eating stuff

[debbiej]

Boris is the picture of health. good solid stools, great appetite, bright eyed wet nosed and energetic. But I find the most disturbing amount of stuff in his poop! things I never saw him have. he is really quite closely supervised. crated when we are gone, watched when we are home. A few weeks ago he destroyed a rag rug and he chewed the poly fill out of some porch furniture and that is showing up, but I also found several pieces of cloth and a sock. I am thinking he found things in the van when I take him with me. (no my van isn't a trash pile, but things do get left out there) the rag rug bothers me because it is strips of cloth and also a dark color, so the dye used could be dangerous.
anyway, if he had something wrong with him from eating stuff like this, would he be unmistakeably sick?

[SonnyRott]

If he had blockage, he would be lethargic, constipated, and off his food.

I would just make sure he is pooping regularly and acting fine. I don't think the dye in this rag rug (this one time), will do him any harm.

Socks sound scary to me though. Socks in my house are men's...and they are large!

[debbiej]

the sock was a small tennis type, but still. he does seem to be able to swallow fairly large items. and strangely, he seems to relish eating the oddest things.