Gastrointestinal Foreign Bodies In Otters
Otter Tidie ingested objects that could pass down the esophagus but were unable to pass out of the stomach or along the intestine (guts). This is known as a gastrointestinal foreign body. Symptoms of this usually include vomiting, loss of appetite, and depression. Urgent medical supportive care along with surgical removal is usually required to prevent possible blockage or perforation of the digestive tract, which might lead to overwhelming infection (peritonitis), shock, and death. The amount of supportive care given will depend on the condition of the animal. It is often vital to stabilize an animal first before surgery or gastroscopy to remove the foreign body. This will usually involve fluids given intravenously (“drip”). Other appropriate medications such as antiemetics (to stop vomiting), gastro-protectants (to protect the stomach and intestinal lining), and antibiotics may be given before and/or after any surgery. Because these otters live in the mangroves. They only come to my otter house when hungry at dawn or dusk. I could hardly observe all their diseases. After Tidie the Eurasian otter died I opened his stomach and found some plastic waste, straws, and coconuts. A veterinarian at Cat Tien National Park tested the liquid in his stomach as toxic heavy metal released from Chinese factories. If you would like to know more, please become my Patreon member. Now I don't have enough time to reply to everyone's comments. I have to earn money to save a lot of endangered animals in the mangroves, not just otters. I will rescue more baby otters to prevent them from being taken as pets, and create a more ideal habitat for them.
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