Wednesday, December 13, 2006
Max's Mistake when Muching
As a lot of you will know Max is a hoover. He will eat anything from his food, the cat food and our food to litter on the street and assorted bits from the bin if he is left to gain entry.
Recently Max has had a poorly tummy and we thought it was just his appetite for distruction and the contents of next door's bin bags.
By the way our neighbours both sides are the best they are always having unannounced visits from Max, even with Marcus's amazing defenses that have to be seen to be beleived.
Marcus and Max went out for their evening walk and Max was struggling to do his business and as he scampered from place to place trying to do it Marcus noticed a little bit of white hanging out of his behind.
*Now if you are schemish please skip the next paragraph......
Marcus called Max over and investigated, it was a bit of plastic. He pulled on it and Max grimaced and as he pulled more of this strip of plastic came out. In the end the smelly bit of plastic was pulled out and Max managed to rid him self of the rest of what he had inside.
We are watching him closely, but think he now is on the mend and also that he has got rid of what ever he had wrongly eaton.
Max is a scavenger and will always be so, due to him being dumped and having to fend for himself for a period of time. He sees every bit of food as possibly his last for a while so can have a habit of literally wolfing it down.
We are very careful to keep track of what is around and put things away he may take a fancy to, including the bin. It is a good thing he has a pretty iron clad digestion, but still it made us think what he could eat and what it could do to him.
A friend of mine told me of a dog that they rescued who was a few years old who developed stomach problems and when they operated they fond part of an old tennis ball in his intestine, the obstruction was removed, but the dog unfortunately died of associated problems.
Any dog owner or anyone out and about could assist in ensuring animal domestic or otherwise is safe by putting plastic in the recycling, binning those things that are left by uncaring humans or messy kids and taking care of what and who is around us. Also, make sure the dog you are looking after is not put at risk by what you leave out. They will eat pills, they will chew plastic and they can find all sorts of things worth a taste.
Vx
Recently Max has had a poorly tummy and we thought it was just his appetite for distruction and the contents of next door's bin bags.
By the way our neighbours both sides are the best they are always having unannounced visits from Max, even with Marcus's amazing defenses that have to be seen to be beleived.
Marcus and Max went out for their evening walk and Max was struggling to do his business and as he scampered from place to place trying to do it Marcus noticed a little bit of white hanging out of his behind.
*Now if you are schemish please skip the next paragraph......
Marcus called Max over and investigated, it was a bit of plastic. He pulled on it and Max grimaced and as he pulled more of this strip of plastic came out. In the end the smelly bit of plastic was pulled out and Max managed to rid him self of the rest of what he had inside.
We are watching him closely, but think he now is on the mend and also that he has got rid of what ever he had wrongly eaton.
Max is a scavenger and will always be so, due to him being dumped and having to fend for himself for a period of time. He sees every bit of food as possibly his last for a while so can have a habit of literally wolfing it down.
We are very careful to keep track of what is around and put things away he may take a fancy to, including the bin. It is a good thing he has a pretty iron clad digestion, but still it made us think what he could eat and what it could do to him.
A friend of mine told me of a dog that they rescued who was a few years old who developed stomach problems and when they operated they fond part of an old tennis ball in his intestine, the obstruction was removed, but the dog unfortunately died of associated problems.
Any dog owner or anyone out and about could assist in ensuring animal domestic or otherwise is safe by putting plastic in the recycling, binning those things that are left by uncaring humans or messy kids and taking care of what and who is around us. Also, make sure the dog you are looking after is not put at risk by what you leave out. They will eat pills, they will chew plastic and they can find all sorts of things worth a taste.
Vx
# posted by Vici : 12:49 pm
