limping dog

[joker55]

my collie dog aged 16 has hurt his front leg , and has a bad limp , been to vet they said it was swollen and hot. he is on metacam high dose for a few days, but doesnt seem to be getting any better. any ideas what it might be?

[josaphine32]

One of my cats Limped for ages there was no fighting marks, scabs or nothing that you coulds see she was put on a high doses of metacam, the drug never touched her either, after six weeks or so after alot of different meds then x rays that cost quite alot of money they then put her on antibiotics costing around £9.00, If only they had done this first instead of going down the expensive root it would have saved me around £350.00, They said it must have been a deep muscle infection,

[Connemmara]

my dog fell off the window and was limping (last year) he limped for a week and I knew bless him he had sprained it. I just I said I would wait cos he was going fine on 3 legs and after a week it was unbelievable he was great - never went to vet although I have insurance blah blah - he got better himself. I did bathe his leg in salted warm water.

[kita1]

At 16 it could be anything.

I would take him back to the vet and ask what they intend to do next. (I presume the vet gave you a follow up appointment?)

The metacam should have kicked in by now and a simple sprain should be showing signs of getting better.

It could be the vet was waiting to see if the swelling would go down before x-raying the leg.