So Diesel started limping 2 weeks ago, he got up from a nap and was limping a little. It seemed to go away as he moved around more so I didn't think a whole lot of it. I just kept an eye on him over the course of the week. By the weekend he was limping all the time, he is toe touching but not putting weight on his right rear leg. Took him to the vet, they did an exam and felt he had just pulled a muscle. Sent him home with some anti inflammatory pills and said to bring him back if it doesn't improve.
So 1 more week of watching him and he got even worse
. Any time he tries to run he holds his leg up and he cries if he tries to sit or if he lays down on it wrong (breaks my heart!). So back to the vet we went on Saturday. It took 2 technicians to hold him down for x-rays and a more thorough physical exam of the leg and the vet had to wrap him in a towel to bring him back to me because he was MAD
. She's pretty sure he sprained his ACL as there is a small amount of movement in his leg that shouldn't be there. His x-rays were good, hips and knees look great, nothing out of place or fractured.
Right now he's on baby aspirin every 3 days and a glucosamine supplement to help speed the tissue rebuilding itself. We're trying to limit his activity (haha!) so he doesn't keep reinjuring it but she said it could take 2 to 3 months to heal
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Has anyone else ever had a cat sprain their ACL?