This is Chicken Thief, formerly known as Ava. On Monday evening she wandered into the kitchen and snatched a chicken carcass and started chopping on it. Chicken skin - good. Chicken meat - good. Chicken stock - good. Chicken bones - bad! She managed to eat a thigh or two and a wing. Not a lot for the size of dog she is, but enough to cause problems.
Ava had been having problems with diarrhea last week, and had been on rice and chicken/salmon. On Tuesday, her poo was the consistency of soft serve ice cream, with bones. Today, she was back to diarrhea, but some drops of fresh blood, and she was also straining to poo, with nothing coming out.
The interwebs recommendation was to take her to the vet. I called and explained the situation. The vet said they weren't hugely worried, but would like to see her just to make sure. After the vet examined Ava, she was wasn't too concerned, but gave her some medication that will help her colon. She was please to see Ava, but wasn't worried for her as she is bright, lively and interested in things. We've been asked to keep her on rice and chicken (or salmon) for 72 hours. The vet expects everything to work its way through her system.
And now we need to get a system sorted whereby the Chicken Thief can't have access to chicken carcasses!
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