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Panzer is about 8 yrs old. About a month ago, I went out for some dinner and came home and could tell by the way he was holding his tail and his general attitude that he wasn't feeling well. He didn't want to play, wasn't super-overly happy to see me as usual. There was something wrong. Over the next day, he was becoming more and more uncomfortable.
I went to the vet who did an x-ray and found that 3 vertebrae in his back are, I forget the word, but compacted is the best synonym I can come up with. He prescribed him some prednizone and within a 2 days, he was back to his normal self.
A few days ago, Panzer was frolicking and playing and all was well. A severe cold front came thru that evening and the next morning, he was worse that before the original time. He didn't want to get up to go for his morning tinkle, and when finally coaxed into doing it, was very very ginger about walking, then going down the 2 small steps to the back yard. Since that morning, he's been absolutely miserable. The vet put him back on the prednisone, but he's not having the same recovery he did before and only seems to be interested in food, but nothing else (toys, playing, being petted).
I'm really worried that he will not make much of a recovery. I asked the vet if it could possibly be associated with the cold front and he didn't think so, just told me to increase his predisone dosage to three 1/2 pills a day. He seems to be making very very small improvement the last 3 days, but is just simply miserable. His appetite and water drinking hasn't changed, but I'm just not sure what I should do next. The vet told me about a back surgery that would fix the problem, but its far more expensive than I can afford. The cold front goes away on Monday and warmer weather comes back. I just don't know what to do next. Any ideas? Thanks so much!
I went to the vet who did an x-ray and found that 3 vertebrae in his back are, I forget the word, but compacted is the best synonym I can come up with. He prescribed him some prednizone and within a 2 days, he was back to his normal self.
A few days ago, Panzer was frolicking and playing and all was well. A severe cold front came thru that evening and the next morning, he was worse that before the original time. He didn't want to get up to go for his morning tinkle, and when finally coaxed into doing it, was very very ginger about walking, then going down the 2 small steps to the back yard. Since that morning, he's been absolutely miserable. The vet put him back on the prednisone, but he's not having the same recovery he did before and only seems to be interested in food, but nothing else (toys, playing, being petted).
I'm really worried that he will not make much of a recovery. I asked the vet if it could possibly be associated with the cold front and he didn't think so, just told me to increase his predisone dosage to three 1/2 pills a day. He seems to be making very very small improvement the last 3 days, but is just simply miserable. His appetite and water drinking hasn't changed, but I'm just not sure what I should do next. The vet told me about a back surgery that would fix the problem, but its far more expensive than I can afford. The cold front goes away on Monday and warmer weather comes back. I just don't know what to do next. Any ideas? Thanks so much!