My mom's chi Chiffon has had seizures all her life. Chiffon's son Salt has started having them the past year or so as well. It is extremely scary! Neither take any medication for them. When they happen mom just has to hold them until they stop. It takes a while for them to be fully coherent and able to walk ect afterwards.
As for the Molara, your vet should know that this is a characteristic of the breed. It is accepted in the standards and at one time in history, a chi was not considered to be "quality" unless it had one! Of course, no, the standards call for "with or without". Many chi pups molara will close as they grow up, but some will not. This is not a health concern. The only thing you need to worry about is if it is a very large one, you may want to take extra care not to let it get injured, hit, ect in the head. Also, and this is from personal experience, be very careful breeding two chis with really large molara's. I bred my Dinah, who has a big one, with an outside stud, who also has a big one, and the two of them produced one pup that had one that was so large that basically the brain was forming on the outside with no protection. It was still born, but I learned a lot from the breeding because I had never heard of a danger in breeding two large molaras like that. Both Dinah and AJ (both under 3 pounds) had molara's at least the size of a dime....this is big for that size chi. Marsha Do not tell God how big your storm is. Tell the storm how big your God is. ----- Original Message ----- From: Theresa To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ; [email protected] Sent: Saturday, October 06, 2007 2:01 AM Subject: [Chihuahuas] Pepe' scared me today My huahua friend Pepe' scared me today. This morning when I got home, I used two products that were new to me. One I put in the air and the other I put on me. I used both of these product within ten minutes of each other. Pepe' likes to walk on me, literally. Since he is only 5 lbs, it is not a problem. He jumped up onto my chair and walked on me until he found the place he wanted to roost. He curled up and seemed to be comfortable. All of a sudden he jumped up, like he had been catapulted. His back legs were kicking like a mule and his front was down on his elbows, biting his paws furiously. He was all of a sudden itching like crazy. Was the itching all on his feet or was that the worst spot or the only spot he could reach? I lightly scratched different areas to see if he responded favorably. The only place he needed "help" scratching was his legs and paws. I knew it looked like an allergic reaction, but to what? I didn't know if it was the new stuff on me or the new stuff that I had put in the air, that had fallen to the floor. Since I might be a contaminiant, I asked my daughter to wash him off. While she did, I called the vet and asked about the dosage of benadryl for a 5 lb. friend. The tech said to give One fourth of a 25mg. tablet. When he came out of the bathroom, I gave him the benadryl. He took it, with some protest. He gave me a dirty look for making him eat that nasty thing. He was still itching. He got down and ran around the floor doing everything he could to scratch as much as he could. My daughter persuaded him to sit with her. Some of the itching seemed to lessen. When he would start to bite himself, she would gently say "no". He surprisingly obeyed, although he did let his displeasure be known with a snort. He was still itching, but seemed to be recovering. I went to bed and my daughter held him on her lap. A few minutes later, she came running in to my room and said Pepe' had a seizure and she was rushing him to the vet and for me to call ahead. He got to the vet and was examined I was crying on the phone to a vet tech telling her that he is my best friend. And he is. Doc called and said Pepe was fine. In fact, he did bloodwork on him and his liver function was better than it had been last year! The only thing he found wrong with my friend was his soft spot on the top of his head never closed. ??? But no itching, no seizures, no symptoms at all while at the vet's. He came home after a few hours of observation and was his normal self. Since I didn't see the "seizure" I have no idea what happened. The vet sent him home with a Rx for phenobarbitol, in case he has another. All I know is I love that little guy and I am grateful he is OK. If any of you have any insight into huahua seizures or soft spots that don't close, please let me know. Otherwise, if you all just love on your special friend a little extra today, because they are so special we should be grateful for them. And because they deserve it. Thanks Theresa ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Shape Yahoo! in your own image. Join our Network Research Panel today!
