The idea is to stop them from jumping.

On/off your bed is not going to help healing. Cage is best, here.

Glucosamine.

Though I’d get him in for xrays of his hips, just in case something else is going on.

Badly healed breaks can cause lifelong mobility issues. He might be fine now, but what about in a year? 5 years?

Cats are pretty stoic. I’ll bet he’s in pain and just not showing you.

Look into raw feeding. Ask your vet about it.

I assume the abx are administered orally? My one cat would drool if a tablet tasted awful. Are you giving it in a pill pocket or some other delivery device?

Hi Mary – you may want to call the clinic directly.

This is a question you should ask your repro vet, because they’ve been monitoring her through the pregnancy…

Right?

I tend to be conservative with things like this – I will put a dog with a sore limb on crate rest for a week to see if it resolves. If it doesn’t, we head to the vet. This means on leash when in the yard for toilet, no jumping in the car, no jumping on furniture. Just crate or on a cushy bed on the floor.

Things to do: check paw pads, check nails (most people keep dog nails WAY too long, so if you can hear them clicking, it’s time for a nail trim…and then do them twice a week until they’re short, and weekly to maintain). I also move the limb and gently massage to see if there’s any sort of soft tissue soreness.

Unfortunately, diagnoses for things like this *cannot* be made over the internet. She needs to see a vet…especially if she’s been consistently underweight. She’ll need a full exam, with bloodwork and possibly a urinalysis.

I’m sorry. But if you refuse the vet, you’re furthering her illness. Please find a way to pay for it.

A friend’s chicken allergic Greyhound did well on Natural Balance turkey limited ingredient diet. Another friend feeds her Dobes Annamaet Aqualuk and Manitok with significant success – the dogs love it and look great on it.

Pro plan had a fairly recent recipe change of the sensitive salmon (as in last year), and a lot of dogs seemed to go off it. I’m told it may have improved since then.

Makes me wonder if she’s got something like giardia. Let us know what they say?