Guineagirl22
New Born Pup
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Just over a week ago I noticed my girl was walking slightly different, almost hopping. I took her to the vet the following day. She has arthritis already so he upped her dose of loxicom and gave her some baytril as a precaution as her paws were a little red. She was still running around and eating and drinking and pooing fine.
Within the last two days I've noticed no improvement. I've noticed she seems more like she's off balance. I took her back to the vet today who agreed it seemed more to be a balance issue. He's given her injections to help with vertigo. I suggested it might be an ear infection as it's balance related. He checked her ears and said they look fine but gave us drops to give her to try and see if that is in fact the problem. Within the week she's lost a bit of weight. She's still pooing as normal and eating. Although I think she may be coming out less for hay because she's falling about a little. I've noticed her head seems slightly like it's bobbing. It's not a tilt but just slightly nodding.
Her balance just doesn't seem to be improving at all. The vet said it could be anything from a stroke to cancer to the arthritis. He said the only way to know is an x-ray but it's risky and she's six years old and lost weight and anything that involves knocking her out is a last resort.
The vet is really helpful and willing to try anything to help her but he said himself his knowledge only goes so far. I've seen so many vets over the years and almost every time they misdiagnose her and by now she would have had hundreds of x-rays and even had teeth removed-which again turned out she didn't need! I've had multiple second opinions, one vet says one thing and one says another. This is the only vet who we've seen who is open to trying things.
Does anyone have absolutely any idea what this could be? She had a URI back in January and I'm wondering if it's caused an ear infection. Has anyone experienced anything similar? I know the only way to know is to get x-rays but at the moment we're trying medication for a few days to see if there's an improvement.
Does anyone have any thoughts?
Thank you
Within the last two days I've noticed no improvement. I've noticed she seems more like she's off balance. I took her back to the vet today who agreed it seemed more to be a balance issue. He's given her injections to help with vertigo. I suggested it might be an ear infection as it's balance related. He checked her ears and said they look fine but gave us drops to give her to try and see if that is in fact the problem. Within the week she's lost a bit of weight. She's still pooing as normal and eating. Although I think she may be coming out less for hay because she's falling about a little. I've noticed her head seems slightly like it's bobbing. It's not a tilt but just slightly nodding.
Her balance just doesn't seem to be improving at all. The vet said it could be anything from a stroke to cancer to the arthritis. He said the only way to know is an x-ray but it's risky and she's six years old and lost weight and anything that involves knocking her out is a last resort.
The vet is really helpful and willing to try anything to help her but he said himself his knowledge only goes so far. I've seen so many vets over the years and almost every time they misdiagnose her and by now she would have had hundreds of x-rays and even had teeth removed-which again turned out she didn't need! I've had multiple second opinions, one vet says one thing and one says another. This is the only vet who we've seen who is open to trying things.
Does anyone have absolutely any idea what this could be? She had a URI back in January and I'm wondering if it's caused an ear infection. Has anyone experienced anything similar? I know the only way to know is to get x-rays but at the moment we're trying medication for a few days to see if there's an improvement.
Does anyone have any thoughts?
Thank you
