rib x-rays

**ashleycat** · 12-03-2006, 06:02 PM

I haven't gotten her for e rays yet. But how much should I expect for ribs? I barely put any pressure on her to pick her up for bath and she yelped. Since then any time we get near her tummy she yelps. She's acting very weird rightnow like she's scared. I'm calling vets tomorrow and get an appt for MY vet, not the partner.

What if she's had previous broken ribs? What can we do?

I'm thinking she may have been either hit by car, or very badly abused and kicked. I'm guessing abused as she's hand shy and stays with you off leashe. But she sure is a cuddle bug.

Right now she's acting like I hurt her. But she's hiding at my feet.

So I don't think hip displaysia anymore, like vet thought and didn't offer x rays. I'm thinking previous broken body and shelter fosterer hid it. She said she's perfectly healthy. But I picked her up with tons of tics.

Could her bones or whatever be hurting from tics? She also won't let me get her feet so I can cut them. I had to fight her just to take off some of the fur. So I will have vet cut those too.

Where's a pet psychic when I need one?

**lizbud** · 12-03-2006, 06:17 PM

Who are you talking about?

**ashleycat** · 12-03-2006, 06:28 PM

my dog runner

**lizbud** · 12-03-2006, 06:38 PM

What's wrong with her? I must have missed the thread where you talked about it.

**ashleycat** · 12-03-2006, 07:06 PM

I'm not sure. I adopted her a few months ago. She always seems overly sensitive which made me think she had hip displaysia. So I took her to the vet and they didn't even do x rays. He said he could just see and feel it.

but it's not just her hips. Her chest is sensitive too. So now I no longer think it's HD, I think she was abused and got kicked a lot. Because I can just barely put pressure on her underside to lift her, and she will yelp. A lot of times where I wouldn't expect her to hurt, she does.

I also asked the lady I adopted her from if she had been injured or anything, she said no. But I think she just doesn't know, and hasn't had much experience with her to know. When I got her, her fur was coming out in CLUMPS, she had never been brushed. She was covered in tics. Tho she did have a flea/tic drop on her back that didn't do much.

**ashleycat** · 12-03-2006, 08:55 PM

K, so a good portion of the day has gone by and I tried to pet Runner on her tummy and hind portion. She still won't let me there. I can't even touch her fur. So something either happend, or is worse. I can't wait to call the vet tomorrow.

T&P for Runner