Limping Greyhound
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Since the weather turned colder my greyhound has started limping everytime we take him outside. To start with we just thought he was being a wuss about going for a walk because it started around bonfire night and he bloody hates fireworks but it is happening pretty much every time he goes out. In the house he is fine and he still gives us his normal kangahound impression in a morning. Once you have been walking 5 minutes or so it seems to go back to normal so my thought is that he has some OA in his leg (possibly caused by a racing injury). Is there anything we can do to help him? or do we need to go down the prescription and metacam path?
He doesnt appear to have any injuries to his leg, there are no obvious cuts to his paw, and no obvious swelling or heat in any of the joints or muscles and when i was having a good feel of his leg he didnt appear to be in any pain.
He doesnt appear to have any injuries to his leg, there are no obvious cuts to his paw, and no obvious swelling or heat in any of the joints or muscles and when i was having a good feel of his leg he didnt appear to be in any pain.
Get him checked over and just as a precaution get his pads checked to ensure there are no corns in his pads.
Ideally if arthritis is suspected some pain relief would be good but again a vet will be ble advise if it might just be a short term tx. Good quality supplements would be worth a go (ie glucosamine HCL and chondroitin) They may advise xrays if they are unsure what's causing it and to pinpoint problem areas and rule out anything else. How old is he?
Ideally if arthritis is suspected some pain relief would be good but again a vet will be ble advise if it might just be a short term tx. Good quality supplements would be worth a go (ie glucosamine HCL and chondroitin) They may advise xrays if they are unsure what's causing it and to pinpoint problem areas and rule out anything else. How old is he?
shoebag said:
Just seen this thread. I agree with Bex get him seen by a vet. Dave my Greyhound started limping in July. I took him to the vets who suspected osteosarcoma and then went to the vet specialists where they comfirmed that it was osteosarcoma. Hope it is something else.
sorry too hear this. I didn't want to mention this one as it's not good news (as I'm sure you must know) but it crossed my mind which is why I noted xraying to rule out other things. Hopefully for the OP poster his dog has just twinged a muscle. gog440 said:
Sorry for the slow reply, sarcoma had crossed my mind too, but he doesnt seem to be in pain and only seems to limp when it is cold so I am hopeful it is just a bit of OA from a racing injury. a trip to the vets is in order for the near future.
Limping = minimum discomfort - pain. Obviously level of pain will be varaiable. Definitely get a vet ck as even with OA a lot can be done to reduce the discomfort.bexVN said:
gog440 said:
Sorry for the slow reply, sarcoma had crossed my mind too, but he doesnt seem to be in pain and only seems to limp when it is cold so I am hopeful it is just a bit of OA from a racing injury. a trip to the vets is in order for the near future.
Limping = minimum discomfort - pain. Obviously level of pain will be varaiable. Definitely get a vet ck as even with OA a lot can be done to reduce the discomfort.Meacham is only usually a once a day treatment? I'm fairly certain we only px it once a day for rabbits aswell, unless there is a protocol I'm not familiar with.
Re long term use, if we'll tolerated and works it is an acceptable long term treatment, however there are lots of supportive treatments that can reduce the need for Meacham all the time. I will go into it more soon, no time now though
Re long term use, if we'll tolerated and works it is an acceptable long term treatment, however there are lots of supportive treatments that can reduce the need for Meacham all the time. I will go into it more soon, no time now though
Thanks for the advice folks.
He has improved massively on the metacam so there was obviously some inflammation there, I am tempted to get the Yumove and give it a try, there seem to be a fair few people with positive stories about using it.
Otherwise I will be asking the vet for a prescription and sourcing the metacam from www.medicanimal.com. It seems to be massively cheaper from them, and I already get his worming and flea stuff from there and it all seems to be kosher.
He has improved massively on the metacam so there was obviously some inflammation there, I am tempted to get the Yumove and give it a try, there seem to be a fair few people with positive stories about using it.
Otherwise I will be asking the vet for a prescription and sourcing the metacam from www.medicanimal.com. It seems to be massively cheaper from them, and I already get his worming and flea stuff from there and it all seems to be kosher.
That's good too hear. I don't know yumove but if it contains glucosamine HCL (HCl is the important bit) preferably green lipped muscle, and chondroitin it should be decent. Some contain tumeric (a natural anti inflammatory)
Re: the Px that's fine as long as it is a British company. The foreign ones usually don't want a Px.
Nutraceuticals are a minefield, generally cheap = poorer quality ingredients!
Re: the Px that's fine as long as it is a British company. The foreign ones usually don't want a Px.
Nutraceuticals are a minefield, generally cheap = poorer quality ingredients!
We foster British and Spanish greyhounds, so get quite a few through our doors. Limping is a common occurrence. We first check for lumps, swellings and corns. If we find hard lumps we go to the vet for X-rays as sarcoma is a possibility. Luckily, most of the time it is arthritis.
If we find lumps that feel like they are made up of fluid, we have 2 medications we use from the vet. We use Tolfédine pills to combat inflammation and Cortanmycétine cream to reduce the swelling in/on the joint.
Works fine for us and so far most hounds have responded well.
If we find lumps that feel like they are made up of fluid, we have 2 medications we use from the vet. We use Tolfédine pills to combat inflammation and Cortanmycétine cream to reduce the swelling in/on the joint.
Works fine for us and so far most hounds have responded well.
bexVN said:
That's good too hear. I don't know yumove but if it contains glucosamine HCL (HCl is the important bit) preferably green lipped muscle, and chondroitin it should be decent. Some contain tumeric (a natural anti inflammatory)
Re: the Px that's fine as long as it is a British company. The foreign ones usually don't want a Px.
Nutraceuticals are a minefield, generally cheap = poorer quality ingredients!
Yumove contains chondroitin, green lipped mussel etc, Re: the Px that's fine as long as it is a British company. The foreign ones usually don't want a Px.
Nutraceuticals are a minefield, generally cheap = poorer quality ingredients!
http://www.medicanimal.com/setSessionLocale/produc...
The vet i saw today was actually very supportive of the idea of giving it, she said that she knows the owners of the company that make it and uses it for her own dogs and felt that it was helping.
I asked her about them supplying metacam as opposed to ordering it online, she said that they couldnt get anywhere near the price they can sell it for online so without prompting she wrote me a prescription out for me to order it
I still cant get over how little my vets charge for things, todays consultation and private prescription came to......................................................
£12.80
And she told me that If we need a repeat prescription as long as they have seen him within 6 months they will do it and the fee is £4.80
gog440 said:
Thanks for the advice folks.
He has improved massively on the metacam so there was obviously some inflammation there, I am tempted to get the Yumove and give it a try, there seem to be a fair few people with positive stories about using it.
Otherwise I will be asking the vet for a prescription and sourcing the metacam from www.medicanimal.com. It seems to be massively cheaper from them, and I already get his worming and flea stuff from there and it all seems to be kosher.
Metacam has arrived as has the yumove, his walking has improved massively and he seems to be much less stiff than he was.He has improved massively on the metacam so there was obviously some inflammation there, I am tempted to get the Yumove and give it a try, there seem to be a fair few people with positive stories about using it.
Otherwise I will be asking the vet for a prescription and sourcing the metacam from www.medicanimal.com. It seems to be massively cheaper from them, and I already get his worming and flea stuff from there and it all seems to be kosher.
BTW metacam from the vets £55, metacam from medic animal £18.40.
ridiculous mark up IMO, I know they are a business but as near as dammit 200% markup is too much.
gog440 said:
180ml bottle, seems like a really good price to me.
the vet did say that they cant get anywhere near the price of the online places.
How is your whippet doing?
Sorry to hear they have been poorly
That is amazing price, honestly costs us more to get from wholesale and that is with any discounts we may achieve for bulk buying. I'm just glad it's helping, that's the important thing at the end of the day the vet did say that they cant get anywhere near the price of the online places.
How is your whippet doing?
Sorry to hear they have been poorly
Thank you for asking after Jimmy. Things aren't great. I can't walk him and just 5 mins playing sends him off balance. I've noticed tonight his 3rd eyelid is starting to show up in his L eye. That's not a great sign. s
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