Teisha Tiger Nearly Chokes to Death

Video of the after thoughts https://youtu.be/8lHQGp_8FtM

 

I didn't go into detail in the video, but when I came up on the scene and saw that Teisha was flat on her side and didn't look like she was breathing, I decided to go in and see if I could use tongs to reach down her throat.

 

Gale drove up behind me, ran to the cage and offered to assist, so we went in and Afton manned the doors behind us.

 

I ran in to the cage, picking my way over her prone body, seeing that she was not breathing; or if she was, it was like through a cocktail straw, as her sides weren’t visibly moving.  I straddled her from behind and paused, for what seemed a long time, but probably was imperceptible to those watching.

 

I know from past experience that a cat can be totally out of it, but when you touch them they spring to life in that last ditch effort to fight you off.  My hands were poised to scruff her, with all my might, and yet, I hesitated in fear.  I leaned out over her face and saw her eyes, staring back at me and the tears that had run down her cheeks, from the pressure of not being able to breathe.

 

No matter what came next, I wasn’t going to just stand there and watch the light seep from her eyes.

 

I scruffed Teisha from behind and instructed Gale to use the tongs to pull out the meat, but it was too far down.  Teisha was choking too badly to fight us.

 

Using every bit of strength the adrenaline rush was giving me, and that of angels, and Gale, we pulled her into a sternal position and then I began stroking her throat to try and move the lump either up, which didn't work, then down.  Gale patted her hard on either side of her chest to try and loosen it up.

 

My legs shook from the tension of holding her upright, as I held up her sagging head with my right hand and stroked her windpipe, like forcing toothpaste through a tube with my left.

 

Once Teisha was held in a better position for swallowing, she used the shallow breaths she was able to get in, to cough hard enough to dislodge the meat.  As soon as we saw that she could keep herself upright Gale and I ran out of the cage.

 

We watched for a minute to see that she was breathing OK, and then filmed the video above.

 

This wasn't something we did lightly.  If we had not gone in, Teisha would have died.  She was almost dead by the time we got in to her.  We knew we could outrun her, if we could get her breathing; and that's the only reason this was possible.

 

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Music (if any) from Epidemic Sound (http://www.epidemicsound.com) This video is for entertainment purposes only and is my opinion.  Closing graphic with permission from https://youtu.be/F_AtgWMfwrk