Guinea pig swallowed syringe stopper/plug!!

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Lynx
Celebrate!!!

Post   » Sat Aug 18, 2007 11:07 pm


I think vegetable oil could be used to clean the anal sack. There is regular movement, it wouldn't sit around. For oils to get sticky, they have to be exposed to air for a while (in my experience).

HollyT
Get on your bike.

Post   » Sun Aug 19, 2007 12:55 am


Perhaps some lactulose would help if necessary.

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rshevin

Post   » Sun Aug 19, 2007 1:04 am


Inside the tiny air sacks of the lungs (aveoli) a substance called a surfactant which serves to decrease the surface tension of water in the aveoli and thus increase gas exchange and also prevent aveolar collapse. Surfactants are also commonly included in soaps. Surfactants and oils interact in ways which are functionally fatal to both substances. I assume any oil which is aspirated would cause the same risk of aveolar death and associated lung damage.

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