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my limping redfoot

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Posted by: unchikun at Fri Jan 18 19:41:24 2008   [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by unchikun ]  
   

i came home from work an hour or so ago, and noticed that my redfoot had been limping. he uses his front arms normally, but does a kind of shuffle with the rear legs.



i've seen him do this on rare occasions before, but never for very long, and i always attributed it to him not getting good footing (on linoleum in the kitchen or whatever).



but he's been doing it nonstop for an hour or so -- i gave him a soak in case he was maybe constipated/impacted, but no poop. he''s on the carpet now and still doing it. i picked him up and held his back legs, and he seemed to pull them from me with his usual (surprising!) strength.



if he keeps it up i suppose i'll have to see if the vet is open on mlk monday.



but in the meanwhile, does anyone here have any ideas or similar experiences?



thank in advance...


   

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