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Health / Chin with a broken pelvis
« on: March 01, 2010, 11:07:33 AM »
I've posted this on a couple chin forums, but I'm trying to get as much information on this as I can. I just want my chin to be okay.
I picked up my chin (3 year old standard female named Tia) on February 18th from a retired couple who didn't have time for her anymore and didn't really pay any attention to her nor know anything about chins. After letting Tia adjust for about a week, I started getting her out and letting her hop around for playtime.
Instantly, I noticed that she really favored her left hind leg. She didn't use it to hop, she couldn't hold something with both paws because she couldn't rest her weight on her hind legs, she was slow in jumping... obviously a vet visit was in order.
Turns out my little Tia has a broken pelvis! Here are the X-rays... This forum made the pictures very small, so I linked them instead. I'm sorry about the huge images! Descriptions of each X-ray are beneath the image.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v320/abunai_usagi/pelvisview.jpg
Here's her pelvis x-ray... the fracture is encircled in lime green.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v320/abunai_usagi/rightlegview.jpg
Her (completely okay) right leg - I'm including it for comparison.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v320/abunai_usagi/leftlegview.jpg
Her left leg - you can see the fracture in the bottom left, also encircled with green.
Needless to say, when the vet showed me these I just wanted to puke.
Per advice from some hardcore chin breeders/enthusiasts/experts on different forums, Tia is now confined in a small cat carrier and will be for the next six weeks. Also, today I am starting her on a homeopathic regimen consisting of calcarea phosphorica 30c and symphytum 30c. I was advised to dissolve one pellet of each in 1mL of water and administer it to her via syringe.
Hopefully this will knit up... That fracture looks really severe (to me). What do you guys think? Has anyone had experience with a broken pelvis? Any luck with homeopathic remedies in chins? Any input would be appreciated!
I picked up my chin (3 year old standard female named Tia) on February 18th from a retired couple who didn't have time for her anymore and didn't really pay any attention to her nor know anything about chins. After letting Tia adjust for about a week, I started getting her out and letting her hop around for playtime.
Instantly, I noticed that she really favored her left hind leg. She didn't use it to hop, she couldn't hold something with both paws because she couldn't rest her weight on her hind legs, she was slow in jumping... obviously a vet visit was in order.
Turns out my little Tia has a broken pelvis! Here are the X-rays... This forum made the pictures very small, so I linked them instead. I'm sorry about the huge images! Descriptions of each X-ray are beneath the image.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v320/abunai_usagi/pelvisview.jpg
Here's her pelvis x-ray... the fracture is encircled in lime green.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v320/abunai_usagi/rightlegview.jpg
Her (completely okay) right leg - I'm including it for comparison.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v320/abunai_usagi/leftlegview.jpg
Her left leg - you can see the fracture in the bottom left, also encircled with green.
Needless to say, when the vet showed me these I just wanted to puke.
Per advice from some hardcore chin breeders/enthusiasts/experts on different forums, Tia is now confined in a small cat carrier and will be for the next six weeks. Also, today I am starting her on a homeopathic regimen consisting of calcarea phosphorica 30c and symphytum 30c. I was advised to dissolve one pellet of each in 1mL of water and administer it to her via syringe.
Hopefully this will knit up... That fracture looks really severe (to me). What do you guys think? Has anyone had experience with a broken pelvis? Any luck with homeopathic remedies in chins? Any input would be appreciated!