Villy has been having some problems with her back legs. Occasionally, she looks very stiff, and won't put weight on her left hind leg properly. She'll hop around for maybe 15, 20 minutes, then she'll be fine again. This has happened twice that I know of.
I took her to the vets, and they felt her hips and legs but couldn't tell what was wrong. They recommended that I bring her in for an x-ray.
Not only is this going to cost me a lot of money (I do have insurance but still have to pay the excess, which is around £120 because of her age),
but it is very stressfull for Villy. She will have to be starved from the night before, she will have to spend a day at the vets, she'll have an anasthetic, blood tests etc.
She's booked to go in tomorrow, but I'm wondering if this is absolutely necessary? I guess it's the only way to know for sure what's wrong, I just don't want to put her under stress without good reason.
She had a steroid injection a couple of weeks ago for an ulcer on her lip, and she has a food suppliment for the arthritis in her shoulder, so she shouldn't be in any pain theoretically.
I'm also pretty scared that it's something serious.
What do you think? Does she need the x-ray? What could be causing this? At the moment she's an indoor cat.
I took her to the vets, and they felt her hips and legs but couldn't tell what was wrong. They recommended that I bring her in for an x-ray.
Not only is this going to cost me a lot of money (I do have insurance but still have to pay the excess, which is around £120 because of her age),
but it is very stressfull for Villy. She will have to be starved from the night before, she will have to spend a day at the vets, she'll have an anasthetic, blood tests etc.
She's booked to go in tomorrow, but I'm wondering if this is absolutely necessary? I guess it's the only way to know for sure what's wrong, I just don't want to put her under stress without good reason.
She had a steroid injection a couple of weeks ago for an ulcer on her lip, and she has a food suppliment for the arthritis in her shoulder, so she shouldn't be in any pain theoretically.
I'm also pretty scared that it's something serious.
What do you think? Does she need the x-ray? What could be causing this? At the moment she's an indoor cat.