my chiwawa is lieing on the floor with legs spred wide apart hes shaking and he doesnt seem to want to move and it seems hes totaly unaware of the people around him.
2007-04-03 14:14:37 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pets ➔ Dogs
You want to wait until the episode is over then take him to the Vet - meanwhile- grab some towels, put them close to him- to pad the area he's in just incase his episode gets out of control the towels will help prevent him from hurting him self.
Once he starts comming around, take a towel and wrap him in it and take him to the vet. Wrapping him in a thick towell will pad him in case he has another episode and protect you during an episode.
Many times they will not be able to do much at that moment because many seizures are idopathic (unknown why it happens) but there is medication therapy that can help controll episodes.
ALSO in some cases seizures can be brought on by toxins (poisions) and have the vet test for this by taking a blood or urine sample (blood is best).
Some keep tips to tell your vet if toxins are not instigating the seizures.
1. How many times a day or week does your dog have these episodes?
2. How long are the episodes?
3. What is the degree of the episodes (violent - mild)?
4. The most important of all, if your dog is having constant back to back seizuers he has to go to the vet RIGHT AWAY! The constant episodes will increase his core body temp, and the more episodes back to back will not allow the body to cool and this will fry your dogs brain and brain damage will insue.
I hope your dog gets well and that all goes well. Best of luck.
2007-04-03 14:34:18 · answer #1 · answered by Krazee about my pets! 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have a dachshund who has regular seizures. She's been on Phenobarbital for a few years now. It sounds like that's what your dog is going through right now.
First off, relax. You won't help your dog if you are freaking out. Plus, you should be helping your dog, not on here asking questions to a bunch of strangers.
Keep your dog calm. If this is their first seizure, they're scared. And if you're scared too, you won't help matters. Your dog will feed off of your emotions during this time. When our dog has a seizure, we hold her and talk to her in a calm quiet voice until the episode passes.
Once the episode passes, she's back to normal and acts as if nothing happened. We don't even take her to the vet anymore since they already know she has seizures. We just record the dates in our calendar and how long the episodes last, and just relay the info to our vet.
If this is your dog's first seizure, it's important to get him to a vet right away. If he snaps out of the seizure just fine, you can probably wait until the morning when your regular vet office is open. No use taking him to an emergency vet who will charge you $100 to look at him and tell you to take him to his regular vet anyways (that's what our emergency vet does). Your vet should run tests on him (blood work, lab work) to narrow down a cause, but more than likely, you may be facing a lifetime of seizures. Luckily, the Phenobarb is pretty cheap, about $9 for a 60 count bottle.
My dachshund's first seizure was a total scare for us. She fell against the wall and was shaking really bad and not breathing. She was trying to walk but couldn't, and you could see the fear in her eyes. After the episode passed, she was spooked for a while, but soon calmed down. Now that she's been having them for a few years, she know's when she's getting a seizure, and will always come to one of us right before the seizure hits. It's just enough time for us to drop what we're doing to help her for the few minutes. Then it's back to normal, playing with her toys and scarfing down her treats.
2007-04-03 21:47:54 · answer #2 · answered by DH 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have had 2 dogs die from a seizure. In both cases, it was their first and only seizure.
Symptoms were shaking and hyperventilating.
Go to the emergency vet hospital NOW!
2007-04-03 21:26:19 · answer #3 · answered by robbie 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My dog gets siezures also and the only thing to do is hold him until its over. If he has them often you should take him to the vet and they can put him on meds
2007-04-03 21:20:08 · answer #4 · answered by Barbara R 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
ask your vet about switching the brand of dog food (not just the variety within a brand.)
2007-04-03 21:25:51 · answer #5 · answered by cs 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
yes it sounds like one, she will be very disoriented when she wakes up and may even bite, just keep her calm by talking very softly to her, and get her to the vet asap!!!
2007-04-03 21:22:32 · answer #6 · answered by leigh m 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
it may be caused by poinsning, keep him quiet and ring the vet before going down there so that they can prepare.
2007-04-03 21:29:26 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
try pickin it up and holding it close to u
2007-04-03 21:22:47 · answer #8 · answered by Nakay m 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
take it to the vet!!!!
2007-04-03 21:17:21 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋