yola
27-04-2012, 03:12 PM
What a worry this old girl is :roll:
Over the last few weeks we've noticed a gradual weakness in Fifi's back legs, especially her right one. This culminated 10 days ago in her back legs giving way almost completely so they are sliding out from beneath her and at times she can't sustain her body weight and has to tip over onto her side :(
This has been distressing to watch so we have checked it out with the vet. First thought was that her blood pressure meds were causing the pressure to drop too far. Having had that happen once to me (during c-section) I can vouch for the disorientation it causes. So we stopped the meds for a week. No change.
Next was a full blood test earlier this week which showed a potassium deficiency, and little else. So we now have huge supplement tabs to give her twice each day. They're way too big for her to swallow so I have to powder them with some of her cat milk and syringe it.
There seems to be an overall improvement in her demeanour however, she's still extremely unstable on her back legs.
I will revisit vet early next week but we are faced with a £2k MRI scan option which also means a long car journey and a general anaesthetic. Having discussed this with her though she knows I'm not keen so we will probably consider steriods which vet thinks might help.
I'd like to thank Shelley for her reassuring advice yesterday during the quiz, and it really helps to know that she'd experienced potassium deficiency problems AND weak back legs problems with her cat too.
Over the last few weeks we've noticed a gradual weakness in Fifi's back legs, especially her right one. This culminated 10 days ago in her back legs giving way almost completely so they are sliding out from beneath her and at times she can't sustain her body weight and has to tip over onto her side :(
This has been distressing to watch so we have checked it out with the vet. First thought was that her blood pressure meds were causing the pressure to drop too far. Having had that happen once to me (during c-section) I can vouch for the disorientation it causes. So we stopped the meds for a week. No change.
Next was a full blood test earlier this week which showed a potassium deficiency, and little else. So we now have huge supplement tabs to give her twice each day. They're way too big for her to swallow so I have to powder them with some of her cat milk and syringe it.
There seems to be an overall improvement in her demeanour however, she's still extremely unstable on her back legs.
I will revisit vet early next week but we are faced with a £2k MRI scan option which also means a long car journey and a general anaesthetic. Having discussed this with her though she knows I'm not keen so we will probably consider steriods which vet thinks might help.
I'd like to thank Shelley for her reassuring advice yesterday during the quiz, and it really helps to know that she'd experienced potassium deficiency problems AND weak back legs problems with her cat too.