Dog ate a load of ham and not well

[Essexsussex]

Hi all
Our dog ate a load of ham fat and a knuckle - don’t ask! I have since read it’s not good for her.
she is out of sorts, a bit hunched and doing the sort of praying with front feet forwards and stretching her abdomen. She will jump to and chase a ball but not with usual enthusiasm.
She has been sick a couple of times, and looks sorry for herself.
As I know what I think it is my instinct is to leave her be with water And bland food and keep an eye on her rather than drag her to the vets.
Does anyone know how bad salty ham could be? Wife thinks she just has a bad stomach like we would had we eaten too much rich and salty food.

 

[Millerich]

Not impossible it’s triggered a pancreatitis. She needs to see the vet. I say that as a vet. If I’d received that description from one of my clients, I’d be calling them in ASAP.

 

[Essexsussex]

Thanks very much will do

 

[sh1kar]

Expect a big bill. Few weeks back dogs got into barn and one of them found and ate bloody rat poison. Didn’t know which one. A Sunday. Down to vet. Jab to make them both puke. One found with green vomit. Treated. £600 bill!!

 

[Siggy]

The way she's sitting sounds like bloat...urgent vet trip.

 

[landkeeper]

what came up when she puked

 

[Essexsussex]

There is something going on with our vets and CV staffing etc haven’t got through - she is a million times brighter now, not arching her back, appetite back (cooking some chicken and rice will feed her a little), running about and not puked for a couple of hours. What came up was bits of ham and bone and brown liquid back then. If she continues to improve in the next hour or two I will wait until morning before trying our vets again. Hopefully nothing long term and if all ends well it was a lesson and a half.

 

[Waz77]

Has she had a shite since?

 

[Essexsussex]

Yup dark brown and soft and sticky

 

[Essexsussex]

Thanks everyone for spending time thinking and responding

 

[John Gryphon]

let her out into the yard or where she can access her own choice of grass and I bet she will recover quickly.

 

[Essexsussex]

Thanks everyone for your concern
She is right as rain this morning
Lesson learned

 

[Acm]

Glad the dogs okay.

 

[User00033]

Delighted to hear she’s all good.

Also glad to hear it didn’t cost you anything. Despite the well intentioned advice from the pros, I remain skeptical of some of the veterinary advice. This said by a bloke who right now has 16 working dogs and 6 hunting dogs in his charge. Some of these dogs are worth thousands in terms of work hours. Instinct has a lot to do with it, a dog needs to be properly miserable before a trip to the vet. Badly cut, broken limb, uncontrollably dehydrating, that kind of thing.

Different strokes I guess.

 

[Essexsussex]

Thing is I definitely trust vets on here with no money in the game which is why I post on here. I find it difficult to trust our local vets they always want to give this injection or that drug or injection, without being totally sure as far as I can see. They also don’t take the time to explain why, for example they won’t discuss why a bitch should be spayed your are just a bad owner if you don’t do it automatically. They might be right but I’m not an idiot and like to understand what the thinking is. A bit like private medical appointments!

 

[kieran222]

Expect a big bill. Few weeks back dogs got into barn and one of them found and ate bloody rat poison. Didn’t know which one. A Sunday. Down to vet. Jab to make them both puke. One found with green vomit. Treated. £600 bill!!

That sounds a lot. I assume that they did more than just giving both dogs a jab.

 

[sh1kar]

The jab alone was £165 each! Plus emergency appointment fee
S

 

[Sika98k]

That sounds a lot. I assume that they did more than just giving both dogs a jab.

Glad someone else thinks so. My dog ate a cube of rat poison. Ten minutes to the vet. A mouthful of soda crystals, a large hewey on the lawn, an injection of vitamin K, €20 or €30 IIRC.

 

[OJL1991]

Glad someone else thinks so. My dog ate a cube of rat poison. Ten minutes to the vet. A mouthful of soda crystals, a large hewey on the lawn, an injection of vitamin K, €20 or €30 IIRC.

And that’s how much it should be. Keep some soda crystals in the cupboard just in case.

 

[Buchan]

And that’s how much it should be. Keep some soda crystals in the cupboard just in case.

Well if it was during normal working times, that might be reasonable. But after hours would be more, like any service. It's also worth bearing in mind that the practice needs more than just a handful of soda to provide a service, nurses need paying (and paying well) for instance.

I have to take the complaints about vet fees as much as I take the positive comments. To put cost into perspectives, I ran a little exercise on my practice, looking at when in the year (starting on Jan 1st) that I started to make a profit. It was early December.