[alaskayorkie]

Originally Posted by bchgirl

Question...how exactly do they flush his nose? If the point isn't to have it travel UP...

I was thinking about saline solution...it's a small spray bottle and you use it on babies when their nose is stuffy. Maybe ask the vet if this could be tried?

Or since it's not really bothering him....wait it out...eventually it will come loose and he'll sneeze it out.

The best way to flush their nose is to sedate them and send saline all the way through the nasal passage, catching anything solid on a piece of gauze in the back of their throat. Well, that's my understanding of it.

One emergency vet advised that I try putting some saline (or water, because I was lacking saline) into his nose. I tried it with a spray bottle, just a small amount. But then another emergency vet said that could have been dangerous if it aspirated into his lungs. Have I said ugh yet?