Hello!
My 3 year old scottish fold has been intermittently limping for probably the past 2 months, on and off, inconsistently. It's usually worse when he just wakes up, and then he walks the limp off, and then becomes okay. It hasn't affected his activities, still the same, he is still jumping to the same height, still playing and running and dashing around.
But because i got worried, i bought him in the vets. first vet i went to about 1 month ago couldnt find any findings and she just gave me antinol (a supplement for joints) to give him. i just bought him into the vets again yesterday because it hasn't fully recovered yet. he is still doing the intermittent limping.
background, my cat hates the vets with a passion and always always growls and hisses at the vet. yesterday, she started off by checking his hind legs, and he started hissing/ growling, but still within normal limits. then she moved onto his left front leg, and the hissing got louder. and by the time she got to the last (right) front leg, the hissing was +++. That led the vet to believe his right front leg was in alot of pain. she told me she believed its more likely a sprain because of his age and the way he was hissing when she moved his leg.
I was worried about arthritis because of his breed, but the vet didnt think of it as likely as he is only 3 years old + she said she did not feel any crepitus/ crackles while movinghis limbs. So she gave him anti-inflammatorys + pain meds (meloxicam/metacam for 5 days) + gabapentin 2 pills daily for 5 days. she said to do that and monitor for 2-3 weeks,and if it still doesnt get better, or worsens, then to sedate him for an xray.
The thing is...
When he's at home, calm and all, i'm able to move his limbs all 4 of them without any issues and he does not hiss or tense up significantly at all. So i'm worried that i'd be giving him too much medications for his pain when he may not be in that much pain? (like the way he presented at the clinic, i'm not sure if its pain or just anger at being at the vets). also the way the vet worded it, that it is to rule out her differential diagnoses, would that be worth it to give my cat metacam/meloxicam for this issue, knowing the potential side effects if he is not truly in that much pain?
also if its a sprain like the vet thinks, wouldn't it have healed by now after 2 months? and why is it intermittent? the vet says a sprain can be intermittently symptomatic.
I have videos of him limping, and videos of him running all within the same hour! I will upload it asap.
Limping video #1: limping video #2: normal running: (scroll towards end of video)
My 3 year old scottish fold has been intermittently limping for probably the past 2 months, on and off, inconsistently. It's usually worse when he just wakes up, and then he walks the limp off, and then becomes okay. It hasn't affected his activities, still the same, he is still jumping to the same height, still playing and running and dashing around.
But because i got worried, i bought him in the vets. first vet i went to about 1 month ago couldnt find any findings and she just gave me antinol (a supplement for joints) to give him. i just bought him into the vets again yesterday because it hasn't fully recovered yet. he is still doing the intermittent limping.
background, my cat hates the vets with a passion and always always growls and hisses at the vet. yesterday, she started off by checking his hind legs, and he started hissing/ growling, but still within normal limits. then she moved onto his left front leg, and the hissing got louder. and by the time she got to the last (right) front leg, the hissing was +++. That led the vet to believe his right front leg was in alot of pain. she told me she believed its more likely a sprain because of his age and the way he was hissing when she moved his leg.
I was worried about arthritis because of his breed, but the vet didnt think of it as likely as he is only 3 years old + she said she did not feel any crepitus/ crackles while movinghis limbs. So she gave him anti-inflammatorys + pain meds (meloxicam/metacam for 5 days) + gabapentin 2 pills daily for 5 days. she said to do that and monitor for 2-3 weeks,and if it still doesnt get better, or worsens, then to sedate him for an xray.
The thing is...
When he's at home, calm and all, i'm able to move his limbs all 4 of them without any issues and he does not hiss or tense up significantly at all. So i'm worried that i'd be giving him too much medications for his pain when he may not be in that much pain? (like the way he presented at the clinic, i'm not sure if its pain or just anger at being at the vets). also the way the vet worded it, that it is to rule out her differential diagnoses, would that be worth it to give my cat metacam/meloxicam for this issue, knowing the potential side effects if he is not truly in that much pain?
also if its a sprain like the vet thinks, wouldn't it have healed by now after 2 months? and why is it intermittent? the vet says a sprain can be intermittently symptomatic.
I have videos of him limping, and videos of him running all within the same hour! I will upload it asap.
Limping video #1: limping video #2: normal running: (scroll towards end of video)
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