{"id":594,"date":"2016-06-19T07:19:04","date_gmt":"2016-06-19T11:19:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.drphilzeltzman.com\/blog\/?p=594"},"modified":"2022-07-08T15:17:55","modified_gmt":"2022-07-08T19:17:55","slug":"jack-russells-surgery-just-symptom-larger-problem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.drphilzeltzman.com\/blog\/jack-russells-surgery-just-symptom-larger-problem\/","title":{"rendered":"Jack Russell’s surgery is just a symptom of a larger problem"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Max\"A 10 year-old Jack Russell, Max, wasn’t feeling well.<\/p>\n

He’d eaten a red rubber toy, and while he vomited a small piece of it up, X-rays and continued vomiting suggested there was more foreign material in the stomach and the small intestine.<\/p>\n

Sure enough, we found 2 more foreign bodies in the belly. One piece was in the stomach, which we opened up. The other one was literally stuck at the end of small intestine, right before the appendix.<\/p>\n

But that wasn’t it. Because of his age, I suspected that Max had an underlying condition that compelled him to eat things he shouldn’t. We expect puppies to get into things they shouldn’t, which is why puppy-proofing a house<\/a> is so important! On the other hand, seniors like Max and dogs who are past puppy-hood should know better.<\/p>\n

We took biopsies of the stomach and the intestine at Berks Animal Emergency & Referral Center<\/a>. Sure enough, a week later the biopsies revealed Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD), a condition similar to IBS in people.<\/p>\n

Toys are not always as safe as manufacturers claim! Young dogs eat stuff because they are young and… not always so smart (good thing they’re cute).<\/p>\n

However,\u00a0older pets should know better. They often\u00a0eat foreign bodies because of IBD, which should be treated.<\/p>\n

\"Max

The foreign bodies we removed from Max.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A 10 year-old Jack Russell, Max, wasn’t feeling well. He’d eaten a red rubber toy, and while he vomited a small piece of it up, X-rays and continued vomiting suggested there was more foreign material in the stomach and the small intestine. Sure enough, we found 2 more foreign bodies in the belly. 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