Mayton starting to walk on hocks with pictures

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Mackenzie Obermeyer

Mackenzie Obermeyer

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Mayton has started walking very funny. I think it been about 3 weeks since we noticed. We went to the vet but they didn't really do anything. He has started walking more on his hocks and his hind legs are more to the side when he walks, kind of waddling. Here are some pictures I found on google to get a pet picture of it.

Does anyone have experience with this or know why it's happening? Are there any ways to fix it? It's starting to look like it's a little painful to walk.
 

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Squalliesmom said:
Might be diabetic neuropathy, also could be low potassium. When was the last time he had bloodwork done?
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The last time we took him to the vet which was probably a week and a half ago. I believe the only thing a little off was his kidney, not sure exactly what it was though, I think it was a little high.
 
See if he tested for potassium levels. It's not uncommon for diabetic kitties to have low potassium. Easily remedied with a supplement, but you don't want to give it if his levels aren't low. If it's neuropathy you can try Zobaline (B12). It could also be just garden-variety arthritis.
 
Chris & China said:
Does it sort of look like this?

This is a very serious case of diabetic neuropathy, but as you can see, it's treatable....the important thing is to get the blood glucose under the best control you can and adding the Zobaline can really help too
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Yes that is similar to how he walks, but it's only in his back legs and it's not that bad yet. I'll see if I can get a picture of him later today. We ordered the zobaline last night. It said it will be here in 4-8 days
 
You mention that his kiddneys were off . How was his potassium level?

It is common in kitties with kiddney problems that the potassium is low and also causes weekness in the back legs
 
How old is Mayton? My cat Shoes is over 17 and he was the turned out look in his back feet like the 2nd image you linked but walks up on his toes. He has arthritis.
 
Hmm I'm not sure about his potassium levels, the results were givin over the phone but next time we go to the vet we could ask.

Our vet said that b 12 shots were better for cats than the tablets so we're going in tomorrow to get a shot.
 
Have you been posting in the Lantus forum about dosing? I don't know anything about Lantus, but I'm wondering if he might need a little more insulin to help him. My kitty had just the beginnings of neuropathy, and getting his diabetes into healthier numbers really helped.
 
JanetNJ said:
Are you giving him b12? If not, time to start. Many here use Zobaline which you can get on amazon.
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Don't mean to hi jack, but what's the difference in pill form and injectable? I give injectabe to phoebes. It's so much easier than pilling her
 
Djamila said:
Have you been posting in the Lantus forum about dosing? I don't know anything about Lantus, but I'm wondering if he might need a little more insulin to help him. My kitty had just the beginnings of neuropathy, and getting his diabetes into healthier numbers really helped.
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Our vet told us to change his dose to 1.5 units in the morning and 1.25 at night. (Used to be 1.25 for both) so we are trying to get his numbers down, he is basically in the 300s most days.
 
Phoebes said:
Don't mean to hi jack, but what's the difference in pill form and injectable? I give injectabe to phoebes. It's so much easier than pilling her
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All the research I've read points to the form of vitamin b12 methylcobalamin to be much more effective than the shots.
The shots of B12 are cyanocobalamin which is not as effective for treating neuropathy as the , METHYLCOBALAMIN b12, which is what many of the tablet forms are. (They do come in tablet forms of cyanocobalamin, so make sure you get the right one. Methylcobalamin b12, unlike cyan, is active in spinal fluid which makes it more able to help heal the damaged nerve cells and restore the signal between the brain and your cat’s weakened muscles.
 
JanetNJ said:
All the research I've read points to the form of vitamin b12 methylcobalamin to be much more effective than the shots.
The shots of B12 are cyanocobalamin which is not as effective for treating neuropathy as the , METHYLCOBALAMIN b12, which is what many of the tablet forms are. (They do come in tablet forms of cyanocobalamin, so make sure you get the right one. Methylcobalamin b12, unlike cyan, is active in spinal fluid which makes it more able to help heal the damaged nerve cells and restore the signal between the brain and your cat’s weakened muscles.
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https://www.chewy.com/vetriscience-...gclid=CNXbyKTHrtMCFQIzaQodRjgFew&gclsrc=aw.ds
Is this the right one?
 
JanetNJ said:
All the research I've read points to the form of vitamin b12 methylcobalamin to be much more effective than the shots.
The shots of B12 are cyanocobalamin which is not as effective for treating neuropathy as the , METHYLCOBALAMIN b12, which is what many of the tablet forms are. (They do come in tablet forms of cyanocobalamin, so make sure you get the right one. Methylcobalamin b12, unlike cyan, is active in spinal fluid which makes it more able to help heal the damaged nerve cells and restore the signal between the brain and your cat’s weakened muscles.
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Okay. Well he got his first shot this morning but we order the tablets a couple days ago. We can switch to the tablets though. We will probably have to wait a week since I think the shots last for a week.
 
I finally got some pictures of him walking (don't mind my dog on the floor haha). As you can see he is not completely walking on his hocks yet, but he is definitely doing it more than he should. Iv'e seen his leg slip out from under him a couple times too.
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Phoebe takes gabapentin for inflammation, and it's used in humans for nerve pain. Don't know if it would help him. Good luck to your furbaby.
 
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