Fall is limping

[ravenraskin]

Fall always lives up to her name unfortunately.
She decided to be courageous (as usual) and jump onto a box to try to jump onto me. The box fell and so did she. The box didn't land ontop of her (thankfully). I thought she was fine but then I watched her walk away she had a limp. She's not wanting to put any pressure on her back right leg. I picked her up and felt it, she didn't make any noise. But when I tried to stretch it out she was resistant and "yelped". After this, she ate and went to sleep as usual like nothing happened. Im just concerned because she acted like she was in pain when i tried to stretch her leg. The fall was about a 5ft drop and im thinking she landed on it wrong. There is currently no swelling or redness. She lays and sits normally. Just doesnt seem to want to stretch it. Could she have just pulled a muscle? Or maybe a ligament? Or does this sound more like a break or a fracture to anyone? Is there a time period I should wait before taking her to the vet to see if she starts using that leg more? Her diet is the same as usual. HHB, blueberries, carrots, snow peas, bananas, colliflower, broccoli, sugar snap peas, and the occasional strawberry. So I don't believe it has anything to do with MBD. Thank you, thank you, thank you in advance for any help.

[redwuff]

Is she still limping? Unless it is really apparent that something is wrong, i have the tendency to wait a little bit to see what is really needed.

You could also give infant ibuprofen if you think she is in pain We can dose if you need that. If she still is not using it by tomorrow I would get it checked out by a vet. If you do that have the vet do some blood work to see what her calcium levels are. Lately we have had some squirrels on good diets with surprising blood level readings.

Trysh

[ravenraskin]

Is she still limping? Unless it is really apparent that something is wrong, i have the tendency to wait a little bit to see what is really needed.

You could also give infant ibuprofen if you think she is in pain We can dose if you need that. If she still is not using it by tomorrow I would get it checked out by a vet. If you do that have the vet do some blood work to see what her calcium levels are. Lately we have had some squirrels on good diets with surprising blood level readings.

Trysh

She's still limping a little. She seems to be putting more weight on it today, she's also stretching it out without yelping. She's just a little more unsure about using the leg when she's hanging upside down but uses it when climbing up something. There's still no swelling in the leg or hip joint. I read other threads about this before I posted and the majority of them said to confine the squirrel into a smaller cage so they don't continue to use the leg too much. Is that necessary to do? Or should I just monitor her and if it isn't looking any better by tomorrow take her to the vet?

[ravenraskin]

Could it be possible that she broke a toe bone? Would I be able to see that? Oh and should I make her peanut butter calcium treats just incase?