WC> I have muscle spasms due to spinal injuries.
 WC> I have ruptured discs.

 So doesn't Cosmo. The vet said they never totally heal. We are
careful about his activity. He doesn't seem to be bothered by short
walks, going up and down stairs or jumping up and off the couch but we
don't let him jump off the bed (too high) and he no longer goes on the
back wall ledge (topped by back fence).

Last night the wind was blowing high and he gets trembly. It starts in
his back legs and works forward. This is not 'fear' this is something
related to his injury but I can't seem to get this through to the vet
or my hubby or anybody. Cosmo never had this problem before his injury
so why is it so impossible that the trembling is due to the injury?
...............

-> never had this trembling problem before the back injury. Something
-> about loud sounds (thunder, rain/hail and gale force wind) causes him
-> to tremble.

 WC> Only thing that shakes Spanky up is a rolled up newspaper slapped hard
 WC> against your other hand, original owner thing.

 Hitting him won't stop him from trembling. It's not voluntary. He
seems to want help. He wants to be held. We get our storms most often
during the night which is when we'd like to sleep.... but Cosmo will
crawl on me and want me to do something. I think I'm going to take him
down into the car next time. Once we took a car ride to the store with
him during a thunder storm. He was fine! Amazing. Something about
being in the car ... I don't know. hmm.

.................

 WC> I do know when I'm tense my back muscles tighten and my
 WC> muscle spasms increase causing a vicious circle of pain.

 I've tried giving him a massage during his trembles but doesn't do
anything. 

-> Would this drug work to stop the trembling while its in progress? Or
-> do you have to try to as we did with one tranq , anticipate the event
-> (watching the weather) and give it to him an hour ahead.

 WC> Tomorrow Spanky goes back on Dex about an hour before our morning
 WC> walk.

 I'm going to ask our vet about it. We have a new vet btw. An
experienced vet too. (Same place but different vet.) The one we had
with helping Patches was fresh out of vet school....*(you know, go by
the book not by book plus experience).

Cindy

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