HELP! I fed my dog cooked chicken bones and I'm worried of his health?
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June 20th, 2018
First, I am an idiot, and sorry for my English it’s not my language. My mom brought home some leftover chicken bones this Sunday night and I gave them to my dog, I did this because I know he loves chicken but I am too stupid to realise that cooked bones are not good for dogs!
My brother told me he puked all the bones the next day, later that day his poop was a bit chalky, so as the other poop he had on Tuesday which is more chalky than his previous poop which totally isn’t good. This was the time where he lost appetite. He didn’t eat plenty on Tuesday, just drank water.
Last night, I gave him rice with cooked chicken, (and now no bones, forever) ate half of it, and the other half this morning. Today he still won’t eat but I offered him raw chicken (no bones, still) and that’s the only thing he would eat. I also made him a pumpkin puree and let him take it using a 10ml syringe 3 times to help him poop.
He still hasn’t pooped yet and I think he’s constipated, I would bring him to the vet but my mother wouldn’t give me money as she doesn’t care about the dog I don’t know why she took him in the first place. I am so worried and I feel so bad for unknowingly doing this to my dog I love him and now I don’t know what to do I cannot take him to the vet and I don’t know what to do but worry. I have read some answers in an article where their dog died from eating cooked chicken bones and they make me so paranoid, what if my bones get stuck in my dog’s intestines and he dies? Has anyone encountered the same thing with their dogs? Please help me.
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If the dog isn’t choking on the bones, don’t worry about it. If the dog starts moaning and groaning like it has a tummy ache, take it to the vet. And don’t ever do it again!!
A neighbor of mine used to feed my dog chicken bones without my knowledge and it never hurt him. I did ask the neighbor to stop and told him why. He said they always fed bird bones to dogs his family had and there was never a problem.
The bones can get lodged in the throat so if your dog got them down, WHEW! rest easy!
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Follow the above advice and don’t hesitate to take the dog to the vet. Work out a payment plan and promise to stick to it. Explain your situation. Vetenarians need payment but aren’t in it for the money and are more apt to treat without payment or forgive what they are owed.
In a worst case scenario, you can probably sign ownership of the dog over to a vet. Then the dog will at least receive treatment.
My experience has been that vets have big hearts and will tolerate a lot of debt owed to them. But please DO pay them if you can. A lot of people take advantage of them, or simply can’t pay.
But why is it done that humans feed bones to dogs if “the bones can get lodged in the throat” (as @kritiper put it)? Why play Russian Roulette?
I believe any damage the bones could have done would have been done already. The main damage as others have said is for the bones to splinter or get lodged in the throat which would have manifested themselves. Just continue to watch him and feed him carefully but I wouldn’t feed him raw chicken as that could have parasites in it. If symptoms persist or worsen try a vet and tell them you can only pay a little.
On one hand, YES, chicken bones CAN get lodged in a dog’s throat and splinter or choke or block the dog’s system.
But then again, dogs eat dead ducks and chickens all the time, and pull them apart and chew on the bones and probably distinguish little between bone bits and meat and fat. Its all delicious and instinctual.
Just keep a close watch,
Yes but that’s on their own, but to feed them something that can harm them, when there is no need?
@flo The OP stated that she did not know they were harmful.
Guys. Chicken bones, in particular, pose more than a chocking risk. They can cause perforations, in the digestive tract.
Adding bulk, can help push it through. The op already mentioned using pumpkin. If the dog isn’t eating, or making bowel movements, soon, the animal needs to be evaluated.
Any sudden lethargy should be considered very serious.
I worked as an EMT in an emergency veterinarian hospital. For 9 years.
Ideally, the dog would already have had abdominal radiographs, and blood work. The situation will grow worse fast, if there is a gastrointestinal obstruction, or “perf.”
It’s potentially very bad.
@MrGrimm888 I hope vets advice against feeding them bones.
Vets do. I worked as an EMT at an emergency veterinarian hospital, for almost 10 years. It’s sad how often a good intending owner injures, or kills their pet…
Good. Do we hear that though, like we hear about “Don’t feed chocolate to dogs it’s harmful to them” etc?
@flo Yes, I’ve heard it often.
Please post a links videos of vets on TV, radio interviews where the vets said “don’t feed dogs bones” without being asked specifically.
At my old hospital, they had a piece in a monthly pet magazine trying to inform people about things that could harm their pets. Like with dogs; onions, grapes, chewing gum, raw meats, bones, etc…
Good basic safety is, only feed dogs things made specifically for dogs. Even Greenies can be bad, so some stores sell them pre-crushed. Some dog foods are bad.
Like having a child, it’s wise to research everything that you will put in their body…
The lost is extremely long, and is not complete.
The safest bet, is to feed them only things designed specifically for them, that have a good track record.
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