|
Welcome to the YorkieTalk.com Forums Community - the community for Yorkshire Terriers. You are currently viewing our boards as a guest which gives you limited access to view most discussions and access our other features. By joining our free community you will have access to post topics, communicate privately with other members (PM), respond to polls, upload content and access many other special features. You will be able to chat with over 35,000 YorkieTalk members, read over 2,000,000 posted discussions, and view more than 15,000 Yorkie photos in the YorkieTalk Photo Gallery after you register. We would love to have you as a member! Registration is fast, simple and absolutely free so please, join our community today! If you have any problems with the registration process or your account login, please click here to contact us. |
|
| LinkBack | Thread Tools |
07-19-2007, 02:39 PM | #1 |
Donating Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Tulsa, Ok
Posts: 274
| Emergency Tube Feeding Question I just tube fed my little 2 oz. Rudy the very same way I've done all night, but this time some started to come out of his nose! He also then sounded congested. What have I done? The vet said if he makes noise as the tube is in then it isn't in his lungs. He was making squeaking noise. Please tell me I haven't done something bad to make him die? |
Welcome Guest! | |
07-19-2007, 03:06 PM | #2 |
YT 1000 Club Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Florida
Posts: 1,455
| If you did it the same way as taught, all the way down to the mark on the tube, allowing him to swallow it down, you haven't done anything wrong. I pinch the tube before bringing it back out. Likely you haven't done anything wrong. If you have a bulb syringe you could use that gently in his nose and throat to be safe. |
07-19-2007, 03:31 PM | #3 |
No Longer a Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: South Florida
Posts: 8,577
| tubing Go slow and try a bit less milk..good luck |
07-19-2007, 05:25 PM | #4 |
YT 2000 Club Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Michigan
Posts: 2,048
| Make sure you go up to the mark an the tube - if you go up to the mark you are doing fine and if it was put in the lung it wouldn't go up to that mark. My vet told us when we had to do tube is that you may get some in the lungs, but no matter what happens...you are doing what you must and the puppy would die for sure if you don't do this. He thinks that the what might happen far outweighs what 100% will happen if you don't tube feed. Good luck and I know how stressful it is to tubefeed.
__________________ ~Wendy~ |
07-19-2007, 07:38 PM | #5 | |
Donating Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Tulsa, Ok
Posts: 274
| Quote:
Thanks again. | |
07-19-2007, 08:44 PM | #6 |
Tiny Dog Big Heart Donating Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Texas
Posts: 6,205
| If any one is interested there is a video on Youtube on how to tube feed a puppy. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bIKWr7yRU2g Just something good to know.
__________________ Little Bit |
07-19-2007, 08:51 PM | #7 |
Tiny Dog Big Heart Donating Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Texas
Posts: 6,205
| Another one
__________________ Little Bit |
07-19-2007, 09:09 PM | #8 |
Donating Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Tulsa, Ok
Posts: 274
| O wow. Thanks for the sites. |
Bookmarks |
|
|
| |
|
|
SHOP NOW: Amazon :: eBay :: Buy.com :: Newegg :: PetStore :: Petco :: PetSmart