Crystals expanded blocking respiratory functions. Impaction etc.
If it was the water gel I assume she was thinking of it could definitely cause impaction even if it was a small amount. When dry it will absorb an amazing amount of liquid, swelling to many times their dry size, which would cause severe dehydration and impaction.
You are correct, it isn't a cartoon.
What I said was not an over-reaction, it was in response to your comment that it needs to eat half a kilo which is not correct and I believe to be bad advice.
When giving advice on the health of an animal everything needs to be said literally or not at all.
Not everyone is that square. Long story short, she'll be right and he she is right and shoulda coulda woulda doesn't matter now.
Ah yes, the good old cartoons certainly have it over the crap that's called "kid's programs" today. My father-in-law is 55 and still sits down and watches the old Warner Brothers cartoons and laughs hard. My dad is 71 and still watches the Flintstones.
