GI obstruction??

I understand your concern.  Has she pooped since swallowing the bully stick?

If it were me, I'd likely err on the side of caution and take her to the vet, considering the lethargy and vomiting.

Good luck and let us know what happens.

Hi -- in this case your paranoia serves you well -- it's WAY better to be prepared for an obstruction than not "see" it.

I've sweated **exactly** this one in the past myself.  The GOOD part is that it's all digestible and there is a good chance her body will break it down by the "end of the story".

HOWEVER -- this is what you watch for:

It all depends on *where* it obstructs.  If it's really stuck anything she eats can't get thru.  So the fact that she vomited hours after she ate is significant.  This sounds gross but can you tell me what it looked like??

Billy got obstructed back in January -- and apparently it obstructed darned close to the stomach -- but his stomach rolled food over and over and over for HOURS (like 7) but when he vomited it almost looked like bread dough that had been kneaded too much -- totally smooth, and bits of food were completely unrecognizable, but it was just this smooth mass.Their stomach literally "rolls things over" so it is very like bread dough being kneaded to be honest.

Typically they will poop out whatever may have been in their system and then stop.  And when the intestines get 'full' from the obstruction back to the stomach they will then vomit anything they eat (because it can't get out of the stomach and stomach acid eventually makes it yuck enough to reject it from the stomach).

If the food looked digested but smooth, I'd go ahead and go TO the vet.  They'll x-ray and see if they can see where the blockage is.  Now that quarter Billy swallowed made it easy cos boy howdy that showed up on an x-ray.  A bully stick won't really -- but it will be obvious that part of the intestine is empty and part is full.

 They may tell you to wait and see if it passes.  Give water (note about how much and when drunk for the vet's knowledge).  If she drinks and doesn't vomit it may be that liquids will get thru and the vet may have you give a liquid diet to help move things along. 

In short, this is probably best done hand in hand with the vet -- I was just trying to explain the process a bit.  The big huge deal with an obstruction is KNOWING it's there.  That makes it FAR easier than someone who just comes in and says "he's throwing up ... poop?  gee I don't know the last time he went!!.

We had a pup about 7 years ago that did the EXACT thing yours did -- she swallowed 3/4 of a bully stick and SHE was handicapped and didn't walk, so I was super terrified, but she DID eventually pass it and it didn't obstruct.  I took THREE DAYS for it to get thru the body tho but that was, I'm sure, exacerbated by the fact that she didn't walk.  I can tell you she got sick of me examining her butt all the time.

Good luck!!

 Thank you so much for your replies! I ended up calling her vet around noon, and she said it was likely a partial obstruction--she's on a liquid diet until it passes, and if we see any signs that she might have totally obstructed she's going right to the vet. Thanks again : )