A pet Westie who swallowed a turkey bone the size of a “gobstopper” underwent emergency surgery to remove it after his owner found him hunched up and retching.
Joy Griffiths took 11-year-old Alfie to the vets where an X-ray revealed the blockage lodged deep in his gullet, close to his stomach.
Vets at North West Veterinary Specialists in Sutton Weaver, Runcorn, confirmed the diagnosis with radiographs, and internal medicine clinician Francesca Venier carried out an endoscopy to try to investigate further and pull it out.
