I'm not posting this for either of my boys, this is on behalf of my neighbor as she doesn't have the interwebz.
She has two female lionheads, about 10-11 weeks old. They're from another neighbour who accidentally had a litter of four, so they are defiantly from the same litter and according to the vet they are both defiantly female. I have also checked the sex and I agree, both look female.
They don't fight although Nugget is definatly more dominant than Imp.
Imp also has a habbit of jumping from great heights if she gets nervous (She has however calmed down unbelievably since the start of last week when they got them).
So the problem is this:
Mel (my neighbor) came home from work today and noticed Imp was limping rather badly. She brought her over and I had a look as best I could. There is a little bit of swelling but nothing too noticeable. There is also no blood or wound so it doesn't look like a bite.
Mel's partner Craig had been watching them all day and he said that they hadn't fought at all and Imp defiantly hadn't fallen or jumped from any height so we're not sure what's happened to her.
Imp did jump last night but only started limping this evening, could it have taken till now to be causing her pain?
We will be taking her to the vets first thing tomorrow but I was wondering if anyone had any thoughts on what might of caused her sudden limp?
She's not off her food and she's letting us examine the leg without fuss, there's also no change in her behavior, she just seems to have started limping.
also, is there anything that we can do to make her more comfortable through the night?
She has two female lionheads, about 10-11 weeks old. They're from another neighbour who accidentally had a litter of four, so they are defiantly from the same litter and according to the vet they are both defiantly female. I have also checked the sex and I agree, both look female.
They don't fight although Nugget is definatly more dominant than Imp.
Imp also has a habbit of jumping from great heights if she gets nervous (She has however calmed down unbelievably since the start of last week when they got them).
So the problem is this:
Mel (my neighbor) came home from work today and noticed Imp was limping rather badly. She brought her over and I had a look as best I could. There is a little bit of swelling but nothing too noticeable. There is also no blood or wound so it doesn't look like a bite.
Mel's partner Craig had been watching them all day and he said that they hadn't fought at all and Imp defiantly hadn't fallen or jumped from any height so we're not sure what's happened to her.
Imp did jump last night but only started limping this evening, could it have taken till now to be causing her pain?
We will be taking her to the vets first thing tomorrow but I was wondering if anyone had any thoughts on what might of caused her sudden limp?
She's not off her food and she's letting us examine the leg without fuss, there's also no change in her behavior, she just seems to have started limping.
also, is there anything that we can do to make her more comfortable through the night?