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Hi folks!
I have an appointment with my vet this Thursday to start Skye on cartophin injections for her arthritis, but I'm wondering if anyone here knows of any massages I can do to help Skye with her joints. I'd been using medicam for her, but when I heard her pancreatic values were high, I took her off that and then started her back on prednisone (once the vet said it was ok to start---medicam needs a week or two gap before using pred). I'm not a fan of pred and was reducing Skye to a half tablet a day, but she was uncomfortable. Her pancreatic values were 34 at last count, but she has zero symptoms. But, my concern is if she's on medicam and has a flare of pancreatitis, she can't take prednisone. I'd rather her be on something else that can help both, and when she was on prednisone 2x daily, she had no arthritic symptoms---but then I wonder if what I'm seeing is pancreatic pain not arthritis---I don't know.
Irregardless, I want to do some massage for her and I will also ask the vet about other therapies. I need to get Skye a kitty ramp so she can get on my bed as the steps are uncomfortable for her.
Thanks in advance!
I have an appointment with my vet this Thursday to start Skye on cartophin injections for her arthritis, but I'm wondering if anyone here knows of any massages I can do to help Skye with her joints. I'd been using medicam for her, but when I heard her pancreatic values were high, I took her off that and then started her back on prednisone (once the vet said it was ok to start---medicam needs a week or two gap before using pred). I'm not a fan of pred and was reducing Skye to a half tablet a day, but she was uncomfortable. Her pancreatic values were 34 at last count, but she has zero symptoms. But, my concern is if she's on medicam and has a flare of pancreatitis, she can't take prednisone. I'd rather her be on something else that can help both, and when she was on prednisone 2x daily, she had no arthritic symptoms---but then I wonder if what I'm seeing is pancreatic pain not arthritis---I don't know.
Irregardless, I want to do some massage for her and I will also ask the vet about other therapies. I need to get Skye a kitty ramp so she can get on my bed as the steps are uncomfortable for her.
Thanks in advance!