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Martha L. Moore
| | Posted on Sunday, Jun 26, 2005 - 3:09 pm: |   |
My 9 day old filly had been in the pasture with her dam, and they were both very hot so I brought them in. I went to rinse the dam and at some point the baby deciede to nibble on a fresh pile of poop.
She got it caught and kept choking, with snot coming out of her nose. She quit the gagging but still does it occasionally. I can't get a vet here for a couple of hours. Is this a go to the university level emergency (2.5 hour drive + hook up the trailer). She was lying down but has gotten up to nurse and seems to be keeping that down.
When this all started, I washed her down with alcohol and water to prevent overheating. |
Sara Wolff
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Username: Mrose
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| | Posted on Sunday, Jun 26, 2005 - 4:42 pm: | |
Hopefully you have gotten hold of the vet by no?w. I would be concerned about fluid/debree that may have gotten into her lungs, so would want to be sure her lungs were clear. Does she still have green snot coming out of her nose? Can you feel a lump on her neck from food being lodged? Does she act distressed? Sweaty? Having difficulty breathing? If she seems o.k. and is eating o.k., you should still have her checked asap, but imo she can wait for the vet if he can see her sometime today. |
Robert N. Oglesby DVM
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Post Number: 13233
Registered: 1-1997
| | Posted on Sunday, Jun 26, 2005 - 6:12 pm: | |
Martha I am uncertain she aspirated this, more likely she swallowed some and it became lodged in the esophagus. The horseman's term is choke a fairly common event, for more on the symptoms you are seeing see Equine Diseases » Colic and GI Diseases » Mouth, Esophagus, and Liver » Choke: Esophageal Obstruction.
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