weirdness & warning

geokon_2000 · 01-22-2012, 06:37 PM

For those of you who feed hearts.....If you feed also the coronary arteries coming into the heart......be very aware.....

Kitchi had had a meal about 1/2 hour ago....kept chewing, chewing...thought he had a bit of fat stuck in his back teeth.....looked closer....he had somehow got his tongue stuck IN the artery....it was way back on his tongue and his tongue was purple....after a bit of wrangling and tooth and nail scratches, I was able to get a safety scissors around the artery and cut it loose.

His tongue is now back to its beautiful pink softness. THANK GOD I looked!!! He could have lost his tongue!!!

mycobraracr · 01-22-2012, 06:39 PM

WOW! I would have never thought. Glad everything worked out ok.

geokon_2000 · 01-22-2012, 07:03 PM

Thanx! When I figured out what the problem was, I nearly freaked! I'm sure my panic didn't help calm him from squirming and scratching.

Hahaha.....nearly? Yeah, I kinda freaked.

Jax08 · 01-22-2012, 07:29 PM

Wow! Would never have expected that!

onyx'girl · 01-22-2012, 07:37 PM

Wow, what type of heart? Beef or small poultry is all I ever feed, and the beef is too large for a meal...poultry artery would be too small for that to happen. Something to think about for sure.

geokon_2000 · 01-23-2012, 03:13 PM

I was feeding pork heart.

01-22-2012, 06:37 PM	#1 (permalink)
geokon_2000 Crowned Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Western NY (south of Buffalo) Posts: 4,594	weirdness & warning For those of you who feed hearts.....If you feed also the coronary arteries coming into the heart......be very aware..... Kitchi had had a meal about 1/2 hour ago....kept chewing, chewing...thought he had a bit of fat stuck in his back teeth.....looked closer....he had somehow got his tongue stuck IN the artery....it was way back on his tongue and his tongue was purple....after a bit of wrangling and tooth and nail scratches, I was able to get a safety scissors around the artery and cut it loose. His tongue is now back to its beautiful pink softness. THANK GOD I looked!!! He could have lost his tongue!!! __________________ Joan Mom to: Kitchi: Korean Jindo!!! (mix?) Sasha: Dutch Shepherd Fizban: BGSD Rescued 7/11/08 at 6 months Louie: Fluffy Fat Kitty Squeek: Fat Head Kitty Bob: Loud Siamese George RIP (5/16/07) Yukon RIP (11/23/09)

01-22-2012, 07:03 PM	#3 (permalink)
geokon_2000 Crowned Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Western NY (south of Buffalo) Posts: 4,594	Thanx! When I figured out what the problem was, I nearly freaked! I'm sure my panic didn't help calm him from squirming and scratching. Hahaha.....nearly? Yeah, I kinda freaked. __________________ Joan Mom to: Kitchi: Korean Jindo!!! (mix?) Sasha: Dutch Shepherd Fizban: BGSD Rescued 7/11/08 at 6 months Louie: Fluffy Fat Kitty Squeek: Fat Head Kitty Bob: Loud Siamese George RIP (5/16/07) Yukon RIP (11/23/09)

01-22-2012, 07:37 PM	#5 (permalink)
onyx'girl Crowned Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: SW, MI Posts: 17,600	Wow, what type of heart? Beef or small poultry is all I ever feed, and the beef is too large for a meal...poultry artery would be too small for that to happen. Something to think about for sure. __________________ Jane~ Kept by Onyx, Kacie and Gideon v Wildhaus aka Karlo

01-23-2012, 03:13 PM	#6 (permalink)
geokon_2000 Crowned Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Western NY (south of Buffalo) Posts: 4,594	I was feeding pork heart. __________________ Joan Mom to: Kitchi: Korean Jindo!!! (mix?) Sasha: Dutch Shepherd Fizban: BGSD Rescued 7/11/08 at 6 months Louie: Fluffy Fat Kitty Squeek: Fat Head Kitty Bob: Loud Siamese George RIP (5/16/07) Yukon RIP (11/23/09)

01-22-2012, 06:39 PM	#2 (permalink)
mycobraracr Master Member Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: USA Posts: 517	WOW! I would have never thought. Glad everything worked out ok.

01-22-2012, 07:29 PM	#4 (permalink)
Jax08 Crowned Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: NNE PA Posts: 14,320	Wow! Would never have expected that!

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