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I'm calling it a "fit," a good, old-fashioned term that seems better than calling it a terrifying bout of reverse sneezing. What I am pretty sure has happened is that his enzyme capsule hasn't travelled as far as it needed to go and began to break down, causing gagging, salivating, snorting, and a general panic on Montgomery's part and mine. This has happened four times now, and the last time, when I saw him getting started, I gave him another syringeful of water. Stopped it, just like that, before it went anywhere.
Montgomery's enzymes are put into gelatin capsules and given to him at each meal. I know this is an odd way to do things, but I can't be the only one doing this. The veterinarian was absolutely no help (asked if he was turning blue, shrugged, and walked away), so I'm posting this here so hopefully no other pup or moggy has to go through this.
I'm lousy at posting and its late. Have a good night, everyone!

Thanks for sharing but geez..... the vet asked if Montgomery was turning blue and then walked away????!!!! YIKES! That sure would make me lose faith in their compassion and ability!!!!!!!!!!

Very glad you figured out how to alleviate this!

Have you ever tried dipping the capsule in soft butter or coconut oil? They slide down my maltipoo's (non EPI) gullet. Oh course, your fingers get slippery, and that can be challenging, trying to hold them still. You have to hold their jaw shut, which would be harder on a cat, I'm thinking.

Is he blue??? How can you tell if a cat turns blue?

I guess since Montgomery is very fair, you'd see his lips change colour? That would be my best guess.
I use a pill gun with him, followed by quite a bit of water, although sometimes he spits some of the water out...He'd love butter or coconut oil, but he'd pay for that the rest of the day. He grabbed a piece of cheese off Dusty Springfield a few weeks back and I sat there and picked it out of his tongue barbs so he wouldn't swallow it and get sick. Good thing he's so used to being handled.
Yes, we're getting frustrated with the veterinarian. We've had a few long conversations about this recently. It was thanks to Olesia, for instance, that Priya got well. The veterinarian kept insisting nothing was wrong with the kitten, that it was something she was eating. We started giving her some of Montgomery's Tylan and she got better quickly. We almost lost her.

WOW! I am impressed.... MOntgomery let you pick cheese bits off his tongue???!!!! That is wild!

I don't think he quite believed it either. Those yellow eyes of his got pretty big!

Wow! Congratulations on figuring out how to deal with this. Sometimes we have to be such persistent detectives, watching and observing. You have earned a Master Detective title! Lucky Montgomery.


Barb

Thanks, but I wish I'd figured it out sooner. It was so simple.

one of my Sheps had a very strange habit of snorting at night, and trying to eat anything he could get hold of, it was Rhinitis, and we dealt with it by taking him out to eat grass, the grass must have scratched his throat enough for relief, but at 2.00am it wasn't conducive to sleep !

one of my cats had a thing for iodine ! she would roll on it on my foot with it on , lick it, and go nuts, we found out she had an iodine deficiency

the things we learn, and do for them

vets dont know everything, as docs dont

Tuckaboo Pam wrote: ↑10 May 2021, 14:47 Have you ever tried dipping the capsule in soft butter or coconut oil? They slide down my maltipoo's rachat de credit info (non EPI) gullet. Oh course, your fingers get slippery, and that can be challenging, trying to hold them still. You have to hold their jaw shut, which would be harder on a cat, I'm thinking.

Is he blue??? How can you tell if a cat turns blue?

But closing a cat's jaw is a real titanic job. It is not really obvious.