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Seizures in Pets
Tue, 12/28/2004 - 00:19Topic: Corner Booth
My vet suggested that my 11 year old dog is exhibiting seizure like activity. Although he has not had a full blown gran mal seizure, he does exhibit some jerking, occassionally freezes in place, whines for no reason and sometimes his eyes roll back into his head. He is usually a little disoriented when these symptoms start and for a few hours afterwards, then he seems to want to sleep for long periods of time.Does anyone have any experience with this? Is there anything we can do for him? Do some vets specialize inthe treatment of animal epilepsy?Thanks!
Re: Re: Re: Seizures in Pets
Submitted by shakes1 on Sat, 2007-10-06 - 22:13
My 3 yr old cat was having seizures. Sometimes he'd have 3 a day and some days he would not have any. The Vet put him on Phenobarbathal, but it did not help him. He ended up getting worse and when my Vet saw him about 4 wks later, as he was not able to walk, he said he probably had a brain tumor. I took him to a specialist Vet and she too said it was probably a brain tumor. Within two weeks, my cat died. It was so sad. I miss him so much. Hope your cat is doing well.