Last weekend, he was playing. I took pictures, but the memory card ate them. He was chasing a jingle ball around in the hallway, then was jumping to grab my headset that is hanging from its recharge cord.
Last night, he could barely walk. Of course, my first thought is his kidneys died. But watching him closely, it was his back. I petted him, putting gentle pressure with my hand as I stroked down the length of his spine and halfway down, he went to his knees. *sigh*
So, last night I gave him as much bottled water as he would lap and he got a dose of Metacam, which he’ll also get today and tomorrow. That was what the vet instructed me to do when I took Bart in last year for this. If this doesn’t help, I’ll have to call the him. I’m sure it’s the arthritis.
But he’s already looking better. He’s back in bed and I was just watching him, stretching out and rubbing his face with his paws. He’s not acting sick at all, it just hurts him to walk.
Poor old guy.