unfortunately quiet a number of chis are prone to seizures. My mom's chi has had them for years and just recently, her 7 year old son has began having them as well. According to my vet, there really isn't a lot that can be done. There are some anti seizure meds, but my vet recommended against them saying they weren't really successful. When Salt and Chiffon are having their seizures mom just hold them till they pass and tries to reassure them and keep them from falling and getting hurt, ect. However, they don't have a lot of forewarning the way you say yours have. Their seizures come on pretty quickly with no warning and last anywhere from a few minutes to a half hour. But the same type of symptoms..walking funny, whining, ect. Chiffon's eyes tend to get a glassy look like she is staring off into space. We have found that light movements, such as the TV or those lasers kids play with, are triggers for her. We still do not know Salt's triggers. Marsha
----- Original Message ----- From: beautifulbride1021 To: [email protected] Sent: Thursday, March 22, 2007 10:35 PM Subject: [Chihuahuas] Re: New Member Intro I have a 13 week old chihuahua puppy. I have had her for only 1 month. Today she had 3 seizures. The first two happened right after each other and then we went to emergency medical hospital. Blood glucose was fine. We had choice to keep her there or take her home. We decided to take her home, and she just had another one. We have apt with my regular vet tomorrow for all 3 of my dogs (2 puggles and this new chihuahua) because they all have eye infection. The eye infection can be cured easily, I am so scared for this little one and these seizures. She was walking in circles all day and even walking backwards and whimpering all day before the seizures happened. Since I am a new chi owner, I decided to join this group tonight after the emergency visit. Can you tell me if these symptoms before the seizures sound normal? Thank you. my regular email is [EMAIL PROTECTED] I am very scared and would like to know about your experience with these seizures. Shannon --- In [email protected], "marsha" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > heart problems are, unfortunately, one of the health problems chis tend to be prone to. My mom's chi has had seizures for years and they are so scary. Give this group a few days and I am sure you will get a lot of helpful info since this discussion has come up quiet a bit and there seems to be a lot of experience on this in this group. > > With Chiffon, they have found no specific reason for her seizures except what they called "dog epilepsy", basically a nice way of saying they don't know why. She has had full work ups of everykind imaginable but they can not find any health problems. Vet says she is fit as a fiddle....but still she has the seizures. All we can do for her is hold her and comfort her while they are happening and make sure she is not able to fall and get hurt. > > Others on here have been given reason's for their chi's seizures and will be able to tell you more about what is wrong with theirs. > > Marsha > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: grlracer10 > To: [email protected] > Sent: Saturday, December 16, 2006 9:07 PM > Subject: [Chihuahuas] New Member Intro > > > Hi everyone! I am glad to have found this group! > I have a male chi named Paco. He is 8 yrs old. Last year he started > having seizures and I took him to the vet. While there for that, we > found out he had a heart murmur. The vet put him on Enalapril 1 mg x > once per day. He was fine for a few months. > > Last Saturday, the seizures returned....3 in a 24 hour period. Sunday > we were in the Animal Medical Center. I walked in, told them about the > seizures and murmur and they took him right into triage. Well he was > having heart failure so they admitted him right away. They did all > sorts of testing on him but still do not know the cause of the > seizures. I have no nerves left in my body to handle this...I am so > scared to lose him. He had another seizure this morning. I can't afford > to take him back to the animal medical center. I already paid $1400 > for 2 days there and don't know what else to do. > > Anyone ever have this problem with seizures and/or heart murmurs? > Please talk to me and let me know I am not alone in this! > > Jovita >
