Roger gave Tali's legs, hips a damned good examination, manipulating them into all sorts of positions and she showed no sign of pain. He said her hip joint were in excellent condition with super muscle around them and no sign of arthritis. But as he place her feet down on the knuckle she was slow to correct them, which led him to believe she had a spinal problem.On examination Tali flinched in two places on her spine, one higher up the back and one lower. She then started to growl quietly under her breath and continued to do show as he examined her further. But true to form, and just like her mother she became ridged and guarded and showed no further reaction to pain. It was amazing you could see her whole body tense up, so he left her for two minutes to relax. Her heart is excellent, and her colour is good ... yes she does need to loose a Kg or 2, I agree and I have cut her rather expensive food down to two thirds already, I guess I need to cut it back further now! Once she relaxed he examined her spine again and she showed reaction to pain again in the same two places.
The conclusion is that she is starting with spondylosis
- http://www.hometownvetcare.com/spondylosis
Roger feels that is is quite a slow progressing condition and that really it shouldn't cause her too much difficulty. But we will need to giver her "moderate exercise" and she does needs to go on Glucosamine now, and later will probably need PLT's. (A steroid based anti inflammatory) He has given her a short course of anti inflammatory's now, just incase she has over exerted herself, or twisted herself and caused a short term problem. Hopefully this will give her some relief and things will settle down again!
