Hi, I've posted before about my cat who has problems with luxating patellas. She's been managing quite well for about a year since surgery (with limited success). Last week she became gradually worse, had increasing difficulty walking.. I had some metacam which I gave her for a few days which seemed to help, and then I took her to the vet. Vet did xrays, said her knees weren't too bad but this problem was coming from her lower back. Xray of back was fine, so he diagnosed a probable slipped disc and put her on steroids. She's been on prednisolone for 5 days now, and seems to be in more pain and less mobile than before we went to the vet and she was taking metacam.
Just wondering if anyone knows how long it should take for steroids to work, and do they even have much effect on pain?
Just wondering if anyone knows how long it should take for steroids to work, and do they even have much effect on pain?