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Shocking find in dog's stomach after owners feared a snake bite

The dog presented at the Queensland vet hospital with blood splattered all over her face.

A dog owner feared the worst when their four-legged pal began showing a variety of symptoms they described as “really out of character".

Whimpering and with blood spattered on her face, Luna’s family were worried she’d been bitten by a snake and rushed her to the vet at Underwood Hospital in Logan, south of Brisbane.

“On arrival to the hospital, our team immediately began an activated clotting time test to determine if she was suffering from envenomation (a snake bite) or if further diagnostics were required,” the Animal Emergency Service wrote on Facebook.

However her results were normal.

An ultrasound revealed a thin foreign object with a sharp tip in Luna's stomach which turned out to be a kebab. Source: Animal Emergency Service
An ultrasound revealed a thin foreign object with a sharp tip in Luna's stomach which turned out to be a kebab. Source: Animal Emergency Service

Vet discovers point of tummy troubles

Confused, the specialists admitted Luna so they could continue to carry out diagnostics and “get to the bottom of her trouble”. But it turns out, it was in her stomach.

Upon a physical reassessment of Luna, the vet felt a “firm, long object protruding in her mid-abdomen” before an ultrasound revealed a thin foreign object with a sharp tip in her tummy.

“Dr Deeanna immediately contacted Luna’s family to let them know and work with them on a plan of action,” the Animal Service said.

It was then her owner remembered that Luna had got into the bin the day before, coming across “some tasty kebab sticks”.

Life-saving surgery sees little Luna unscathed

“Her owners consented to going ahead with life-saving surgery to remove the stick and prevent little Luna from further internal damage,” the vet wrote.

“The surgery was successful with Dr Deeanna and Dr Annaliese removing a 10cm kebab stick (with some chicken still attached) from her stomach.”

Luckily little Luna didn’t suffer any perforations to her stomach during the ordeal and after spending some time in PET ICU, where the specialised team of critical care and emergency vets and nurses closely monitored her recovery for 24 hours, she was able to go home with her family.

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