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Originally Posted by pstinard  Do you actually feel her patella moving when you reseat it? If you do, then the diagnosis was correct. It shouldn't need surgery, though, unless it starts interfering with her gait, and then you might want to have the surgery performed in order to prevent permanent joint changes and arthritis. If you're not certain about the diagnosis, you might want to get a second opinion from another vet and watch them do the manipulation of the patella for yourself. I just about passed out when my vet did that to Bella, but I'm squeamish about those kinds of things. To give vets credit, my vet has plenty of real cases to work on without faking a diagnosis. If you get a second opinion and the second vet says that the first vet was wrong and was just trying to stir up business, you might want to report the first vet to your state's veterinary association. |
Thank you for your reply. I can feel the clonk about where the patella is shown on diagrams I've studied. I can't say I feel anything moving though. It's difficult for me to determine as I'm essentially one handed. I don't think Ms Vet was can rattling, it's a sort of you've got 15 mins and that's it. Where did the 'get to know' you relationship go in Vet practice? I'm not going to complain as they all mark their own homework anyway. Perhaps I can visit a specialist and have an X ray as previously suggested?