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Molly is back on her feet after a scary operation
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Comment by Ellen Turberfield on November 16, 2012 at 2:48pm
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Nice to see Molly is ok, what was wrong with her, (",)
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Comment by Eileen Olivares on November 16, 2012 at 7:01pm
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Hello Ellen, Molly swallowed two sharp volcanic stones and they caused a blockage in her intestines, it all got infected and by the time she was operated it was touch and go ... One day she refused her food, but otherwise she seemed fine and the next day she was already so poorly and dehydrated as she is still only small. She was too weak to be operated, but the vet decided he had to try as he'd lose her over night if he didn't, but he gave her less than 50% survival chances. Even the days after the operation were still very risky. It was such a stressful and worrying time and I just feel so relieved that she's still with us! Unfortunately, she still tries to eat everything she finds ... :-(
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Hi Eileen, so glad to see Molly is better, they are terrible for eating things they shouldn't, i'm always trying to get things out of Finlays mouth, give Molly a big hug from us, xxx
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Comment by Anna Kazimierowicz on November 17, 2012 at 5:15am
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Awful habit! the last solution may be only a kind of muzzle, poor Molly!
Kasia likes to bite things too and she destroyed what was possible but fortunately she doesn't swallow. Or even does - only small part. When she was 4-5 maybe even 6 months old once she started to teas me. She has bitten my slipers, some remote controls, glasses... having f.e.wooden sticks at home for chewing. And she have been doing it looking at my eyes, I said "yuck", but she didn't stop. I thought at the time she will be lucky to survive till her first birthday. One day she ate amongst other things probably a piece of plaster and started to defecate and later vomiting. It lasted almost whole night and it was probably her last bad experience of that kind.
I don't know what to do to teach Molly not to do that. Maybe you should start that topic (or find similar amongst old ones) on forum.
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Thank you Ellen, I will! How is wonderful Finlay doing?
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Dear Anna, Yes, it is an awful habit! I tried a muzzle, but she reacted very badly to it. Maybe I should have insisted on her wearing it or tried to buy another one (I fear the material one I bought, might be a bit tight on her muzzle). Molly also often teases me ... she knows she's not supposed to chew wood and especially not stones, but no sooner do I take a stick out of her mouth, so she goes for the next one ... And our garden is huge and full of sticks, pine cones and stones - impossible to collect it ... :-( I did look for this topic on the forum and found that one person had had the same problem and asked for help, but strangely she got no response ...? Much love to you and Kasia!
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Comment by Lynn Spencer on November 18, 2012 at 3:01am
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Oh Eileen, I am so sorry to hear this but so pleased that Molly is now o.k. How very scarey for you. Having a puppy myself, I know what you are going through. I have had to pry Grace's mouth open on many occasions when she has taken off with something unacceptable. I'm sure you, like me, am hoping that they will grow out of this stage very soon.
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Hi Eileen, Finlay is doing very well, if you saw him you wouldn't know he was ill, he doesn't look ill or act ill, he is happy only thing we do different is he has shorter walks, he didn't like that at first and didn't want to come home but he's used to it now, he will be 3 next month something we never thought we would see as they gave him 6weeks last december.
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Yes Lynn, I am hoping very much that Molly will soon grow out of this stage. I now let her chew on sticks and pine cones, but I'm always worried she might chew on stones again and accidentally swallow them :-O Good luck with Grace too!
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Oh Ellen, that's fantastic news! Cancer is a very unpredictable illness and it develops very differently from one being to another, so hopefully Finlay still has many healthy and happy years to come! It certainly looks as if everything is okay for the moment! Give him a big hug from me!
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