[goat granny]

Bloat is a killer of animals that chew cud...many chambered stomach is the cause....the vet will actually use an instrument similar to an awl, /sp and stab the stomach chamber to let the trapped gas out. If not the animal will die..

I have read that with dogs and bloat its usually because of the way they gobble down their food....better to give multiple small feeding....but with dogs, its what I have heard and not from experience...

[Gone_Postal]

yes with dogs it caused by the dog eating then running..what happens is as they run the stomach actually flips and cause a knot at both ends very little time to get the animal to the vet....though this is common with big chested dogs it is not with smaller ones