switched to one that looks like a neck pillow that attaches to her collar and has a velcro strap in back. She managed to turn it so she could chew apart the strap. It won't come off, but i think she might be able to get her mouth around the neck pillow... So it looks like we'll have to switch to the awful hard cone. I'd love some suggestions for alternatives, if anyone has any!
Here she is in the original collar, below.
It was a rock (see pic below which when i posted was for some reason labeled "sensitive content"! It's a rock.).
In related news, they gave her a soft cone to wear, and as soon as she started feeling better, she managed to chew on it. I switched to one that looks like a neck pillow that attaches to her collar and has a velcro strap in back. She managed to turn it so she could chew apart the strap. It won't come off, but i think she might be able to get her mouth around the neck pillow... So it looks like we'll have to switch to the awful hard cone. I'd love some suggestions for alternatives, if anyone has any!
Here she is in the original collar, below.
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