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Hi. Lucy went to the vet today for a cough. He took an x-ray. Her heart and lungs are fine. But he did ask, "What has she been eating?" There was a good bit of bone at the top of her stomach. (I'd say maybe it took up about 1/4 of her stomach.) He seemed a little alarmed (but I'm sure he doesn't x-ray many raw fed animals.) There was some bone in her stool too. He even wondered if maybe the cough could be related to trying to bring some of that bone up.
Lucy eats ground turkey, rabbit and chicken (meat, bone and organ) from Hare Today, supplemented with Alnutrin. They get about 15% of their food supplemented with plain raw chicken breast chunks since the ground animals from HT are a bit too high in bone content.
Lucy does barf up a meal once in a while, once or twice a month. It is usually while she is eating or right after and seems to be related to eating too fast or too much. If she is vomiting once in a while, wouldn't that empty out the bone?
I guess I'm wondering if the bone sitting there in her stomach is a problem? I mean, of course she would have some in her tummy and stool since it is in her food. I don't think the vet really knew whether it was a problem.
(Side note: for now we are assuming the cough is related to her stomatitis. While she has been doing well on the Dallas LPS Syrup...eating, grooming and not drooling...the back of her throat is still red and inflamed. Her tonsils looked inflamed.)
Lucy eats ground turkey, rabbit and chicken (meat, bone and organ) from Hare Today, supplemented with Alnutrin. They get about 15% of their food supplemented with plain raw chicken breast chunks since the ground animals from HT are a bit too high in bone content.
Lucy does barf up a meal once in a while, once or twice a month. It is usually while she is eating or right after and seems to be related to eating too fast or too much. If she is vomiting once in a while, wouldn't that empty out the bone?
I guess I'm wondering if the bone sitting there in her stomach is a problem? I mean, of course she would have some in her tummy and stool since it is in her food. I don't think the vet really knew whether it was a problem.
(Side note: for now we are assuming the cough is related to her stomatitis. While she has been doing well on the Dallas LPS Syrup...eating, grooming and not drooling...the back of her throat is still red and inflamed. Her tonsils looked inflamed.)