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Originally Posted by my2boyz  What about your cleaning supplies? It does say on that site that Pine Sol causes seizures. Do you have laminate or wood floors that you use anything on? Are the seizures predictable as far as when they come...like so many days apart each time? Are you doing or using or doing anything that you can even remotely connect with his seizures? That might be a place to start if you can definitely rule out hypoglicemia. I believe it also says somewhere on that site that hypoglicemia can be caused from the dog not being able to process protein properly...but you might want to double check that point...it's been a while since I read about that. I read the list of chemicals that can trigger seizures and it was overwhelming...can't imagine how many things those chemicals might be in. |
No hard wood or laminate floors all carpet except the bathroom. I saw that about Pine Sol, but I don't use it. The only thing predictable about his seizures is the fact that they always happen on the weekends, nights or holidays...just like a baby, huh? My reasoning for this is that he is more active when we are home with him...during the work week he is confined to the kitchen and I'm sure he just sleeps 99% of the time. So while he's sleeping he is conserving energy/sugar...and it's natural for the body/liver to produce more glucose at rest...to prepare for the bodies need of sugar while awake. But comes a day when we are off work...he runs and plays, hard....that is when it happens.
From what I have read a true epileptic seizure does not last as long as Winston's do...it comes on all of a sudden, although he does try to get to me first, I give him NutriCal and within 20-30 minutes he's come out of it, and most of the time vomits. But a seizure I understand usually only last from a few seconds to a few minutes.
They do not seem to coincide with flea prevention, heartworm medicine or vaccines.
I questioned the possibility of thunderstorms, but that isn't the case either.
Winston is now 5 years old and 8 pounds, he has been having this same problem since he was 3 years old and 7 pounds. Everything points to low blood sugar, but why???
Keep the thoughts and ideas coming, I'm open to any and all suggestions.