(a bit off topic, but...) I just read an article about using “mirror therapy” for phantom pain for amputees. I wonder if it would work on animals.
I don’t know about mirror therapy. This was the absolute worst thing we went through but once I got the Gabapentin -it was fine. She would almost scream (never heard a dog make such a noise) - sometimes from a dead sleep - it lasted just a few seconds but seemed forever! My vet did not think it happened very often so I was not sent home with this medicine. I had to request it, fill it, and wait for it to start working. Many on the Tripawd forum suggest being prepared - if the pain doesn’t happen - that’s fine. If it does, having this ready to administer is well worth the few dollars it costs. This is actually a human medicine that many people take for all sorts of nerve pain issues. You must taper it up and then taper it down after a week or 10 days.