[Dailydrool] snorting/reverse sneezing

[Esther Strom]

Our vet says dogs' uvulas (that piece of skin that hangs down in the back
of the throat) is much larger than humans', and sometimes when they breathe
the wrong way, it ends up covering their throat. They then start the
reverse sneezing trying to breathe through their nose (the noise happens
because the air gets trapped in the nasal passages due to the blocked
throat.) If you pinch the nostrils shut for a few seconds, it will force
them to open their mouth and breath correctly.

-Esther, Basil, and Waldo ATB


On Fri, Nov 9, 2012 at 6:18 AM, Paula Aitken <aria80paula at yahoo.com> wrote:

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> Pe Nov 8, 2012, la 7:52 PM, Ellie Foth <slave2thepaw at yahoo.com> a scris:
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> Hi all,
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> I have a question about the snorting/reverse sneezing.  What causes a
> hound to snort/reverse sneeze?  Every once in a while my Thelmas Lu will
> wake up from sleeping and start snorting, after a few seconds it stops.
> Now my Milly has been snorting off and on during  the day.  Milly's
> snorting episodes started about 2 weeks ago.  We do have a Vet appt next
> Friday but I was wondering what causes these snorts to happen.
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> Take care,
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> Artie, Ballzie, Milly and of course GM Thelma Lu
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