So I was on vacation last week and Kota was boarded while we were away. 10 long days at the cage free place so he could have human companionship 24 hours a day.
Picked him up on Monday and he was sick. Stress colitis was the doc's diagnosis. No big deal, got some subq fluids and some antibiotics.
I had noticed on Monday, besides the total lack of energy, that he was wobbly on his back legs. He even stumbled a couple times. I attributed it to his being tired and weak from the diarrhea.
However Tues morning rolls around and his attitude is better, he's peppier, but he's still wobbling. So off to the vet's again for a check on the hips.
Tues night, he actually falls going up the steps. It looked like his back leg slid out from under him. Plus he had not jumped up on any of the couches and he wouldn't do one of his tricks, which is to put his front paws on my thighs on cue. When he would walk, he would sometimes stumble and turning a corner, his back legs would cross over each other more than normal.
So back to the vet on Wed for a thyroid test and referral to the specialists in Indy. Today was the specialist visit and the doc up there thinks there is definitely something wrong, he just doesn't know what. His neurology is fine, but his fine motor skills are off in his rear legs.
So next Wed he is scheduled for a CT scan. This involves anesthesia and about 5 hours of his time. It also means no agility in the near future. :( Not only that but I need to be careful with his exercise because of the lack of fine motor skills he is at more risk of a injuring himself due to miscalculations of landing, etc.
I know that many of you have seen my posts on FB about this and I thank you all for the words of encouragement and support. I simply ask for some more of that for next Wed as my 11 year old best bud in the world, goes under for his CT and that it finds something fixable. Because the alternative is that it shows nothing and that means it's not fixable and he will just continue to get worse.