A Rottweiler had to undergo three-hours of surgery after vets discovered it had eaten 30 PPE gloves.
Rambo was rushed to a veterinary hospital when he was sick and brought up one of the rubber gloves that Darren Coyne from Wakefield uses in his job for Intercontinental Hotel Group.
Seven-year-old Rambo was first taken to Wakefield Westgate Vets4Pets for a check-up and then to Leeds Birstall Vets4Pets 24/7 hospital for an endoscopy.
Keith Leonard, veterinary surgeon and owner at Leeds Birstall Vets4Pets 24/7 hospital, said: “When Rambo was referred to us by our colleagues at Vets4Pets Wakefield Westgate, we didn’t think we’d be finding much; particularly as he literally bounced into the hospital seemingly without a care in the world.
“But the seemingly brief endoscopy turned into a three-hour operation as we removed 29 further PPE gloves from Rambo’s stomach, making it 30 in total that he had seemingly eaten.
“Each time we pulled a glove out, we went back to check it was the last one and found another one – it was something we’ve never seen or heard of…
