What to do when your dog ingests a foreign body?
A friend of mine called me recently and was very upset. This was the second time his dog Barkley had eaten a mango pit. The first time, he threw it up, but this time, it stayed down for more than a week.
The local vet recommended surgery and my friend was not really happy about slicing Barkley’s stomach open. He called me to see if there was anything else we could do.
The pit was large and flat and it was unlikely to go further than the stomach. I thought if we made Barkley throw up, it could get stuck in the esophagus. We had to find a way that would make the mango pit slippery enough to make it slip out without complications.