In May of 2010 I took Claire to see our favorite vet, Dr. Massenzio, who was at the time practicing out of Burbank Dog & Cat Hospital. The hunch in her back had become pretty pronounced, enough to concern me.
So Claire had her first x-rays. I was told that there were no visibly defined bone spurs, so her condition could not definitively be called arthritis, but there was some shadowing on the x-ray that could indicate inflammation or possible arthritis.
Claire was put on Metacam for quite a while, until my vet moved away, and I had trouble getting refills from the other vet in the practice without bringing her in for another exam, though it had only been two or three months since Claire had been seen. I really couldn't tell a discernible effect from the medicine, and when she went off of it Claire didn't have any further incidents for about six months, other than walking with a curved back.
Here are the x-rays that were taken.
So Claire had her first x-rays. I was told that there were no visibly defined bone spurs, so her condition could not definitively be called arthritis, but there was some shadowing on the x-ray that could indicate inflammation or possible arthritis.
Claire was put on Metacam for quite a while, until my vet moved away, and I had trouble getting refills from the other vet in the practice without bringing her in for another exam, though it had only been two or three months since Claire had been seen. I really couldn't tell a discernible effect from the medicine, and when she went off of it Claire didn't have any further incidents for about six months, other than walking with a curved back.
Here are the x-rays that were taken.
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