Need some insight!!!!!

[mickey11]

Hi, Mickey is my 5yr old dachsie. Two years ago he was neutered, about a month after the surgery he had a seizure/muscle spasm or something early one morning. The about a month later he had another one in the middle of the night, I told his vet and he said if it happened again he would look into it. It never happened again until last night almost exactly 2 years later. They only last about a minuet or 2. Can anyone offer insight on this situation. thanks Patricia<IMG SRC="http://dachsie.org/ubb/cwmsmilies/cwm36.gif" border=0>

[Mark]

Hi Patricia,

Welcome to the Board! http://dachsie.org/ubb/smilies/wavey.gif

Could you describe the "seizure" in a little more detail. Duck Butter & one of her daughters have seizures that have been determined to be genetic. If that's it, and with the infrequency (like DB's) of the seizures . . . the specialist likely would opt not to treat it with medication.

There is more info in this forum under a 3 page thread called "Duck Butter's Seizures". You would have to select view all topics once in the forum to go back far enough to get to it.

That may or may not be it, but if the seizures are like DB's . . . it could be and there is quite a bit of info in that thread from a lot of knowlegable people.

Mark

[mickey11]

Mark,
Mickey's episodes generally happen when he is asleep. Therefore I usually am asleep too unfortunately. I know that he begins to shake (this is what wakes me)he will have this look on his face that seems to say help!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I then pick him up and hold him close to me and rub his body until he is okay again.

Patricia

[Mark]

Patricia,

Hmmm, that makes it difficult to compare to DB's symptoms.

You may want to consider a referral from your Vet to a Neurologist to be sure.

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Please do keep us posted,

Mark

[Mrs.F]

Hi Patricia,
My Penny (26 months) has had several mild seizures (although they never seem 'mild' to us!). Her seizures are infrequent and she recovers quickly, so she does not take any medication for them.
I felt that my vet didn't take me seriously enough after Penny's second episode, so I took her for a second opinion. That vet agreed that seizures are a fairly common event for dogs and because Penny seemed healthy and happy, there was really no need to do a lot of tests unless her seizures became frequent. She averages one every 4 to 6 months, and although I hate them, we've gotten used to them.
Some diseases can cause seizures though, (My other dachshund Maggie has seizures as a complication of her liver disease), so it's important to keep a record of Mick's seizures and see the vet again if they should increase or become more severe.
Heidi

[mickey11]

Thanks all the insight I can get on this subject is a big help. I really love my Mick but really cannot afford any unneeded treatments at this time.

ThanX from Mickeyhttp://dachsie.org/ubb/smilies/dog.gif and his Mom

[wireweiners]

All of my older dogs have had at least one seizure at some point in their lives. We don't know what causes them. My old girls,
Dolly and Sundae, used to have about 1 per year. They never lasted very long and I didn't treat them for it. Pippin and Buddy have both had seizures. My vet says as long as the seizure doesn't last very long and doesn't occur on a regular basis there is no need to treat. The best thing you can do is to make sure he can't fall off the bed and hurt himself and then just comfort him until its over. Usually they are a little confused and woozy once its over.

[pkmiddler]

jUST a note I have 2 friends with older dogs who have something like the muscle spasm thing and it seems to have been from a calcium loss and their dogs have been given both injectable and pill form of that and have done much better.One other friend with a Golden found out that soon after a booster her dog had seizures so she quit giving annual boosters and her old boy quit also.

[mickey11]

Thanx everyone!!!
Like I said in my first post Mick had his first (with Me)episode just a few weeks after surgery and assumed it was due to anesthesia and what not. Now that the subject of after boosters this did happen weeks after his annual booster. Dont they need those boosters to live longer and healthier?

Patricia

[pkmiddler]

Yes, within 2 months.