July 30, 2025 • 3 mins
While Clairsy and Lisa were taking your calls on, what did your pet eat?, Dr Jacob Wale of Fetch Mobile Vets rang into the show to share the most common and weirdest things he has come across as a vet. Plus tips on what to do if your pet does consume something strange!
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Producer sus he's got hold of a vet. This is
Jacob Whale from Fetch Mobile Vets.
Speaker 2 (00:05):
Hello, Jacob, good guys. How's it going?
Speaker 1 (00:08):
So you would have seen some things some story what
don't just you probably can't narrow it down to one.
What are some of the weirdest things you've had an
animal come in that they've eaten?
Speaker 2 (00:23):
Well, weird can go in many different ways. Weird in
a way that can cause some really bad aspects. I've
seen dogs eat whole mop heads. I've seen dogs eat
heaps of medications. That's a really common way. Yes, that's
quite concerning. Yeah, but probably one of the weirdest was
(00:43):
that we had a dog that was vomiting. We suspected
to date something, but we weren't quite sure what it was.
Took some X rays and then bam as a massive
Superman pendant sitting in his abdomen. Yeah, feel for sure. Yeah, absolutely,
it's going to cause issues.
Speaker 1 (01:03):
Yeah, Jacob, what's the weirdest thing you've seen that the
dog's actually a dog or a pet has actually passed?
You know, you've gone how to be get through?
Speaker 2 (01:10):
So underwear and socks I reckon are the most common one.
Sometimes pass and sometimes don't. But yeah, we've seen that.
We've seen heaps of clothing items is probably the most
common to pass. Really, yeah?
Speaker 1 (01:26):
Is it because of our smell? What are they attracted
to do?
Speaker 2 (01:30):
You know? So there's heats of different reasons why dogs
will eat sort of random objects, and sometimes it can
be associared with smell that's the common one, or taste.
So one we see very often is dogs eating poop
or dogs eating their own poop.
Speaker 1 (01:46):
Yeah, mine eats the cats.
Speaker 2 (01:49):
Yeah, so the cat ye? Yeah. And so the leading
theory with that is they think it's related to the
protein not being fully digested. So what they well and
add is just like a really bad piece of meat.
Speaker 1 (02:07):
Yeah. I always know when she's done it because she
comes in and she's got kidding her all over her face.
Speaker 2 (02:14):
I know what you've done.
Speaker 1 (02:17):
Sorry, that's not total, right, And Jacob, when these things
are passing through some must must cause a bit of damage.
Surely it's gone through the digestive tract.
Speaker 2 (02:26):
Right, Yeah, absolutely, Depending on how sharp it is and
it's the size of it, it definitely causes a lot
of damage. The biggest problem though, is the obstruction. So,
for example, a really common one, and that people don't
know about his corn cobs. The corn cobs don't usually
get chewed up, and they their structure makes them really
(02:47):
prone to getting stuck. And yet because they've got usually
they've been eaten, all the corns probably off them, and
they just get stuck by all the little tentacles in
the in the abdomen.
Speaker 1 (02:58):
I wonder if they'll like to go side to side
around all right, So, Jacob, I guess your advice would be,
anytime your petty something you're not sure, I'll just do
double at least make a call and double check how
worried should I be?
Speaker 2 (03:13):
Absolutely give a better call, and they can usually give
you ideas of if that's gonna probably pass or if not,
bring them down, check them out before it gets bad.
Speaker 1 (03:22):
Superman staying in there.
Speaker 2 (03:25):
Thank you so much, no problem.
Speaker 1 (03:29):
Take a well from Fetch mobile vets.
Speaker 2 (03:32):
It was very cool.
Speaker 1 (03:33):
That's what you need a mobile vet. Yes, yeah, especially
when you're not sure what your dog's got it or
your pets got in the stomach. Is normal dogs, aren't they?
Speaker 2 (03:41):
There?
Speaker 1 (03:42):
Sometimes dogs? Yes, cats are fast muster to be eating rubbish.
They don't recognize. They're usually pretty fussy
Producer sus he's got hold of a vet. This is
Jacob Whale from Fetch Mobile Vets.
Speaker 2 (00:05):
Hello, Jacob, good guys. How's it going?
Speaker 1 (00:08):
So you would have seen some things some story what
don't just you probably can't narrow it down to one.
What are some of the weirdest things you've had an
animal come in that they've eaten?
Speaker 2 (00:23):
Well, weird can go in many different ways. Weird in
a way that can cause some really bad aspects. I've
seen dogs eat whole mop heads. I've seen dogs eat
heaps of medications. That's a really common way. Yes, that's
quite concerning. Yeah, but probably one of the weirdest was
(00:43):
that we had a dog that was vomiting. We suspected
to date something, but we weren't quite sure what it was.
Took some X rays and then bam as a massive
Superman pendant sitting in his abdomen. Yeah, feel for sure. Yeah, absolutely,
it's going to cause issues.
Speaker 1 (01:03):
Yeah, Jacob, what's the weirdest thing you've seen that the
dog's actually a dog or a pet has actually passed?
You know, you've gone how to be get through?
Speaker 2 (01:10):
So underwear and socks I reckon are the most common one.
Sometimes pass and sometimes don't. But yeah, we've seen that.
We've seen heaps of clothing items is probably the most
common to pass. Really, yeah?
Speaker 1 (01:26):
Is it because of our smell? What are they attracted
to do?
Speaker 2 (01:30):
You know? So there's heats of different reasons why dogs
will eat sort of random objects, and sometimes it can
be associared with smell that's the common one, or taste.
So one we see very often is dogs eating poop
or dogs eating their own poop.
Speaker 1 (01:46):
Yeah, mine eats the cats.
Speaker 2 (01:49):
Yeah, so the cat ye? Yeah. And so the leading
theory with that is they think it's related to the
protein not being fully digested. So what they well and
add is just like a really bad piece of meat.
Speaker 1 (02:07):
Yeah. I always know when she's done it because she
comes in and she's got kidding her all over her face.
Speaker 2 (02:14):
I know what you've done.
Speaker 1 (02:17):
Sorry, that's not total, right, And Jacob, when these things
are passing through some must must cause a bit of damage.
Surely it's gone through the digestive tract.
Speaker 2 (02:26):
Right, Yeah, absolutely, Depending on how sharp it is and
it's the size of it, it definitely causes a lot
of damage. The biggest problem though, is the obstruction. So,
for example, a really common one, and that people don't
know about his corn cobs. The corn cobs don't usually
get chewed up, and they their structure makes them really
(02:47):
prone to getting stuck. And yet because they've got usually
they've been eaten, all the corns probably off them, and
they just get stuck by all the little tentacles in
the in the abdomen.
Speaker 1 (02:58):
I wonder if they'll like to go side to side
around all right, So, Jacob, I guess your advice would be,
anytime your petty something you're not sure, I'll just do
double at least make a call and double check how
worried should I be?
Speaker 2 (03:13):
Absolutely give a better call, and they can usually give
you ideas of if that's gonna probably pass or if not,
bring them down, check them out before it gets bad.
Speaker 1 (03:22):
Superman staying in there.
Speaker 2 (03:25):
Thank you so much, no problem.
Speaker 1 (03:29):
Take a well from Fetch mobile vets.
Speaker 2 (03:32):
It was very cool.
Speaker 1 (03:33):
That's what you need a mobile vet. Yes, yeah, especially
when you're not sure what your dog's got it or
your pets got in the stomach. Is normal dogs, aren't they?
Speaker 2 (03:41):
There?
Speaker 1 (03:42):
Sometimes dogs? Yes, cats are fast muster to be eating rubbish.
They don't recognize. They're usually pretty fussy
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