Is she getting out on some grass for the first time this year lately? New hay batch?
If she can successfully drink, I hesitate to say it’s a true choke.
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Good luck with this, choke can definitely be scary. No need to speculate until vet is hands on, can figure out if there is a blockage, and if so, where. As other suggested, irritation from the first choke can make them really uncomfortable, and if she is tubed, it may add to that. Will be great to have guidance from your vet. We’re all rooting for her!
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That is frightening. Hopefully its a simple resolution.
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Thanks all!
@Alterration that’s what’s confusing about it. But yesterday my trainer could see when it was passed, so I guess there was some sort of lump or something?
I’ll let you guys know. We are saying choke for now, but it could be something else entirely.
Someone above asked about grass—nope! She lives outside on grass. I guess it’s possible it could be an allergen but we’ll see
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my donkey gets bubbly when he experiences choke. now everything he eats is soupy.
She may have passed a visible stuck wad and still be sore/painful to swallow. loads of soupy stuff for her for a while and eating low/ground level buckets.
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So the vet flushed her and didn’t notice any blockage, but maybe the tube knocked the blockage out.
Honey seems better, but we will monitor her. In a week if she’s still presenting odd choke symptoms we will try to get her scoped. Our vet doesn’t have a scope to do that today. The possibilities, being ranked best to worst, that we discussed are:
1)something was stuck but now it’s not
2) acid reflux from the ulcers/meds
3)possibly she had an issue before and has scar tissue
4) perhaps there’s a bigger issue where her esophagus doesn’t contract.
Either way, soaking food and monitoring for now.
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I’d soak her food always going forward.
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Did the vet see the symptoms? He/she went ahead and flushed her, but did he/she witness the bubbles?
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Someone just posted a grey mare with a quite similar issue on the Horse Vet Corner fb page. That mare had a swollen tongue in the very back and owner is vet proactive in addition to the fb question. Might be worth joining the page to follow the post? The page has me convinced all horses are ticking time bombs but it’s a great resource.
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Best page.
Only DVM can comment so you are always getting educated info and advice.
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Awesome recommendation, thank you! My membership is pending!
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Honey wasn’t too bubbly today, but she was still holding food and dropping it.
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Ok, so he saw that. That was all I was curious about - was whether the vet saw the symptoms or not 
Sometimes those spontaneous “fixes” can be really hard to troubleshoot since the vet never actually sees the horse have a problem.
Hopefully she is back to normal soon!
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I love that page too but gosh it’s scary sometimes!
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Well, they kind of are. 
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She’s drooling and struggling to swallow again 
Poor princess. I’ll keep you posted
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Jingles for Honey
That’s a strange choke, or maybe toxicity? Hopefully you get some answers!
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I hope the vet mentioned giving banamine after the first choke. Sometimes there is a lot of throat irritation when the stuck materials pass through the esophagus So there may not be further obstructions, just a very sore throat…
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Foreign body could do it. My mare started drooling and not eating. Large abscess under the tongue and X-rays showed a piece of bailing wire wrapped around her jaw bone.
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Sounds like a foreign body of some sort. Like a twig or wire stuck somewhere.
Get a scope if you can.
Jingles for Honey this morning.
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