Beans&Toast
Adult Guinea Pig
Beans has, in the vets words, "crippling arthritis" in her back legs and has done for a couple months, possibly longer.
She's on 0.4 Loxicom for pain relief and up until now has been managing just fine. Over the past few weeks I have noticed she seems to be walking a bit funny sometimes so I've made an appointment for Tuesday.
But tonight she's really worrying me. I'm just in from work and my Mum said she hasn't really been herself today, she's eating and and drinking but hasn't been running about as much as she normally would. She was sitting under her hidey, lying on her side, and was unable to stand up. She got her front legs up but couldn't lift her back legs to walk.
After a couple of attempts she managed to get up but she was squealing a bit when walking. She's also struggling to scratch herself with her back legs and just falls over when she tries to.
Should see if I can get an appointment tomorrow morning instead of Tuesday?
She's up and walking about with Toast now but it definitely seems like a bit of a struggle.
I'm so scared, I can't even think about PTS, is there anything that can be done for arthritis other than pain relief?
She's on 0.4 Loxicom for pain relief and up until now has been managing just fine. Over the past few weeks I have noticed she seems to be walking a bit funny sometimes so I've made an appointment for Tuesday.
But tonight she's really worrying me. I'm just in from work and my Mum said she hasn't really been herself today, she's eating and and drinking but hasn't been running about as much as she normally would. She was sitting under her hidey, lying on her side, and was unable to stand up. She got her front legs up but couldn't lift her back legs to walk.
After a couple of attempts she managed to get up but she was squealing a bit when walking. She's also struggling to scratch herself with her back legs and just falls over when she tries to.
Should see if I can get an appointment tomorrow morning instead of Tuesday?
She's up and walking about with Toast now but it definitely seems like a bit of a struggle.
I'm so scared, I can't even think about PTS, is there anything that can be done for arthritis other than pain relief?