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Bella seems seriously ill update choked but ok now

touie

touie

Wise Old Thumper
Im obviously going to get her to the vet but in the mean time

Bella has laboured breathing her nose is in the air and she has loads of fluid coming out her nose and mouth, she's never had snuffles before!!!

What should I do with her she is distressed in the shed, out the shed in the garden back in the shed!

Should I bring her in or leave her out???

Any ideas what could be the matter?
 
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I have phoned the vet but it's Sunday I am waiting for the emergency vet to call me back
 
Ok well she is looking less frantic and does not have fluid streaming out! I found a bit of chewed up plastic in the garden so I wonder if that was it! She is still snuffling though and I'm still waiting for the vet to call
 
touie said:
Ok well she is looking less frantic and does not have fluid streaming out! I found a bit of chewed up plastic in the garden so I wonder if that was it! She is still snuffling though and I'm still waiting for the vet to call
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It is 100% essential that the Vet EXAMINES her so if they suggest 'just keeping an eye on her' you need to INSIST that she is seen

Although she may seem to be recovering there is a HUGE risk that she has aspirated something. This could lead to aspiration pneumonia which is usually fatal

I cannot emphaise strongly enough the importance of a FULL examination by a Vet within the next few hours

Good luck
 
I have an appointment

She is now happily munching grass on the lawn! I think she had got the plastic from eating her way into a bag of redigrass!
 
I hope she is OK.

My bun had this when he choked on a pellet. Although he recovered totally after about an hour, he was on antibiotics for 10 days after to lessen his risk of aspiration pneumonia.
 
I agree with Jane, when parsley choked he got a covering antibiotic and painkiller, as his airways would have been bruised, metacam was good as it anti inflam too.
Hope bells recovers quickly xx
 
Thanks she seems ok now she's just eaten pellets

I want to bring her in and give her lots of nose rubs but she doesn't like to be indoors when it's cold out, I guess the heating is too much!
 
weedug said:
The fluid is awful isn't it? :(

I was using loads of kitchen roll to wipe it, and it just kept on coming :(
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Yes very scary I wish I had thought about choking earlier although I'm still not sure what I could have done, she is quite difficult to handle!
 
I think its pretty terrible they told you to wait for a call back and an appointment when your rabbit was choking.

If my rabbit was choking I would be ringing the vet to let them know I was on my way, not waiting for an appointment! Choking is an obvious emergency, it's not like it needs a vet to decide whether it's an emergency or not. If I were you, I'd be very unhappy that you weren't told to bring her in straight away - after all, if she hadn't dislodged it herself, she would have died.
 
Yes that's very true I was a bit miffed! The emergancy vet was out on a house visit and appologised when she called me and was very helpful, I don't know who I spoke to that first answered the emergancy line, he was pretty clueless I even had to spell the name of my village which was strange as they have a branch there!!!
 
oh my gosh how scary :( Hope she gets better x

Has there been a thread on what to do with a choking rabbit? I wouldn't have a clue :shock:
 
Lea-Anne said:
oh my gosh how scary :( Hope she gets better x

Has there been a thread on what to do with a choking rabbit? I wouldn't have a clue :shock:
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No I was clueless but there is a thread stickied at the top of this page :)
 
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