A seven-year-old Staffordshire Bull Terrier named Porridge has had a lucky escape after he gobbled up a McDonald’s sauce pot. Owner John Griffin had taken Porridge on a walk when the mischievous pup helped himself to the Sweet n’ Sour dip before John could stop him.
Luckily for Porridge, the team at Vets4Pets Barnsley Hospital was on hand to remove the pot, without having to perform surgery. Vets at the 24-hour hospital first tried to remove the packaging by inducing vomiting, but after a combination of sausages, biscuits and treats, there was no sign of the sauce pot.
The team then made the decision to perform an endoscopy, a minimally invasive procedure which allows a vet to look into a pet’s stomach using a small flexible tube with a camera. Veterinary Surgeon, Dr Caroline Richards and Veterinary Nurse, Sally White, placed Porridge under anaesthesia and were able to insert the endoscope through his mouth, spot the pot, and use specialist tools to carefully remove it, without causing any internal damage.
