Catscankim
Well-Known Member
We took a nap this afternoon, and when I got up, she couldn't walk. She follows me everywhere, so when I went to the door, I assumed she was behind me to go out to pee. I walked back toward the bedroom, and she was in the hallway on the floor...legs all tangled everywhere.
If any of you remember, last year she had "old dog vestibular" problems...basically an inner ear problem that gave her severe vertigo, which I thought she had a stroke. That affected her right side and she was crooked for a while, but has since recovered. Her eyes were also all crazy, I forget what that is called. She doesn't have that today either.
Today is different. None of her legs are working. She just can't get up off the floor.
I untangled her legs and stood her up and she walked wobbly to her water and drank, so at first I thought maybe a leg fell asleep while we were napping...then she collapsed again. But it's two hours later and she still can't walk right. All of her legs just give out on her.
I picked her up (which is odd, because she NEVER lets me pick her up) and put her in her bed, which is now relocated in the dining room with me right now. I had to arrange her legs to be comfortable. She won't even look at a puperoni. I put her water bowl next to her and she lifts her head every once in a while to drink. Eventually shes gonna have to pee, so I don't know what I am going to do about that...
She's 15ish. I told my boss the other day that Abby seems to be slowing down. She will only eat wet food for the past week or so, which she usually only gets dry. Wet is a treat. I thought she was being ornery and holding out for wet food...which she got cause she's old, and if she wants wet food then I will just give it to her. She always had a good appetite. She even ate a whole can of food just before our nap, so I don't know what happened in two hours.
Hopefully it is just the inner ear problem like last time, just different symptoms. I dunno.
If any of you remember, last year she had "old dog vestibular" problems...basically an inner ear problem that gave her severe vertigo, which I thought she had a stroke. That affected her right side and she was crooked for a while, but has since recovered. Her eyes were also all crazy, I forget what that is called. She doesn't have that today either.
Today is different. None of her legs are working. She just can't get up off the floor.
I untangled her legs and stood her up and she walked wobbly to her water and drank, so at first I thought maybe a leg fell asleep while we were napping...then she collapsed again. But it's two hours later and she still can't walk right. All of her legs just give out on her.
I picked her up (which is odd, because she NEVER lets me pick her up) and put her in her bed, which is now relocated in the dining room with me right now. I had to arrange her legs to be comfortable. She won't even look at a puperoni. I put her water bowl next to her and she lifts her head every once in a while to drink. Eventually shes gonna have to pee, so I don't know what I am going to do about that...
She's 15ish. I told my boss the other day that Abby seems to be slowing down. She will only eat wet food for the past week or so, which she usually only gets dry. Wet is a treat. I thought she was being ornery and holding out for wet food...which she got cause she's old, and if she wants wet food then I will just give it to her. She always had a good appetite. She even ate a whole can of food just before our nap, so I don't know what happened in two hours.
Hopefully it is just the inner ear problem like last time, just different symptoms. I dunno.
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