Tigger Was Coughing /choking

[Sarah Beckett]

Hi everyone .Yesterday evening Tigger was happily munching on a carrot and suddenly started coughing. On checking her she was covered in drool and carrot juice was coming out her nose . She seemed to recover after being held a little upright and her back gently rubbed , patted and wiped her nose on tissue. She recently was at vets approx 2-3 week ago for a dental after a history of drooling and coughing but nothing was found .Following the investigation she seemed better for unknown reasons and has since had minimal coughing episodes but this occasion was quite bad and thought she might have been struggling for a breath although there was no blueness to her tongue .She feeds ok on lettuce , celery etc and has taken a liking to Recovery which she eats as a paste from a dish so has put on some weight. She is still,on daily metacam and ranitidine since being at the vets. Does anyone have any idea of the cause of this choking ? Could she be allergic to something or maybe the carrot is too chunky for her ?reflux ? Do guinea pigs get that ?!sorry for all these questions but a bit worried about her .Also her meds are running low and the vets won't give a repeat prescription without seeing her first .I find this a little annoying as I know they won't find anything obviously wrong .

 

[piggyfan]

Bump!

 

[Freela]

Sounds scary- I have no idea other than to check her back teeth. One of my pigs would sometimes choke on food or seemingly have food stuck half-swallowed when her molars were overgrown in the back. Once we got her back teeth taken care of she didn't have those incidents anymore.

 

[AbiS]

One of mine quite often coughs when eating or drinking but that is just because he is a greedy little piglet that eats/drinks too fast. I have never seen anything coming out of his nose or any drool though. Maybe another trip to the vets is in order. It sounds really scary!

 

[helen105281]

I think she may need to see the vet again and for them to have a good look at her throat, maybe even an xray and also another look at her teeth.

 

[Sarah Beckett]

Thanks for your suggestions . It's trying to find a piggie savvy vet though otherwise I feel is just a waste of time and money and stressful for piggy .Will phone around some more vets and maybe have to travel a bit further afield. At present happily eating hay after pigging out on parsley with no issues .maybe just need to avoid certain foods .

 

[Pebble]

This is not an allergy - it sounds like there is something still going on with her dentition.....or she may even have a heart problem
Can you get her to vet Simon Maddock in Northampton for a proper exam without GA? Perhaps you can contact Furryfriends at TEAS to help/temporarily board?

Alternatively, given your location, I would suggest going to Glenn Hodgson at Apex Vets in Denny, Falkirk.

HTH
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