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Discussion on Not sure if it's choke
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New Member:
Callieme
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Posted on Thursday, Oct 6, 2005 - 12:04 am:
My 25 yr old has choked before. Today I fed him an eighth of an apple and it seemed like it got stuck. Waited a few minutes and he seemed fine. I gave him more apple, but smaller pieces. He ate them. He then acted like he needed to get something out.
No DrOoling or fluids coming out of nose.
Several hours later he seemed OK. Fed supper which is pellets with water. He ate that Ok. After an hour he got a hold of some hay. He started acting like he needed to vomit. No DrOoling. Checked on him again and still acted like the need to vomit. No other signs of distress. I've taken all hay away.
What do I do ? Should I feed in AM? Call vet if he still is acting the same way?
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Corinne
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Posted on Thursday, Oct 6, 2005 - 1:21 am:
I am up late and while I am not a vet I can offer some moral support. First I would not feed apples again until he can be evaluated to make sure they don't get stuck in his esophagus again.
Second, it sounds promising that he had eaten his grain and water and had no problem. But unfortunately he ate the hay and then seemed to want to vomit again (obviously he can't).Perhaps the hay and pellets have caused a bolos that he needs to move on through or perhaps the apple bolus didn't move and all his dinner is getting stuck on the already stuck apples.
Here are a few lines from Dr.O's choke article if you didn't read his choke article.
If the obstruction persists for longer than 10 or 20 minutes call the vet and he should be able to get the bolus to move with a nasogastric tube and water. By repeatedly flushing water over the bolus it will break down and move. He may have to give a mild sedative to work on the horse but heavy sedation should be avoided.
Because you can not rule out a continued obstruction I would call the vet and then he will give you further instructions.
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Corinne
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Posted on Thursday, Oct 6, 2005 - 1:27 am:
P.S. Those four lines were from Dr O's article (the last line was my opinion)...you can read the entire article on Choke:Esophageal Obstruction on this site.
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DrO
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Posted on Thursday, Oct 6, 2005 - 7:07 am:
Lisa since he continues to eat it does sound like it passed but how do we account for continued distress, particularly when eating? 3 things occur to me: - It is stuck but not completely occluding the lumen.
- When it was stuck before there was trauma to the tissue.
- There is some other issue.
The veterinarian might learn something by watching the horse eat but this may be a bit of a dillemma and some of these are serious, if it persists I would call the vet.
DrO
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