One of the vets I work with studies more natural practices, which is awesome because I'm able to watch just about anything they do on animals. He does acupuncture as well. I watched him one day do acupuncture on a dog who his owners were seconds away from deciding if it was time to let him go. This was months ago and the dog gets regular acupuncture treatments and is up running around like he was 5 years younger.
I was wondering if anyone has tried this with any of their animals or even yourself? From my 7 months so far at the animal hospital I've seen a drastic improvement it's made in most of the patients lives.
And the reason I am posting... I think I've convinced my dad to allow us to do acupuncture for Simba. When I spent the night at my parent's house, I realized just how bad Simba's mobility is. You can tell his mind is still completely there. He wants to sit pretty for treats, he wants to run around and play with Nala (who my parents say rarely plays anymore but I guess I got her that excited!) he just cant anymore. His back legs get stiff and he can barely move them sometimes. My dad has been giving him children's pain medication about once a month. He says he gives him one once a month, then he perks up for a couple days, then seems to be more sore a few days after.
I found out yesterday at work it would be around $50 a session after my discount, a lot less than I expected but I'm not sure if it will be too pricey for my dad. Simba has been going to this same office, just a different vet, for his entire life and now I work there. I'm going to see if we could arrange something else (maybe a way I can slowly pay it off or do extra things around the hospital.)
Anyways, any feedback would be awesome. I've never done something like this with Simba and I just don't want to see him in discomfort.
And if I completely bored you, here's a photo of my handsome man.
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