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Originally Posted by Bench17  Just an update to this. So she has been on anti-inflammatories for about 2.5 weeks. She’s been doing great. Very much her normal self. We’ve been very careful with her but it’s clear she wants to jump and play. We finished the anti inflammatories 2 days ago and the same behaviour started showing up again. Limping after lying down (looks like front left leg), ducking head and tail, hesitancy around stairs and furniture. Still has a great appetite and pretty normal energy otherwise. So back to the vet we go and this time they did X-rays. No fracture or joint issues showing up. No fever, bloodwork was normal last time it was taken.
Back on the anti inflammatories now. What the heck is going on? Soft tissue injury? Congenital arthritis? I have to be honest … I don’t think I have the money to see a specialist or do an MRI to dig deeper into this. Obviously there’s inflammation somewhere or the anti inflammatories wouldn’t have helped.
*sigh* these little buggers do stress us out sometimes don’t they? |
Sometimes they have problems with their shoulder ligament. Since you mentioned her front leg, wondering if that is it. That is something a specialist could diagnose without any tests.....just an exam. Maybe your vet can check it if you cannot go to a specialist. Arthritis will show on an xray.