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Reassurance: Piggy With A Lame Front Leg

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so my little Sky hurt her front leg overnight. She was fine yesterday but when I got up this morning she was hobbling a lot. The vet checked her over and thinks she has a sprain rather than a break and prescribed four drops of metacam a day.

I've given her this, and she seems okay. She's hobbling about munching away on hay and pellets. Should I do anything to reduce her movements? My 'spare' cage which is smaller than the C&C pen is currently occupied by a new piggy I kicked up from a rescue yesterday.

I think she'll be okay in the long run but I struggle with terrible anxiety at the best of times so want to make sure I'm doing all the right things.
 
schnicksy said:
so my little Sky hurt her front leg overnight. She was fine yesterday but when I got up this morning she was hobbling a lot. The vet checked her over and thinks she has a sprain rather than a break and prescribed four drops of metacam a day.

I've given her this, and she seems okay. She's hobbling about munching away on hay and pellets. Should I do anything to reduce her movements? My 'spare' cage which is smaller than the C&C pen is currently occupied by a new piggy I kicked up from a rescue yesterday.

I think she'll be okay in the long run but I struggle with terrible anxiety at the best of times so want to make sure I'm doing all the right things.
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Please keep her as she is. Depending on the severity of the sprain, it can take a few days to several weeks to disappear completely. A sprain on a front leg is always more noticeable because a lot more of the weight when sitting or moving is located on the front whereas the back legs act more as springs and are easier to compensate for.
 
Wiebke said:
Please keep her as she is. Depending on the severity of the sprain, it can take a few days to several weeks to disappear completely. A sprain on a front leg is always more noticeable because a lot more of the weight when sitting or moving is located on the front whereas the back legs act more as springs and are easier to compensate for.
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Thank you. It looks quite bad, but she's still hopping about. I'll keep her as she is unless something goes awry.
 
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