My poor baby!!!! She was choking yesterday for several hours before the vet could come (around 8:30 pm) finally the vet arrived and push out the blockage at 10 pm. This mornig there was saliva all around the floor of her stall and she was coughing up a lot of clear and foamy stuff. Now its 2:39pm and we called the vet and hour ago but she cant get here for at least and hour; my poor baby hasn't eaten or drank since at least 6 am. And worse yet shes been coughing up that same goo the whole time. Everytime she puts her head down it all rushes out her nose and mouth. What I need to know is does this sound like it could be life threatening? Is there anything I can do to help?

 P.S. ill attach a pic of her simptoms

Ok here is the pic. 

Thanks for the advice! Luckily our vet arrived just a few minutes ago. It turns out the vet that was here last night didn't get her un-clogged! GRRR!!!! Anyway our vet had to run the tube down her quite a few times. She tried water and the lube and the lube did it!

Right now it's hard to tell how she is truly doing because she is still sadated but I will give a stat report in half and hour.

In the mean time she was just given a shot of Banamine and we are giving her bute for a few days. The poor old (old as in 22) girl will be on antibiotics just incase some of the gunk got into her lungs to stop phnemonia (<if thats how you spell it)

 Now I can finally stop worrying about her go to Heaven.

Phew!  My horse is fine now! What a relief! She is very tired from her almost 24 hours of choking but she is eating and no longer coughing. Her nasal drainage is also gone, Praise the Lord

Wow,that had to be terrifing, I'm so glad she's ok!!!!!  It's so hard so see them suffering ,i'm glad they were able to help her.

Wow, that must have been scary. I had one choke before on his feed and started pawing the ground, acting like it was colic....then the bulging eyes began and he kept gagging...I ran a hose up his throat and kept flushing for what seemed forever..my husband said about 15 minutes. You could see the bolus in his throatlatch area, and I kept massaging it. It was about 40degrees outside and the horse and I both ended up soaking wet, but he spat up the wad, swallowed some of it and suddenly was fine. Went back to eating hay like nothing had happened, leaving me with soggy, cold feet and a big sigh of relief!   glad the second vet trip took care of it for your gal!!!

 Hey Boo, remember Cheno's mild choking when you boarded here? Haven't seen any since that round. TG

Yup, I remember. You getting soaked to the armpits with a cold water hose trying to flush the junk out of his mouth and it was nice a chilly outside. Why did our boys only choke when it was cold? LOL Couldn't they at least be nice enough to do it on a hot day when the water would feel good? Selfish jerks!   

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Couldn't they at least be nice enough to do it on a hot day when the water would feel good? Selfish jerks!   

 I guess they save those days for the relaxing baths..  ;)

I have owned horses for almost 40 years. Our gelding choked bad last year. Very upsetting. Like your mare he needed repeated work from the vet.

My guy was sore for over a week. Sure hope your mare recovers fast and never has a repeat.