[Griff]

Originally Posted by DanaC

Carrot's hydro didn't go so well today. Poor lamb's all stiffened up and seems to have strained some of the muscles in his groin (similar to humans who have bad hips getting pain in the groin area) his gait is very uneven, almost double the stride length on his left side compared to his right. Usually after a few minutes on the treadmill he finds his rhythm and settles into it. This time we had to stop after 7 minutes.

I knew he wasn;t right. The last week and a half he's been intermittently exhibiting pain based behaviours (nipping and getting hyper) but difficult to isolate where it was coming from (back muscles? hipjoints?).

So we've to go his regular vets and discuss a possible short course of anti-inflammatories. The idea of which gives me a sinking feeling...seriously, already? He's only just turned one year old. Don't much like the idea of him being in pain though either, so hey ho. Needs must and all that.

Oh, the poor little guy. So sorry.