Weakness in a dog's hind legs may be caused by trauma or fractures, or may be caused by calcium deficiency, paralysis, etc. First, the owner can check whether there are any obvious wounds on the dog’s legs, such as scratches, foreign objects, etc. If available, you can clean and bandage the dog’s wounds. If there are no wounds, then it is necessary to consider that the weakness of the hind legs is caused by fracture, calcium deficiency or paralysis. At this time, you need to take the dog to the pet hospital for examination in time to determine the specific cause and then provide symptomatic treatment.
1. Trauma or fracture
If a dog’s hind legs are injured, it will be unable to stand due to pain. In this regard, it is recommended that the owner check whether there is any obvious trauma on the dog's hind legs. If a wound is found, the wound can be cleaned with saline, disinfected with iodophor, and then bandaged. If there are no obvious wounds but the dog feels severe pain, it may be a fracture, and the owner needs to take the dog to the pet hospital for examination and treatment in time.
2. Calcium deficiency
If the owner only feeds the dog a single type of dog food, it will lead to unbalanced nutrition of the dog, resulting in weakness of the hind legs and legs due to calcium deficiency. lame phenomenon. At this time, it is recommended that the owner feed the dog calcium tablets or liquid calcium supplement in time. If calcium tablets are not available, the dog can be fed some calcium-rich foods, such as shrimp, bone soup, etc. At the same time, you can also feed an appropriate amount of vitamin D to help the dog absorb calcium into the body.
3. Paralysis
If an elderly dog has weakness in its hind legs, it may be caused by paralysis caused by spinal damage. This kind of nerve damage is irreversible, so there is no special treatment. Only traditional Chinese medicine methods such as acupuncture and physiotherapy can be used to delay the development of the disease and slow down the time of muscle atrophy.