Dogs exercise vigorously immediately after eating, especially rolling, running up and down the stairs and other activities, which can easily lead to gastric torsion. At this time, the dog's stomach is full of Food, the gastric ligament can be twisted in a violent and sudden rotational motion, turning the dog's stomach over. At this time, the dog will feel unbearable abdominal pain. When gastric torsion occurs, the upper and lower exits of the stomach will be tightly closed, and the stomach will not turn back on its own, and must be treated by surgery. If you can't find it in time and send it to the hospital for surgery, the dog can only last for a day or two before dying, so it is a very difficult disease.

Which dogs are prone to gastric torsion?

In fact, not all dogs are prone to gastric torsion. Generally speaking, large dogs and dogs with narrow chests are prone to gastric torsion, especially Germanshepherd cases of gastric torsion. The occurrence of gastric torsion is also related to the dog's food. It seems that eating dog food is more likely to induce gastric torsion than dogs eating wet food. Because some dogs eat dog food in a hurry and don't chew enough, the dog food is easy to form a lump in the dog's stomach, so that the stomach forms a full body, which is easy for the dog to exercise. The whole flip. There is also a gender factor for gastric torsion, male dogs are more likely to suffer from gastric torsion than female dogs.

Symptoms and treatment of gastric torsion:

Dogs with gastric torsion will experience sudden abdominal pain, rapid bloating, and they will stand or lie down Posture, tympanic percussion, palpable sac (stomach) on abdominal palpation. Breathing is highly difficult, the sick dog vomits, the pulse beats very violently, and even causes death.

Treatment:

The dog was quickly put under general anesthesia and gastric reduction surgery was performed. First, an abdominal incision is used to find the stomach and release the gas in the stomach, and then the pylorus, duodenum, and spleen are reset and sutured.

How to avoid gastric torsion:

Although gastric torsion can kill a dog, it is not impossible to prevent. As long as you act according to the following methods, you can effectively avoid the occurrence of gastric torsion in dogs:

1. Feed the dog regularly and quantitatively, and do not let the dog eat too much: some owners feed the dog every day The time is somewhat arbitrary, and the amount of dog food will fluctuate. In fact, this approach is very unscientific. For dogs, it is best to eat a fixed amount of dog food at a fixed time every day.

2. After the dog eats, let it rest for at least 30 minutes: some owners think that the dog will excrete immediately after eating. It is convenient to take the dog downstairs in a hurry, and the dog often runs around happily after going downstairs, and gastric torsion is prone to occur at this time.

3. Don't give the dog a lot of water immediately after eating: drinking a lot of water after eating will cause the food to clump in the dog's stomach. Do not give them water until after 15-20 minutes.

4. Don't feed the dogs too much before taking them in the car: Some owners worry that the dogs will be hungry in the car before taking their dogs on a long journey, so they feed the dogs a lot before going out. Full, but a dog who eats too full is likely to cause gastric torsion after bumping in the car.