ridecamp@endurance.net: Re: pellets

Re: pellets

Bob Wilson (bobwilson@pe.net)
Tue, 14 Oct 1997 21:44:50 -0700

Lynne Glazer wrote:
>
> >>If they choke, as
> one of mine did, the vet told me to elevate the head and DO NOT try to
> get water down their throat.<<
>
> My 32 year old choked a week ago Monday. The vet told me to keep his
> head *down* to allow him to cough. That was the only way he was able to
> expel large quantities of mucus (and carrot fragments) through his nose!
>
The no water makes sense as does the head down. Do not want to get
water (or pieces of carrot and mucus) sucked down into the lungs, that
would be the start of a whole new set of problems.

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