Can anybody beat this from a cat's nose?

Re: Can anybody beat this from a cat's nose?

michael joseph — Mon, 02 Sep 2013 20:39:46 GMT

I did dental(extracted about 26 teeth out) on a dog and at the same time I removed about 18 grass seed!!!! from his mouth.

Owner reported that he does eat grass seed but more this summer, probably due to really bad teeth.

Re: Can anybody beat this from a cat's nose?

Emma Robinson — Mon, 02 Sep 2013 19:37:30 GMT

A vizla with strange neuro signs that we couldn't quite place - drooling, nystagmus, circling, I can't remember what else but nothing that fit a good diagnosis. She got no better and ended up PTS. On PM, yup, you guessed it - grass seed in the brain. Must have migrated from nose or ear...

Re: Can anybody beat this from a cat's nose?

Hannah Wynne Richards — Wed, 28 Aug 2013 10:40:14 GMT

Anatomical sites leaping all over the place. I think I'll need Sissons to keep up with this thread

Wynne

Re: Can anybody beat this from a cat's nose?

Christopher Saul — Sat, 24 Aug 2013 21:39:47 GMT

re the original post:

Can anybody beat this from a cat's nose?

I think beating anything from a cat's nose or indeed beating a cat in any way to get anything from any part of its body, or for any reason for that matter, is cruel

Re: Can anybody beat this from a cat's nose?

bob lehner — Sat, 24 Aug 2013 19:52:47 GMT

Aw, come on..... surely we've all tried it at least once....???? " />

Re: Can anybody beat this from a cat's nose?

Alan Tevendale — Sat, 24 Aug 2013 17:41:41 GMT

[quote user="bob lehner"]

but instead of inserting his member into the end of the hose (as most sensible people would)

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I hope it's Mrs Lehner that does the hoovering in your house in that case Bob!

Re: Can anybody beat this from a cat's nose?

bob lehner — Sat, 24 Aug 2013 14:12:04 GMT

[quote user="Michael Woodhouse"]

Pah

http://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/health-fitness/canberra-man-lodges-fork-in-penis/story-fneuzlbd-1226699880200#ixzz2cOg7rcfn

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Reminds me of a program I saw on the tele a few years ago - 'Top 10 worst sexual accidents, ' or summat (Channel 4, no doubt).

A couple that that stick in my mind: 1. The gent who was self-gratifying with a vacuum cleaner - but instead of inserting his member into the end of the hose (as most sensible people would), instead put it directly into the body of the machine where the hose attaches - not realising that there was a high speed rotating fan blade just within the opening. 2. The bloke who put his into the water outlet/overflow pipe of a hotel swimming pool - thus creating a strong vacuum, so that he became well and truly stuck. They had to switch off the swimming pool pumps to release him.

Sadly can't remember the other 8......

Re: Can anybody beat this from a cat's nose?

Michael Woodhouse — Fri, 23 Aug 2013 21:30:12 GMT

[quote user="Robin Grimmer"]

I recall one unusual case. A blocked tom cat, but the obstruction was, you guessed it, a grass seed!

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Pah

http://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/health-fitness/canberra-man-lodges-fork-in-penis/story-fneuzlbd-1226699880200#ixzz2cOg7rcfn

Re: Can anybody beat this from a cat's nose?

Miriam Lodewyks — Fri, 23 Aug 2013 20:45:30 GMT

Sedated a dog to examine it's ear: pulled a grass seed out. Tought I'd check there wasn't another, and surprised to find another! Colleague says: "ha ha ha, better check the isn't a third..." OMG, there bloody well was!!!!

Re: Can anybody beat this from a cat's nose?

Sammy82 — Fri, 23 Aug 2013 13:25:40 GMT

Pulled this blade of grass out a dog's nose yesterday

Re: Can anybody beat this from a cat's nose?

Robin Grimmer — Thu, 22 Aug 2013 15:49:23 GMT

I recall one unusual case. A blocked tom cat, but the obstruction was, you guessed it, a grass seed!

Re: Can anybody beat this from a cat's nose?

Hannah Wynne Richards — Thu, 22 Aug 2013 14:03:59 GMT

Goes toshow we should never,ever give telephone advice.

Wynne

Re: Can anybody beat this from a cat's nose?

Thomas Johnson — Thu, 22 Aug 2013 12:02:25 GMT

[quote user="bob lehner"]

Secondly - cat with red eye. LA drops and flipped back third eyelid - massive grass awn sitting there - amazed how un-bothered the cat was - one would have thought it would be horribly painful.

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This one has just reminded me of a phone call I received around midnight a couple of years ago, owners a bit concerned, cat's eye seemed a bit sore, what should they do? They didn't seem overly interested in having the cat seen, and I almost told them to bathe the eye and I'd see it the next morning, but then thought, no it's an eye, I ought to see it. Very glad I did as it had a large grass seed behing its 3rd eyelid.

I also once removed a piece of corn from behind the 3rd eyelid of a chicken!

Re: Can anybody beat this from a cat's nose?

bob lehner — Thu, 22 Aug 2013 09:40:22 GMT

I was idly wondering last week when we seemed to be having several grass seed cases every day just how much the humble grass seed must add to veterinary practice income across the nation. Probably runs into millions every year.

Had two very satisfying ones last week - bulldog sneezing - owner thought they had seen a little bit of grass protruding from nose. Under GA managed to grab a grass awn - just visible at max depth with auroscope head. Secondly - cat with red eye. LA drops and flipped back third eyelid - massive grass awn sitting there - amazed how un-bothered the cat was - one would have thought it would be horribly painful.

Re: Can anybody beat this from a cat's nose?

Thomas Johnson — Thu, 22 Aug 2013 09:21:30 GMT

I anaesthetised a cat a couple of days ago expecting to remove a blade of grass from behind its soft palate, and instead found myself removing a grass seed embedded in the soft tissue just in front of its larynx, must have been very uncomfortable.

Re: Can anybody beat this from a cat's nose?

Mark Hedberg — Thu, 22 Aug 2013 09:07:45 GMT

Silly cat. You're supposed to smoke grass, not snort it!

Honestly, the amateur drug abusers you get around here...

Re: Can anybody beat this from a cat's nose?

Sarah Rothwell — Tue, 20 Aug 2013 14:52:57 GMT

Lasr month I removed a 1cm x 0.5cm x 0.5cm piece of wood which was lodged in a cat's eye, between the lower eyelid and third eyelid. Miraculously no fl uptake afterwards. Wish I had taken a photo.

Re: Can anybody beat this from a cat's nose?

Kirsten Simpson — Tue, 20 Aug 2013 09:45:39 GMT

Oh god I LOVE taking grass stems out of cats throats/noses. So so satisfying

Re: Can anybody beat this from a cat's nose?

Louise6732 — Sat, 17 Aug 2013 18:50:50 GMT

I got this out of a cat's nose last summer, pleased it remained intact!

Re: Can anybody beat this from a cat's nose?

Robin Grimmer — Sat, 17 Aug 2013 17:52:02 GMT

My best one was a bronchial FB in a springer. Pulled out a huge clump of wheat seeds with the endoscope. Very satisfying!

Re: Can anybody beat this from a cat's nose?

Linda Filshie — Sat, 17 Aug 2013 17:20:46 GMT

Ouch, poor cat! Nice work, Rob.

My best FB bonanza was a lab (of course!) that had 12 golf balls in its stomach, obviously "gathered" over some time as some were totally worn down to the core, others were near pristine and some in between.