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Location: Kirby Cross, UK
Joined: May 2006
Posts: 44
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Are these the symptoms of Luxating Patella?
I have a 3 year old chihuahua. Since thursday she has experienced a lot of pain. She was just sitting down and all of a sudden started yelping... I looked her over and me holding her seemed to cause her more pain.. I felt and put a bit of pressure over her feet and joints and she didn't seem to respond so I thought it must be something else...
The yelping seems almost random... sometimes she'll move or I'll pick her up and she'll yelp and sometimes she'll be fine. My OH and I thought it was perhaps her neck that was sore but most of the time she'll move it and it'll be fine.
I took her to the vets this morning... temp was normal, belly feels normal... she's eating normally, no pain in the limbs, no dishacharge and going to the loo normally.
The only signs are that she is not lively, not moving unless she can avoid it and every so often she give a little yelp or whine and changes position.
The vet found that Daisy's knee caps are easily displaced from side-to-side but playing around with them didn't cause her any pain. Other than this found no abnormalities..
Daisy's not holding her legs in any pain but is walking abit stiffly on her back legs with tail constantly between them. So I am wondering if this is what is causing the problem or not... all I have looked up on LP suggests that it is a momentary pain in the leg which is recovered quickly... Daisy's pain has been ongoing over the last couple of days.
The vet has put heron antiimflamatories and we are going in again on Monday to see if there is anychange.. she has had one of the tablets so far but hasn't moved off of her bed since..
I would just like to know what you think?
Thanks