Dachshund swells up: from sausage dog to meatball

lymm - A British dachshund has puzzled veterinarians: the poor creature was completely blown up, so that his slender head was suddenly as round as a football.

'Nothing so bad for a sausage dog to transform into a meatball', says BBC, who spoke to the owner of the 4-year-old Trevor.

Animal friend Fran Jennings from the English town Lymm says she saw that her dachshund had gotten a very swollen head. She switched on the vet, because her loyal friend started to breathe harder and harder. 'He seemed like a balloon. '

X-ray images showed doctors that Trevor held more oxygen under the skin with every breath. This put a lot of pressure on his heart. 'The vets had never seen anything like this,' Jennings said. The creature appeared to have 'subcutaneous emphysema'.

The daughter of Jennings also thought it was a crazy face. 'He looked like a big seal!'. Meanwhile, they can laugh at it because everything has come right. The veterinarians have operated Trevor. Now the happy dachshund is healthy again. 'He runs enthusiastically behind the chickens again... That's how we like to see him! '

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