Thread by @ClaireBerlinski

Are any of my followers veterinarians, veterinary nurses, or experienced with feline nasogastric tubes? Because I have a situation: It's 5:26 am here and I can call my vet at 9:00. But if it's an emergency (I don't know if it is) I should call the emergency vet, now.

If wha just happened is common and no big deal, I'd rather wait until 9:00.

Daisy (age 13, with cholangitis and hepatic lipidosis) has been accepting nasogastric feeding with little complaint for several days. This morning, I gave her 1ml Ursolvan (don't know brand name in US:

its Ursodeoxycholic acid), 2.3 ml Flagyl (Metronidazole), and .5ml Amoxicillin, through the tube, followed by half of her breakfast: 100ml Fortol (This stuff: lacompagniedesanimaux.com/fortol-200-ml.….) She's supposed to have 200 ml 5x daily, but after I finished giving her the first dose,

I accidentally got some on her face, which upset her. Then she ran off the bed and threw up. All of it, I think. Now she's hiding in the attic (no light) under the bed.

Is this "no big deal, wait until she calms down and do it all again,"

or is there a chance she's asphyxiated food and medicine into her lungs, or displaced the tube in a dangerous way?

Should I let her hide until she calms down, or should I drag her out by any means possible to see if she's okay?

Is the vomiting a very bad sign,

or could it just mean I gave it to her too quickly or upset her by getting it on her face?

If anyone knows, or knows someone who might know, would you mind asking? If it's an emergency, the emergency vet makes house calls, and can be here pretty quickly--

-- but if this is no big deal, I'd hate to disturb him or her in the middle of the night, and spend a fortune on a needless (and stressful, for Daisy) emergency vet visit.

I'd be so much obliged for any advice from anyone with relevant qualifications or experience.

Also: I gave her the medicines before the food. (Maybe that was a bad idea. Maybe it's better to give them to her on a full stomach.)

Assuming it's no big deal and I should just wait a bit, should I give her the medicines again, assuming she must have barfed them all up,

or might she have absorbed them, and might I risk giving her too much by doing that?

Oh, final question: Since she ran away, I wasn't able to flush the tube with water. Is the risk of it clogging sufficient that I need to force her out of hiding to do that immediately?

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