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Emergency: help! Laryngeal edema.
Yesterday (7:30 PM) I was at mommy's bed when, suddenly, I got choking. Mom and dad couldn’t help me, so we went to a vet ER. The vet at duty (not my regular vet) said that I was with a laryngeal edema that was probably caused by something strange that I ate (or a bee/insect sting) right before the choking episode. She said my throat got closed as an answer to the allergy. I passed the night at the hospital. Now I’m at home. I will do some test today and I have a vet appointment tomorrow. Did anyone have something like this before? Could you help me to figure out what cause this?
I only eat cat food. Yesterday mommy and daddy lunch shrimps and Brazilian nuts, but they didn’t give me any. In Brazil is summer, and right before being in bed I was at the yard playing with my brothers. Mommy had just put us inside to pass the night. Our yard is just for us, it is impossible to go out. We are indoors, but we can play at the back yard which are private and save from the streets dangers.
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Ully
on Dec 12th 2011
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Years ago, my inquisitive Golden Retriever nosed into a hornet's nest and was stung repeatedly around and inside her mouth and on the face. She also had a bad reaction which included extreme facial swelling. When I frantically called my vet, he advised me to fill a turkey baster half-full of Benedryl and shoot it down her throat. I did so and within an hour, she was fine. I would imagine that this can also be caused by a food allergy. This can happen when we let our cats out of doors, even if we believe they are safe and confined in their yard, it does not keep other creatures out. In extreme cases, vengeful neighbors can also fling things over a fence if they don't care for your animals. Your cat's dilemma could have been caused by a plant she tasted or an insect bite. Hope she feels better very soon!
Izadore (Izzie)
answered on 12/12/11.
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