Boston vet removes 19 baby pacifiers from dog's belly
BOSTON — A Boston veterinarian made quite the discovery recently when the owners of Mortimer — a three-year-old dog with a voracious appetite — took their ailing pet into the Angell Animal Medical Center.
After X-rays of the pooch were taken, Erika De Papp removed 19 baby pacifiers from the pooch’s stomach via endoscopy, according to People magazine.
“It’s likely that Mortimer started nabbing these pacifiers in April, perhaps one at a time, and that started a cycle of nausea and vomiting, which are symptoms that can be caused by so many other health issues,” says Doug Brum, Mortimer’s primary veterinarian.
“If not for the urgency with which his family pursued veterinary care, things would have gotten much worse for him.”
It’s not the only case of overzealous canine appetites, according to the Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (MSPCA), which has “removed all manner of objects from the bellies of pets — from guitar strings and wristwatches, to safety pins, diamond rings, perfume bottles and more.”
