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It always seems that veterinarians' pets have the most medical problems. This may be because the veterinarian knows when certain diagnostics need to be done based on behaviors and symptoms, but I was just seeing if anyone here has problem pets.
My cat is 2 years old. When he was only about 16 weeks of age, my parents were watching him while I was at work, and he broke his leg. The radiographs showed that the femoral head was still in the hip socket and the rest of the leg was just floating there. He was too young to go through a FHO so he was put on cage rest with some pain meds for a few weeks. His leg still isn't in the right place but you wouldn't know it by looking at him. He walks and runs on all four legs and as long as he doesn't get fat he may never need surgery to correct it. A couple of months ago, he started coughing and has been diagnosed with feline asthma. I'm just now starting him on steroids after he had an attack that scared me ****less the other night and am hoping to transfer to the inhaled steroids so that I can keep his weight down since less of the side effects of steroids are seen with the inhaled kind. It's like $140 for 2 months worth of the inhaler vs like $2 for 4 months of the pills. We'll see what ends up happening.
My cat is 2 years old. When he was only about 16 weeks of age, my parents were watching him while I was at work, and he broke his leg. The radiographs showed that the femoral head was still in the hip socket and the rest of the leg was just floating there. He was too young to go through a FHO so he was put on cage rest with some pain meds for a few weeks. His leg still isn't in the right place but you wouldn't know it by looking at him. He walks and runs on all four legs and as long as he doesn't get fat he may never need surgery to correct it. A couple of months ago, he started coughing and has been diagnosed with feline asthma. I'm just now starting him on steroids after he had an attack that scared me ****less the other night and am hoping to transfer to the inhaled steroids so that I can keep his weight down since less of the side effects of steroids are seen with the inhaled kind. It's like $140 for 2 months worth of the inhaler vs like $2 for 4 months of the pills. We'll see what ends up happening.