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Originally Posted by Woogie Man  My Scarlett had her first litter late Tuesday night, 2 boys and 3 girls. It was a scary whelp as the first baby came out feet first with no sac. I grabbed the feet and tried to pull but she relaxed her contractions and the baby went back up. I called the emergency vet and told them we were coming. I knew that baby was lost but didn't want to lose the whole litter or possibly even Scarlett. I rushed to get dressed and my wife stayed with her. While I was getting dressed, she had another contraction and the feet were presented again. My wife grabbed the feet but couldn't get the baby out. Then Scarlett contracted again and this time the baby's hips came out and my wife was able to pull him on out. We were amazed but the baby was alive! Whew! So we called the vet and let him know we would be staying home to finish the whelping. O.K., now on to the problem. The third baby born, a little girl, has mis-aligned rear legs. Her feet point inward about 30 degrees and her toes are curling under some. I took her to the vet today, an orthopedic specialist. We discussed wrapping the legs to straighten them but he was afraid of the joint setting crooked. He recommended instead to do physical therapy on her. I can easily align her legs and feet with no distress from her but am unsure that this will really fix the problem. I know we have a small window of opportunity before the bones set so I want to make sure we don't blow it. The vet explained that this joint (from the hock down to the foot) is more tendon and cartelidge than bone and feels therapy is the way to go for now. He did tell me, however, that in his 40 years of practice he's never seen this particular problem. I have another appointment in 2 weeks. He said he would do more research in the meantime to see if he can find out more. So my question is: does anyone here have any experience with this specific problem? If so, I would greatly appreciate any insight you may have. I haven't researched this yet and will be looking around tonight but any first-hand experience would be wonderful. Thanks in advance....Jim |
Jim I never can get pictures posted but will try....please have a brace made for the little girl.. we had to do this with gracie..nothing fancy but it worked.. she walks fine today.. so please send me you email addie and I can send you some pictures to see..if these are not good enough...
the vet I took gracie too had not ever seen this.. her back feet went inwards.. so he braced her.. told me to come back so he and his wife could figure something out together.. it took one week.. she was a little older... anne
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