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Originally Posted by Opium88  honestly I can't remember. That is what my brain retained from the conversation. I can usually understand 90% of what my vet says ( he's ancient and has a cadence to his low slow raspy voice. he got his vet license in 1943 if that tells you anything) but I didn't pay enough attention to that detail. He did show me an excellent xray of it though. And wow xrays have come a long way. I could actually understand what I was looking at. It normally wouldn't be such an issue to keep him sedated, but Toby prefers to stand and walk around on his back legs. Like A LOT. And that doesn't help matters much. |
If it is an ACL tear it would need surgery and I'm not sure it would show up on an X-ray. Maybe you shoukd get a second opinion from an orthopedic surgeon.