ITunes wants me to set up the iPod Touch - but I already have

My daughter has a 4th gen iPod touch. When she got it about 6 months ago, I set it up by connecting to my MacBook Pro. Today I wanted to back it up, which we have never done before.  When I connect it to iTunes, the only options I get are to set it up from new or restore it from a backup. I don't have a backup obviously, and if I set it up as new, she will lose all the messages from her friends and the home movies she has made.
Why don't I get the usual options to sync the iPod touch and back it up?

Does the iPod work OK?
See if you can to this:
Syncing to a "New" Computer or replacing a "crashed" Hard Drive: Apple Support Communities

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