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I need to find a better way to medicate her. Her pain medicine is liquid and supposed to be applied to her gums and her Dasaquin is pill form. She won't tolerate the liquid on her gums and I hate to physically hold onto her. Normally pilling isn't a problem but now with this I don't want...

  Besides the laser therapy and Dasaquin (glucosamine and chondroitin which I don't know if it even helps).   They gave Buprenex for the pain.    But also recommended looking into acupuncture.  :/    So mostly managing symptoms and no real solution or cure.  :(    I would just like to know...

  Anyone?

  The vet says Spondylosis, bone spurs and possibly arthritis.    Does anyone else have experience with Spondylosis?     I still don't understand how she can be running around the house like a maniac for a number of weeks and then not even able to jump up onto the couch the next day...... is the...

  I went into the restroom just now and she was sitting up on the rug.   She saw me and instinctively went to roll and expose her belly to get petted.   But as she went to lay on her side she yelped in pain and bolted upright again.   

  I agree.    No vets open today.   We watch things like that carefully ( Had a few ferrets with adrenal gland problems and later in life they could potentially lose hind leg mobility).    This doesn't seem like a loss of strength....more like she is freezing and then trying to find a...

  Would arthritis cause that severe of a pain?   Or startle her?   I guess I picture arthritis as more of a mild to ornery discomfort...... Today she has been acting like when she goes to move the pain surprises her by how severe it is.   And when she moves periodically she backs up and it seems...

  We have a fun quirky cat who is about 9 years old.   She has exhibited pain or problems in her rear hindquarters the last 6 months or so.    She typically only wants attention when she decides and so we didn't notice it right away (our other 17 year old cat is a total lap cat).     When we...