Thanks for your thoughtful post :). I think that Marcel inhaled a down feather or puff into his airway and that this almost totally occluded his airway for good while :(. I think when the feather/puff finally became "wet enough", he was able to breath again. It was so dang scary - I've never seen anything like it before (even during his worst reverse sneezing episodes).

wow, poor little Wylie... such a precious baby!
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my yorkie is at the vet for the day for the exact same symptoms you described :( I can sympathize with how scary it is :( I was definately speeding through town--couldn't get him there fast enough! Now I'm just waiting for the vet to call with diagnosis and treatment plan.

Glad the lil bug is ok! :)

Was at ER at 2:30
 

Please let us know how it goes.

Experiencing something similar if not the same
 

Hi everyone,

I am a new yorkie mom. My little guy is almost 6 months old and recently I have noticed the same kind of wheezing. Reading through all the replies it is probably making more sense to me what happened last night. I have a down comforter and as always there are little fluffies floating around on the hardwood floor regardless of how much you vacuum. Last night he was so restless and wheezing like crazy. It scared the crap out of me. Also I noticed when I get home he is excited to see me and starts wheezing. Is this normal? I have a vet appt next week and will definitely mention this. I was in her office this Monday and she said the lungs sound good.
Should I be worried? It is exactly the same way some of you describe it. As if something is stuck and he is trying to inhale it back inside but no discharge from the nose.

As I am writting this I was thinking of calling my vet now just to check but I remembered that he also scratched himself a lot. Could it be allergies? He is transitioning from RC to Wellness if that helps any cause I read here a lot about scratching from RC.

Please any further info would be appreciated before I run into vet's office and probably realize he is picking up the comforter fluff.
Thank you!!

Hello Ann, I have had several events like this also recently....I am new to the site and figuring everything out, I do not see dates at this moment, but wondering if Marcel has had any more events or issues? Pamela and Hummer

Almost had a heart attack when I saw this thread in new posts, until I realized it was from 2008. Geez. We don't want precious Marcel to ever be in ER.

I do remember this event though, and got rid of my down pillows after. So we all learn something here, even years later.

It took me a min. to realize that this was an old thread too! Very good to know because I have a pet Dove and wouldn't know the symptoms if one of my dogs were to get ahold of a feather. I try to keep seed and feathers out of reach but never thought about pillows or even comforters. Good info for others that have birds and those that walk their dogs too!

Welcome to YT :) I'm sure that Wylie's Mom will be posting shortly. Now that everyone is going to see Marcel at the ER but you will get the hang of things. ;)

Almost had a slight coronary when I saw this thread pop up bc it brought back such memories :p. But no worries, my heart is healthy!

Marcel has had some odd/weird breathing issues over the years, but not quite like this one I described that night, which was really severe. I had him scoped bc we suspected inverted nares, elongated soft palate, brachycephalic (bc Marcel has such a flat/short face/nasal area) or some other mysterious anomaly. And of course, they found absolutely *nothing*, which on one had is great...but on the other, no explanation. We have now chalked it up to his allergies - that perhaps his throat/respirations get irritated if/when his allergies act up/ or have breakthru allergy symptoms.

So, I'd be asking your vet about the possibility of inverted nares, elongated soft palate, laryngeal spasm (long shot/rare), and brachycephalic syndrome (especially if your kiddo has a flatter-than-usual face/nasal area // short nose).

Please keep us posted!

PS. have you reviewed our thread in the Library comparing reverse sneeze vs kennel cough vs collapsed trachea...if so, you may want to see if it sounds like any of those too.

I must learn to look at the dates of threads
 

I read almost the whole thread... freaking out for Ann before I noticed it was from 6 years ago (before I even became a yorkie mom!!!)


To have a laugh ... at my expense not Ann's of course... Remy did something like this in the middle of the night. I jumped up and tried to pick her up... she fell over.. I tried again, I was crying and Remy was crying. I then realized after a few minutes she had her hind paw stuck in the hair of her ears... that is why she was falling over. I untangled her... and she kissed me and went to sleep.

The sad part... my dh slept through the whole ordeal... me crying, shouthing to get ready to go to the ER... all of it. **sigh**

OMG, what a scare!! And lol (not at your expense) that it was a stuck paw...I laugh bc that would be exactly me "OMG let's head to the ER by helicopter!"...:D. Thank god though, that it was just a stuck little fur paw.

Just read your OP and it does sound like Marcel got a bug or something lodged in his nasal passage or airway until all the adrenaline of the stress he was under unable to breathe and your rushing him to the vet allowed enough of the swelling around the area to subside and permit it to pass.

Something like that happened to my little Jilly when she got the bitten off, knotted end of a tiny rawhide chewie stuck in her throat, blocking her airway, which began to swell and close around the knot. She literally was taking the tiniest, grasping of breaths, scratching crazily at her head, nose turning in circles, going wild for breath and then, getting very tired and still as I spoke to the vet to fine out what to do. Finally, on the way to the vet, Jilly stopped breathing, went limp and I held her in one arm and breathed for her and drove, crying and praying out loud, knowing she could die any second.

By the time we pulled up to the vet's office, she was breathing on her own again. The knot had dislodged and passed on through her. She was monitored, treated with anti-swelling meds, given an IV mostly TKO I imagine, kept under observance and we went home that next day with her just fine and on Benadryl. No more chewies for her except very occasionally and unless I was holding them for her, watching everything.

Life with these little ones is very scary at times and it helps to live very close to an OPEN vet, with the driving instructions committed to memory or a map at hand because you never know when you might desperately need one.

Omg I got so sick reading this post before seeing the date. Phew. I am so glad crisis was averted. In Jeanie and Shinjas cases, too lol. All I could add to this is....yet another chance to advocate having an epipen for emergency use. Now, epipens could be really dangerous if used improperly, but in these situations of the passageway being constricted, the epipen would help in several ways. It is a single-use, pre-measured amount of the drug Epinephrine.which is used in the treatment for anaphylactic shock. It's a bronchodilator (opens up the bronchi in the lungs- helps you breath easier) and it is a vasoconstrictor (narrows/constricts/shrinks the blood vessels and arteries). These help to lessen or eliminate the swelling in the throat that can cause airway blockage and lead to death.

Luma, my little allergy baby (she is doing very well lately) was stung about 2 years ago, on her tongue, by a wasp and nearly died in my arms as we sped and cut through terrible traffic. I ordered an epipen from my vet before we left the office that day. I will never leave it to.chance again. That pen stays in its designated spot in the house and I never leave the house with Luma without the pen. They are kinda expensive and they expire, but its so worth it! If your dog has severe allergic reactions please asl your vet about an epipen!!

Infomercial over, lol. But seriously, its a life saver.

P.s. Idk if Marcel's situation was an allergic reaction or mot though, so do be careful. It is intended only to delay the symptoms of a severe allergic reaction.

poor baby, that is scarey for you and him, hope he is better