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SQ

Senior Member - Vegan for the animals
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Moses screamed this morning when I touched him and when I picked him up.
At first I though maybe he just didn't want me to pick him up but no, he also did it when I gently put him down.
Checked him over several times over a period of time and he kept doing it so I called the vet.
I left Moses at the vets while I went to class - Eve and Aaron went along with Moses for company.
(Whenever someone goes to the vet, everyone in their cage goes along for the ride.)
My vet couldn't find anything wrong so Moses is on an anti-inflamatory to see if that helps .... as it may be a disk problem etc due to genetics (?)

Any thoughts?
 
I remember one of my guys doing that but he had an enlarged spleen.
Did you check all his paws? When their digits are hurt they can squeak when being handled.
How is he when you don't handle him?
 
hopefully it is just a sprain....My Prue did that and she had hurt her back....with in a few days she was fine. Totally back to normal.....
 
Could be any little thing...its when they cry out and you aren't handling them, I really worry. Lets hope the anti-inflammatory (Metacam?) does its magic for Moses.
 
I hope it is only a sprain or something non-serious. Not to stir up any unneccessary worry, but old man Barnaby would squeak when picked up around the middle, shortly after he started doing that it became apparent he had an tumor attached to either his kidney or spleen (we were never quite sure) and picking him up a certain way put pressure on his insides in a way that must have caused some discomfort. But I hope Moses has nothing so serious. Some of my younger boys have gone through phases where they just didn't want to be picked up and would squeal something awful for absolutely no reason at all.
 
The metacam is helping.
It seems to be near his front, whatever it is.
Yesterday he was also screaming when his mom or brother were next to him.
 

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