In the begining of December I noticed that Piper was walking on 3 legs when she was outside. My first thought was she didn't like the cold ground. A week later she was also walking 3 legged inside once in a while. I brought her to the vets and he checked her leg and knew immediately there was a problem in her hip and suggested x-rays. Piper had Legg-Perthes Disease where the head of the femur loses the blood supply and starts to die. She had to have the ball of the femur bone removed.
__________________ Mom to Piper  &  Chipper |