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Aspiration is no joke, we nearly lost Zen last night.
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[QUOTE="xp29, post: 2037623, member: 114539"] Folks, we warn about aspiration on here all the time, I think most (myself included) think we'll never let that happen. I recommend you assume it's going to every single time you give a beardie a bath. (That way your/we are more diligent) I noticed last night Zen had a small sprem plug so I put him in a wark soak. He HATES baths so the water was less than 3/4 inch deep. He dicided to take a drink, that's the first time in his four years of life he has ever drank in a bath. He drink just fine at first, but then decided to dunk his whole nose into the water. I was standing right there (think god)and retrieved him. The girlfriend had come in just as i got him out and the plug wiped away with no problems. She took him and i stayed to drain the sink and put the towels in the laundry room. In just a minute or less she's hysterical that there is something wrong with Zen. He had the blackest beard I've ever seen and wouldn't breath. I grabbed him and pointed his nose down and sent her to get me an eye dropper. When she got back she took him and kept him nose down. I pried his mouth open and some water ran out. He bit 2 of my fingers , drew blood on both. I took the eyedropper and used it to suck the water out of his nose but he still wouldn't/couldn't breath. I held him and she (very gently) blew into his nose and mouth. He took 1 big gasp but still didn't breath. We repeated this 2 or 3 times and he finally started breathing, but not well. I used the eyedropper till nothing else would come out of his nose. We had to help him start breathing 4 or 5 times over the next hour. Finally he relaxed and was able to breath. We put him nose down every 15 minutes or so for about 2 hours just in case but didn't get any more water. I thought for sure we were going to loose him. We dodged a huge bullet last night. He seems back to normal today, but I'll watch him for respotory infections for the next days. Folks if you think it can't/won't happen to you, GET THAT OUT OF YOUR HEAD RIGHT NOW. I know, I'm aware, and I'm cautious and it happened in less than 10 seconds. The only baths mine will be getting from now on is under a running faucet. I suggest everyone consider doing that as well. We nearly had a tragedy here last night and I wouldn't wish that on anyone. [/QUOTE]
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