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Originally Posted by TxVicki  I know my Vet has one. Some Vet Offices that are smaller just don't have the money to purchase that type of equipment, but are still very good Vet's.
This is on the Human side of medicine, my PCP doesn't have this type of equipment, and if neeed to be scoped after an x-ray would have to be referred to specialist. so it holds true that some Vet Offices are this way as well. |
But humans don't routinely eat anything such as a dog will, unobserved as they are in back yards and such. Vets are a dog's first line of defense and life saving in a case where the dog has something in his belly that can kill him and vets all need to have this equipment. And where an obstruction or full item in the belly is palpated, you would think the vet would have to take a "look see". With humans, we know if we've swallowed a button or if our child ate a knob off a toy before we could get to him, as babies are watched a lot more closely than dogs are, especially when the canines are let out to potty or play. I would think vets would have a flex scope at the ready to use in cases where suspected ingestion of FB's have occurred and supported by history, exam, other testing.