My puppy is a bout ten weeks old and fractured her hine leg it has been 3 weeks and she is getting arounfd fine running, jumping and up and down stairs does not seem to bother her anymore
2006-11-04 23:00:15 · 9 answers · asked by john m 1 in Pets ➔ Dogs
Ask your vet. Always the safer way to go
2006-11-04 23:02:26 · answer #1 · answered by Red Sea Of Hope 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well no cast should be left on a puppy any longer than 10 days or so. I am hoping your vet changed the cast several times to allow the puppy's leg to grow. Anyway, just ask your vet, or if you already did, then follow the instructions they gave you. After all, even if your puppy is active, that could just be because the cast is preventing the pain that would otherwise be there if the cast was off.
2006-11-05 00:13:23 · answer #2 · answered by obsdabeff 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
How long did the vet advise? You will need to take her back to the vet to check to see that the leg has healed correctly. If you choose to take it off you are posing a risk to tyour pet. ONLY a vet can determine when the cast should come off and whether or not the leg has healed properly.
2006-11-04 23:14:29 · answer #3 · answered by thedothanbelle 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You need to leave it on as long as the vet tells you. Also you need to make sure to keep taking the pup back to the vet for rechecks since the pup is growing and the cast may need to be resized to go with growth. If it isn't rechecked you can be in for some serious problems.
2006-11-05 01:20:50 · answer #4 · answered by Great Dane Lover 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
When the vet says you can unless of course you want your dog to limp for the rest of its life like mine does because my ex was a moron who took the cast off early and the leg wasnt fully healed so my dog limps to this day and its been 8 years.
2006-11-04 23:05:07 · answer #5 · answered by cereal_killer034 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That is for your vet to decide... bones take a long time to heal, no matter how "fine" it seems, don't try to take it off without vet approval
2006-11-04 23:12:42 · answer #6 · answered by MotherBear1975 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
6-10 weeks, the longer the better, that way u know that it is healed
2006-11-04 23:19:03 · answer #7 · answered by katty_ferguson 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ask a vet,he'll tell you for sure!
2006-11-04 23:18:31 · answer #8 · answered by black_cat 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
ask your vet...not us!
2006-11-04 23:12:23 · answer #9 · answered by Lilypie99 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋