Jasper broke his neck about four months ago and I made him a neck brace. He's pretty much the same little guy, but besides the broken neck, I've noticed two other things which may or may not be related. He only walks backwards now and his eyes only open half way. Actually, I'm not positive that his eyes ever opened up completely -- but I'm wondering if the eyes and neck functions are interrelated. Jasper's brother, Lucas, has beautiful eyes which open very wide and stay open like that most of the time.
No major problems with Lucas, but I'm a little concerned because he's not walking forward OR backward right now. This happened once before and it lasted for a couple of weeks -- and then suddenly he started exploring again and was walking all over the place; but I'm wondering if this could be a learned behavior. I take him to work with me and leave him on a table next to me. Lots of people stop by and besides giving him a lot of attention -- they will either slide him backwards, or pick him up and move him backwards when he starts to walk and nears the edge of the table. He won't walk off the table, if he gets to the edge (although he has gone off the table by walking backwards). Do you think it's possible that since his forward movement has been curtailed so much, that he's "learned" to just stay put in one place?
