Tuesday morning, (30 April, 2024) just like any morning I walked into the joey shack with bottles for Ellie, Elsie and Elijah. The generally fall over each other trying to get to their morning bottle. This morning though Ellie was not interested and started doing some very interesting kind of 'wobbles' for lack of a better word. I managed to get a video (below)
We were not sure what was going on … was it neurological? It seemed too controlled ?? maybe gastrointestinal? She refused her bottle and stopped eating. I brought all 3 back inside as we tried to figure out what was wrong with Ellie. We treated her for both possibilities and though the wobbles didn't come back she was stretching her neck out a lot. We considered the possibility of an injured neck. Ellie was put on to pain relief and Meloxicam. Still not eating and bottles were being forced into her to ensure she was staying hydrated. By Friday (weekend coming up) I took her to our local vet and she was subcut with 40 mls of fluids, but vet was unable to make a diagnosis.
During the weekend she started nibbling on some wooly bush, but still didn't want her bottles or grain. I was still keeping her indoors as I didn't know what I was dealing with. (She had short stints in the pen and seemed happy enough) On Monday I took her Dr Shey at Nullakai Vet and after seeing the video she said Ellie was choking. It seems during the night she got some grain stuck in her throat. When she got up she was trying to dislodge the grain which ended up scarring her esophagus and throat. Eating and drinking was painful. I was so relieved and happily took her back home again and back to normal life in the joey pen again. It took a few more days before she was eating and drinking normally again. She is now first in line for her bottles.
Outcome: (Dr Shey's advice) No more grain in bowls at night time, the way they lie in bed and without easy access to water this could be dangerous. Now they get a heap of fresh browse every night and grain is for when they are up and about .
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| On our way home from Dr Shey with some soft fresh browse to nibble on |
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| I feel better now |
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