Shorty started acting funny on Wednesday afternoon, not quite in control of his front leg. We took him to the vet but by the time we arrived he was fine. She couldn't find anything wrong with him so she suggested we go home and monitor him, but on the way home he started having trouble again. The vet told us to take him on to the hospital so we drove up to the University of Florida Animal Hospital in Gainesville. Covid 19 restrictions are still in place so we couldn't go into the building with him, which was terrible. After hours of sitting in the parking lot, occasionally speaking with a tech or doctor over the phone, we learned that he had ruptured a disc in his neck. It probably happened when he was racing around the living room after toys, crashing into things. The doctor said he can recover at home but he needs to be constantly contained in a kennel while he heals. She recommended we get a wire kennel and put it in the living room, where he can see everything and still feel part of the family. For now he he is only allowed out to go potty and even then we have to carry him up and down the stairs. Since he feels fine, he doesn't understand any of this. He's bored but he usually spent the day sleeping on a chair anyway; now he does the same thing in a kennel, and no more chasing toys for awhile.
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