Hi all, Nelson was diagnosed by our vet as "possibly" having hip displasia about 5mths ago and she referred us to a surgeon to confirm. the surgeon didn't like our vet's xrays so we had to pay another $400 to have nelson knocked out and another set of xrays done. the surgeon then confirmed yes he has hip displasia and when we asked him what he would do in our situation, he replied, 'i'm a surgeon so i'll always operate'. thats not wat we asked but anyway. we took nelson to another vet surgeon who specialises in racing greyhounds and he said that 'hip displasia' is a term that is thrown around alot by different vets. after looking at nelsons xrays he said he wouldnt say nelson has hip displasia and said that he just has a bit of a funny walk. he said the cartrophen injections were the best thing we ccould have done for him. he wouldn't recommend surgery becuase it wouldn't do him much good anyway and the recovery is so long and it could change him. he doesn't seem to be in any pain. he also gave nelson a shot of "finadyne" and said we can try this and to keep an eye on him for a week and if there is an improvement then we can continue with this treatment. has anyone heard of this? what is it for? i tried to google it but the info on this comes up in differnt language but english.
also when nelson had this injection i was so busy that following week that i didn't have time to keep an eye on him so i'm thinking maybe i should go in again and get another shot and keep an eye on him for a week? anyone heard anything about finadyne? thanks.
also when nelson had this injection i was so busy that following week that i didn't have time to keep an eye on him so i'm thinking maybe i should go in again and get another shot and keep an eye on him for a week? anyone heard anything about finadyne? thanks.
