Cat Asphyxia
By general rules, the cats are careful enough with regard to what they put in their mouth, but sometimes bones remain fit between the teeth or stuck to the hard palate, which makes the feline put its paws in its mouth. When a bone or any other object blocks the trachea, a disease is coming. If the animal is suffocating, do not wait to obtain the help of the veterinarian; risk of death runs. Asphyxiation scares the cat. Though he is of calm nature, it's probable that he will scratch and bite. Take precautions to prevent it from damaging you.
Does the cat show any of the following symptoms?:
- To take the paws to his mouth
- Notorious inconveniences
- Sounds of asphyxiation
- Wide eyes
- Bluish tongue
- Agitation or unconsciousness.
Administer first aids immediately for the asphyxiation.
Does he show any of these symptoms?
- Take its paws to its mouth.
- Suffocation
- Non-existence of respiratory difficulties
- Moderate inconveniences
- Scrub its face against the floor
- Bad breathe.
Look for some object clogged in the mouth.
If the cat is conscious:
- Immobilize and wrap him up in a towel so that only the head stays overdraft.
- Open his mouth taking the upper jaw with a hand pressing the lips against the teeth.
- Open his mouth with the other hand.
- Use a blunt instrument (for example, the handle of a spoon) to lever and extract the object from the teeth or palate. (If you see a fiber or thread, do not pull it might be joined to an object lodged at the stomach).
If the cat is unconscious or is suffocating and you cannot see the object.
- Take the animal by the thighs and balance him shaking him downwards smoothly, and that consists of the following thing: keep the animal down firmly from the thighs. On having balanced him, the strength of the gravity helps in the task of expelling the object. If you are not successful after a minute, make pressure on the abdomen.
- Lay the cat sideward.
- While the back is hold with a hand, barely grasp with the other hand the abdomen behind the ribs and press up and towards the throat. (If it is a question of a variant of Heimlich's handling, that is applied to the persons who are asphyxiating. Take care, if you make too much pressure, you can provoke an internal hemorrhage).
- Explore the mouth with the fingers and extract the object. Take care that the feline does not bite you.
- If either one or both are present, go immediately to the veterinarian .
