Info on the whole situation: http://www.chins-n-hedgies.com/forums/showthread.php?t=20066
This particular batch of CC was on the liquidy side, I was just feeding Lily and as I was applying pressure to the syringe it made this weird clicking sound and shot forward very fast. Lily threw her head back and made all sorts of gagging noises. Her whole body was shaking. I called the vet right away and he tried to instruct me in holding her in a towel and "swing" her to get the food unlodged. I couldn't understand what he was trying to get me to do and the whole time Lily's just coughing and sputtering. I seriously thought she was going to die there and then. Her body seemed to settle down a bit to more of a hiccup like spasm which became less and less. I put her back in her cage and she ate a piece of hay. She's had this hiccup like spasm once or twice in the last 15 minutes but is resting otherwise.
I feel terrible because I'm trying to do everything right to help her get better and I may have seriously just hurt her. I asked the vet about the possibility of the food getting in her lungs and he said her body is just going to have to fight it off. On Wednesday she was given an antibiotic injection that is supposed to last for 14 days. I've been playing around with the syringes and two of them appear broken. When I squeeze there is some resistance and then they make the clicking sound and jerk forward. So I need to go out and get some more. I'm just scared to leave her cage right now. She's been through so much in the last few weeks and I feel so bad that I just contributed to it. :cry3:
This particular batch of CC was on the liquidy side, I was just feeding Lily and as I was applying pressure to the syringe it made this weird clicking sound and shot forward very fast. Lily threw her head back and made all sorts of gagging noises. Her whole body was shaking. I called the vet right away and he tried to instruct me in holding her in a towel and "swing" her to get the food unlodged. I couldn't understand what he was trying to get me to do and the whole time Lily's just coughing and sputtering. I seriously thought she was going to die there and then. Her body seemed to settle down a bit to more of a hiccup like spasm which became less and less. I put her back in her cage and she ate a piece of hay. She's had this hiccup like spasm once or twice in the last 15 minutes but is resting otherwise.
I feel terrible because I'm trying to do everything right to help her get better and I may have seriously just hurt her. I asked the vet about the possibility of the food getting in her lungs and he said her body is just going to have to fight it off. On Wednesday she was given an antibiotic injection that is supposed to last for 14 days. I've been playing around with the syringes and two of them appear broken. When I squeeze there is some resistance and then they make the clicking sound and jerk forward. So I need to go out and get some more. I'm just scared to leave her cage right now. She's been through so much in the last few weeks and I feel so bad that I just contributed to it. :cry3: