Amethyst
Warren Veteran
UPDATE - Miffy seems to be getting better!
Yesterday she was able to stick her feet out to the side and her breathing is almost normal now! The vet upped her dose of metacam to 2 drops a day with food rather than just 1, has added probiotics and something to break down the mucus (lovely!) too. It seems to be doing the trick!
I mentioned septrin to him and he said that if Miffy hasn't responded to Baytril after the course is finished then he'd try septrin, as that was their usual course of action. He was really nice about it!
Once her breathing is better he wants to x-ray her to see if there's any obvious cause for both her gunky eyes/nose and her sore legs.
Thanks for your continued support, guys!
AMETHYST
UPDATE - Miffy's breathing sounds bad. I called the vet and he has prescribed Baytril as well as her existing meds. Is there anything I can do to alleviate her breathing? She looks and sounds so miserable.
AMETHYST
Original post below.
Hi guys,
After Miffy's botty-wetting incident the other day, I've been keeping a really close eye on her. Today, her nose was runny and her eyes gunked up, and also she didn't seem to want to use her back left leg very much at all.
I took her to the vets, and the vet says she either has arthritis, or she had some sort of trauma to the hock joint. Also, she had blocked tear ducts. He flushed the ducts, and has given me some oral metacam and tiacil (eye drops). He checked Miffy's teeth as well, said that the crowns looked fine but of course it could be the roots causing trouble.
He wants to see her back on Friday, and if there's no improvement he wants x-rays done. :-(
Any advice? Is there anything I can do to make her more comfortable?
AMETHYST
Yesterday she was able to stick her feet out to the side and her breathing is almost normal now! The vet upped her dose of metacam to 2 drops a day with food rather than just 1, has added probiotics and something to break down the mucus (lovely!) too. It seems to be doing the trick!
I mentioned septrin to him and he said that if Miffy hasn't responded to Baytril after the course is finished then he'd try septrin, as that was their usual course of action. He was really nice about it!
Once her breathing is better he wants to x-ray her to see if there's any obvious cause for both her gunky eyes/nose and her sore legs.
Thanks for your continued support, guys!
AMETHYST
UPDATE - Miffy's breathing sounds bad. I called the vet and he has prescribed Baytril as well as her existing meds. Is there anything I can do to alleviate her breathing? She looks and sounds so miserable.
AMETHYST
Original post below.
Hi guys,
After Miffy's botty-wetting incident the other day, I've been keeping a really close eye on her. Today, her nose was runny and her eyes gunked up, and also she didn't seem to want to use her back left leg very much at all.
I took her to the vets, and the vet says she either has arthritis, or she had some sort of trauma to the hock joint. Also, she had blocked tear ducts. He flushed the ducts, and has given me some oral metacam and tiacil (eye drops). He checked Miffy's teeth as well, said that the crowns looked fine but of course it could be the roots causing trouble.
He wants to see her back on Friday, and if there's no improvement he wants x-rays done. :-(
Any advice? Is there anything I can do to make her more comfortable?
AMETHYST