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Piggy Fell ! Dragging legs! Help!

Bigheartlittlefeet

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Hey guys, my little J is 5 years old and I supplement her diet daily with a syringe of probiotics and immune booster ( per vet ) and last Sunday when I went to wrap her in her towel to feed her she slipped and fell on the counter. I was mortified. She is now dragging her back legs. Aside from the legs she is otherwise her chipper self and eating, drinking and playing in the hay with her cage mate. She’s had xrays and the vet couldn’t find anything wrong. It’s been a week. Has anyone had this happen ? You can imagine I’ve been distraught over this. She’s my heart. Thoughts ?
 
This Tuesday. She said that she didn’t seem at all like she’s in any pain and I agree. She’s her happy self. BUT .. vet had said if she had felt she was in pain that I should put her down. During initial visit she said come back in a week. I’ve read that they can get paralysis temporarily and then it goes away. Is this true ?
 
Sorry to hear this, sometimes after a fall a piggy can get a temporary paralysis of their back end due to bruising/swelling that is pressing on the nerves in the spine. Sometimes this resolves ok over 2 or 3 weeks with anti-inflammatory pain relief as you have been prescribed, though in an older piggy especially they may need to stay on the metacam long term.
@Betsy had a similar injury in handsome boar Christian I believe that went from leg dragging to a fairly good recovery in a couple of weeks? Maybe she can link in Christian's thread for you as it seems like it might be a similar sort of injury?
 
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