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    Leptospirosis?

    Yesterday Ram was stiff in his back legs and couldn't do the stairs. On Saturday he was drinking from a little stream when we were out. Do you know if Lepto symptoms would hit that fast? We have an appt. today at 5:00pm.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Sue-Ram View Post
    Yesterday Ram was stiff in his back legs and couldn't do the stairs. On Saturday he was drinking from a little stream when we were out. Do you know if Lepto symptoms would hit that fast? We have an appt. today at 5:00pm.
    Dr. Google says onset is usually 4-12 days after exposure, so it seems unlikely. Is he running a fever? If not, then I would suspect something else. Be sure you ask to have him tested for tick-borne diseases as well, but it all likelihood he just pulled a muscle or something. Sending good thoughts.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Annette47 View Post
    Dr. Google says onset is usually 4-12 days after exposure, so it seems unlikely. Is he running a fever? If not, then I would suspect something else. Be sure you ask to have him tested for tick-borne diseases as well, but it all likelihood he just pulled a muscle or something. Sending good thoughts.
    Thank you. He had his first ever tick on April 7th and they told me that nothing would show in his blood until 6 weeks after. I had never seen a tick before so I took him to the vet for a tick or skin tag check.
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    Yikes. I hope it has nothing to do with that tick. That would be more likely than fast symptoms for Lepto.

    Keep us posted....sending good thoughts.

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    Doesn't sound like lepto to me. Could be arthritis.
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    hope it's nothing too serious!

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    The vet felt that his hips and lower back were very tight and sore. She took some blood for his senior panel now and we'll go back in a couple of weeks to do the blood test for the tick borne diseases. He has Metacam for 10 days and I ordered Traumeel and Zeel (original products) from the UK.

    I managed to get him upstairs last night by putting a treat on the top step so he let me give his bum a boost. I also removed my bed frame so he could sleep on my bed.
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    When my Hershey's spinal stenosis first started showing signs, he was misdiagnosed as having strained his lower back/groin muscles...they were very tight. Some of his PT hurt him and I just knew something wasn't right. When his muscles relaxed, he could no longer control those back legs...that tightness was his body's deliberate act to allow him to keep some control.

    I hope it's not this but thought I'd mention it after hearing what you were told.

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    Yesterday after work Ram followed me when I went upstairs to get changed with no hesitation at all. I am so relieved.
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