My 2 year old female, Gabby, isn't coming out of her winter anorexia (but her tail is still fatter than her neck and according to my scale, she weighs about 64g), so I was feeding her some boost with a syringe last night. I know you're supposed to make a slurry with bugs, but I wanted to try and see if having a full tummy would start her eating on her own before I put mealies in the blender.
She was licking it off her mouth like crazy, almost constantly until she ate nearly 1cc. I was putting drops on as fast as she would lick them off, and I didn't think to take a break to let her breathe, as normally she just stops licking after a few seconds and waits about a minute or so before she starts licking again. It is also possible that she just got some in her nostrils since when she was licking, her tongue kept going over her nostrils. However, suddenly she kind of sneezed and little bubbles of Boost came out of her nostrils. Worried, I wiped them away, and she seemed to be having some problems breathing and bubbles came from her nostrils 4 more times! I called the after hours number for the veterinary college. The vet on call that I spoke to called the exotics resident who said that if she seemed to be breathing normally, just to wait until the next day if I wanted her to see a vet. By that time, she had been breathing and behaving normally without any bubbles for about 15 minutes.
This morning, she still seems fine, no open mouth breathing or deep chest movements. I e-mailed the two exotic vets to see if they recommend that I bring her in, if they would have a way to tell she was developing aspiration pneumonia before she started showing symptoms. I don't want to put her through the stress of travelling if they would not/could not do much. I have got received a reply from the vets yet, but I will call if I do not hear anything later today. I increased the heat ever so slightly on the warm side of her tank in the hopes that her immune system would fight off any potential respiratory problems.
I was searching for other threads relating to aspiration pneumonia or slurry going down the glottis, and didn't find much, except for saying that one leo died, without giving specific details, while another thread said the leo was behaving normally afterwards, but the vet said it would take awhile for symptoms to show. If anyone has more information on this and has any experiences/advice to offer , that would be great.
She was licking it off her mouth like crazy, almost constantly until she ate nearly 1cc. I was putting drops on as fast as she would lick them off, and I didn't think to take a break to let her breathe, as normally she just stops licking after a few seconds and waits about a minute or so before she starts licking again. It is also possible that she just got some in her nostrils since when she was licking, her tongue kept going over her nostrils. However, suddenly she kind of sneezed and little bubbles of Boost came out of her nostrils. Worried, I wiped them away, and she seemed to be having some problems breathing and bubbles came from her nostrils 4 more times! I called the after hours number for the veterinary college. The vet on call that I spoke to called the exotics resident who said that if she seemed to be breathing normally, just to wait until the next day if I wanted her to see a vet. By that time, she had been breathing and behaving normally without any bubbles for about 15 minutes.
This morning, she still seems fine, no open mouth breathing or deep chest movements. I e-mailed the two exotic vets to see if they recommend that I bring her in, if they would have a way to tell she was developing aspiration pneumonia before she started showing symptoms. I don't want to put her through the stress of travelling if they would not/could not do much. I have got received a reply from the vets yet, but I will call if I do not hear anything later today. I increased the heat ever so slightly on the warm side of her tank in the hopes that her immune system would fight off any potential respiratory problems.
I was searching for other threads relating to aspiration pneumonia or slurry going down the glottis, and didn't find much, except for saying that one leo died, without giving specific details, while another thread said the leo was behaving normally afterwards, but the vet said it would take awhile for symptoms to show. If anyone has more information on this and has any experiences/advice to offer , that would be great.
