As Skye's aggression is not improving and whatever is hurting her keeps hurting her, I have decided to investigate further and get her checked out in depth. The start is xrays and further examination of her ears, neck area. And here is the result:

Skye is home and very sleepy as she was done late in the day. They didn't find anything in the ears but cleaned them. So nothing to worry there. The xrays however showed two problem areas. One is in the lumbar spine where she has a dry disc. They think it could just be incidental, but might be a source of pain. But it is the front left that really worries the vets. There is a light area in the bone which can either be an infection (but there is no indication of trauma that would have caused that) or a bone tumour... :-( Either scenario should be a lot more painful though than Skye indicates! So the vets are puzzled. Also her lymph glands on the left side are up. They think a bone biopsy is probably the next step, but have sent the images to The Grove referral vets (who are brilliant, Flash was there) for them to look at it and give recommendations as to our next steps. I think the vet I talked to is really worried as she was absolutely adamant that Skye was not to have any exercise at all other than toilet breaks. :-( They have also put her on an antibiotic in case it is an infection, and on metacam for the pain.

We'll see what the Grove thinks about it all. It is so worrying, but hopefully will explain what her pain is all about.