sophiebssn
Young Bun
Hey everyone..
Since the last 24 hours Lola seems to be weakening in the use of her back leg(s). Last night my boyfriend noticed she looked like when she was hopping that her back feet weren't lifting as they should and looked like they were slightly getting dragged. Today she has moments when she looks to be hopping fine, when we showed the vet this afternoon - she was hopping fine (of course!!). Ive been noticing her feet dragging along the carpet a little bit when she hops today sometimes, or when she hops out the litter tray her feet are clipping the edge because they aren't getting lifted as high as normal. Earlier she hopped into the litter tray and fell over on her side a little bit. A minute ago she tried to itch herself with her back foot and fell over it broke my heart. She's not been eating well but I've been syringe feeding her and after two doses of metaclopramide and zantac today she is eating better, she's still perky, the vet even said so this afternoon. We are going back tomorrow afternoon too to keep an eye on her.
Any advice? Anything to help her? Sometimes its just that her feet are lifting off the floor at different times, other times it seems slightly more like her feet get dragged, or that she's a bit unstable/wobbly when sitting etc. Earlier as I was stroking her she started washing herself with her two front paws and got unstable as I stroked her and wobbled backwards (didn't fall, just a little wobble).
I know if it gets worse she won't be able to care for herself, she's still doing ok mostly.
Thanks everyone
Sophie (a worried mummy )
Since the last 24 hours Lola seems to be weakening in the use of her back leg(s). Last night my boyfriend noticed she looked like when she was hopping that her back feet weren't lifting as they should and looked like they were slightly getting dragged. Today she has moments when she looks to be hopping fine, when we showed the vet this afternoon - she was hopping fine (of course!!). Ive been noticing her feet dragging along the carpet a little bit when she hops today sometimes, or when she hops out the litter tray her feet are clipping the edge because they aren't getting lifted as high as normal. Earlier she hopped into the litter tray and fell over on her side a little bit. A minute ago she tried to itch herself with her back foot and fell over it broke my heart. She's not been eating well but I've been syringe feeding her and after two doses of metaclopramide and zantac today she is eating better, she's still perky, the vet even said so this afternoon. We are going back tomorrow afternoon too to keep an eye on her.
Any advice? Anything to help her? Sometimes its just that her feet are lifting off the floor at different times, other times it seems slightly more like her feet get dragged, or that she's a bit unstable/wobbly when sitting etc. Earlier as I was stroking her she started washing herself with her two front paws and got unstable as I stroked her and wobbled backwards (didn't fall, just a little wobble).
I know if it gets worse she won't be able to care for herself, she's still doing ok mostly.
Thanks everyone
Sophie (a worried mummy )