Fractured Trachea in Cat (eating, feline, safe, food)

[doghead]

Hi, my cat went for a dental and nasal flush. As a result of the intubation tube his trachea fractured and he is filled with subcutaneous air. The vets are watching him. This is going on for about 10:days. He is eating and mostly normal acting. Has anyone had this experience? Thinking about surgery but the vets are not recommending it. I just keep thinking maybe a vet school would consider surgery. Has this happened to anyone’s cat? Thanks.

[Naturen]

Never heard of this before. Sorry for your kitty - I hope he makes a full recovery soon!

My thoughts are that surgery would be out because they may have to intubate him. Given the current fracture, it seems that surgery would not be a safe or a wise option. Did they explain why they would not perform the surgery?

[emilybh]

I would be giving that cat drops of Comfrey Tea with Mullein every hour or so, and Slippery Elm syrup and would NOT be forcing food on him if he doesn't want it. Mammals use 80 percent of their energy attempting to digest food which is energy better spent on healing. Dr John Christopher used these herbs a lot. Comfrey cleans and knits together bone and tissue and both Mullein and Slippery Elm are go to herbs for the throat and G.I. tract. I used this combination to stop bloody stools in a cat. I have a YouTube video showing before and after pics.


I know what you must be going through. When I didn't know any better I subjected my first cat to all the "care" and "treatments" the orthodox allopathic vet suggested including painful cathetarizations and steroids when he became unable to urinate and my cat lived only half as long as he might have if I hadn't followed their earlier suggestions i followed starting when he was just 8 weeks old. I proved this to myself by adopting an adult cat with the same Feline Urologic Syndrome my first cat developed as a result of my feeding him only "Science Diet Dry" as per the vet's recommendation and neutering him much earlier than he should have been neutered and giving him every vaccination suggested.



This time rather than following the vet's advice, I changed the new cat's diet to raw and rarely visited the vet. He lived twice as long to age 18 and would have lived longer if it wasn't for another unfortunate incident with another incompetent vet.



What your cat is going through (and what my first cat went through) is a perfect example of why we should never subject cats to allopathic medicine for their "health" needs and limit those visits to when there is a catastrophic accident. All they need is love, clean water and a species appropriate diet including grass and at times some herbs grown in Nature to live nice long healthy lives.

[doghead]

Thanks all. My cat is still at the vet. I so regret this dental he had. Never should have done it, obviously. They had to put on 2 drains to let the air out. He is still at the vet. I hope to bring him home tomorrow. Maybe will try slippery elm. Thanks.