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Old 07-16-08, 04:40 pm
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Gag Body Motion

Poor piggie was eating cilantro too fast, made a coughing sound, and then started to look as if he was trying to throw up. He looked like a cat, with the whole body thing.

It stopped, and I picked him up for a few seconds to kind of let it pass. Should I be worried? Is he all right?
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Re: Gag Body Motion

He's fine, they do that since they can't actually throw up. The jerking is sort of a heave to remove the lodged food.
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It scared me so much! I've never seen them do that before. *phew* Big relief. Thank you!
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Yeah, it's pretty scary, I thought mine was choking to death when I first saw it. Now I'm just sure to cut everything in bite size pieces, it seems to have helped the gag reflex.
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