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Cat Forum / Health and Behavior / September 2003Help - Cat choked when vomiting, now has blocked nose
Hi, I hope you can give me some advice. My cat was sick on her food today (which is not really unusual) but she choked and coughed whilst being sick and some of it got stuck up in the back of her nose. Its completely blocked her nose and shows no signs of coming out. I took her to the vet and they said that a cats nasal cavities are too small to look into, and they don't know how to clear it. My cat is obviously in great distress and is constantly gulping air in through her mouth and panicking all the time. She is (at the moment) getting enough air into her lungs but it is very hard work for her. Has anyone had any experience of this or could you give me some advice how to help her? The vet said she could be sedated and they would try to look up from the back of her throat. I'm worried that they might cause her more harm from doing something invasive, but she obviously can't go on like this for too long as she can't eat and won't drink and its very stressful. Surely this is a common problem? Thanks, Chris. See another vet. The one you saw was incompetent. Gail > Hi, > [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] > Thanks, > Chris. Oh, jeez - no experience w/ this, but the poor cat sounds very uncomfortable. I would take her to another vet, pronto. Cathy -- "Staccato signals of constant information..." ("The Boy in the Bubble") Paul Simon > Hi, > [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] > Thanks, > Chris. *I took her to the vet and they said that a cats nasal cavities are too *small to look into, and they don't know how to clear it. My cat is *obviously in great distress and is constantly gulping air in through *her mouth and panicking all the time. She is (at the moment) getting *enough air into her lungs but it is very hard work for her. Well, people DO look inside feline nasal cavities using a procedure called "rhinoscopy," but not everyone is equipped to do that (for example, I am not). That being said, your cat is in respiratory distress and need urgent veterinary care. Go to a veterinarian who can provide it.  Signaturehillary israeli vmd http://www.hillary.net info@hillary.net "uber vaccae in quattuor partes divisum est." not-so-newly minted veterinarian-at-large :) >> That being said, your cat is in respiratory distress and need urgent > veterinary care. Go to a veterinarian who can provide it. And don't EVER go back to the vet that sent you home like that. No one would use that vet! > >> That being said, your cat is in respiratory distress and need urgent > > veterinary care. Go to a veterinarian who can provide it. > > And don't EVER go back to the vet that sent you home like that. > No one would use that vet! I have not seen any follow-ups to this post... How is that cat doing now??? K. HOWEDY katra, Perhaps you can give some advice to the poster with the 13 y.o. kat who's pissin all over her HOWES, seein as you recently broke that problem yourself? > > >> That being said, your cat is in respiratory distress and need urgent > > > veterinary care. Go to a veterinarian who can provide it. [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > K. First of all, I have never had a cat presented with vomitus stuck in the nasal passage, but I did have one with a broken twig lodged in its nostril so high it couldn't be retrieved. I anesthetized the cat, intubated it and fully inflated the cuff to prevent foreign material from going down the trachea. Then with a syringe, tomcat catheter, and sterile saline, I was able to flush the twig up the nose by hydropressure into the nasopharynx and retrieve the stick from the back of the throat. It was sort of like plunging a clogged drain. It was a neat procedure. I sure hope someone was able to help your poor cat! Ladyvet > > >> That being said, your cat is in respiratory distress and need urgent > > > veterinary care. Go to a veterinarian who can provide it. [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > K. I would imagine like any cool procedure, it was SRO when you did that. Did you check to see if anyone was covering the front desk!? -Sharon > First of all, I have never had a cat presented with vomitus stuck in the > nasal passage, but I did have one with a broken twig lodged in its nostril [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] > > > > K. >Hi, > [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] >Thanks, >Chris. Please give us an update on your cat and how the problem was handled. Anxious to hear! MLB I believe cats only know how to get rid of something in their nose by sneezing or pushing the air out and that makes whatever is blocking the passage go further in. If it were my cat, I´d hold his head, put my mouth firmly against his nose and blow in to push whatever it is back to the throat. You need to be careful if you try it though because you only blow enough air to get it to its throat, not all the way to its lungs. Don´t hold the cat´s mouth shut so the excess air can come out through the mouth. You´ll know when the obstructing thing reached the throat as there will be no more resistance. My cats would let me do this but I don´t know if yours will. Give it a try. << You need to be careful if you try it though because you only blow enough air to get it to its throat, not all the way to its lungs. Don´t hold the cat´s mouth shut so the excess air can come out through the mouth. >> I don't think this is a good thing for someone to try. I think a vet needs to be involved. I would imagine that by now this situation has been resolved since the OP first posted a couple of weeks ago. Candace (take the litter out before replying by e-mail) See my cats: http://photos.yahoo.com/maccandace |
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