Rowdy limping

[gja1000]

Well, now it is my little Rowdy-boy limping. He is 5 years old and pretty healthy, except for a sensitive GI track.

He started holding up his right rear leg late Thursday evening. He was also licking his pad and then later the top of the foot. I couldn't see anything wrong and he didn't whince or cry when I manipulated the foot/let.

We carried him out to potty and to bed. I carried him out to potty Friday morning and he limped a little, but in a few minutes he was fine and walked fine the rest of the day - actually I was gone to work during the day, but Gary didn't notice him limping and he wasn't limping when I came home.

Well, wouldn't you know it - about the same time last night, just before bed, he started limping and holding the back leg up when walking. Again, he was licking his foot. So, we carried him to bed and I carried him out this morning, but he never would put it down while walking.

I had graduation this morning at 9:00 that I had to attend. I was sure he'd be OK when I got home at 10:45, but of course, he was not - so we raced to our vet (who closes at noon) his office is about 30 minutes away.

Thankfully, the vet could not find anything wrong with the foot, knee or hip. He didn't have a temp, so no infection in the leg. He says the knee is the most suspicious, but it checked out fine. He thinks maybe he sprained or twisted the toe and it is hurting. But again, Rowdy didn't wince or cry during any manipulation.

So, we just got some NSAIDs to take for 6 days and hopefully, that will cure the problem! Oh, and my sweet vet only charged me $16.

Rowdy stopped holding up the leg about 2 hours after I gave him the first pill, so hopefully this will do the trick!