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Originally Posted by jengal I found this site while trying to get info on seizures. Our 3yr old 2.4 lb. yorkie Gracie had 2 seizures today. She has had what we thought were hypoglycemia related episodes before but has been months apart like once or twice a year which I mentioned to the vet last time she was in and he did not say much, seemed to agree that it could be that since she is so tiny. I was not too concerned b/c the last time I gave her sugar water and she stopped and was lethargic but seemed to be fine after that and it has not happened in a long time, but then she had one earlier this afternoon. It lasted probably a min or two but she seemed to improve after the sugar water and she immed. went and ate and then later as she was lying in front of couch she started to convulse again. She was panting like crazy, legs shaking, spazzing out and scared me to death! This lasted about a minute and she was sorta disoriented and tired and I held her on the couch and petted her and kept checking to make sure she was okay.
I plan on taking her to the vet but was wondering if anyone else has any expreience with this, it is very scary and I worry alot about her b/c she is so little. She took a tumble off the couch-long story but she was asleep between my mom's legs and she forgot she was there and got up and she fell. She was startled but acted okay and did not seem to be hurt so I am wondering if that could have anything to do with this? That was on Thurs. eve. and she did not seizure until this afteroon.
Sorry so long, This just makes me crazy b/c I am worried about her.
Thanks,
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My Chipper is HYPOGLYCEMIC, 11 years old now and still has periodic seizures. Chipper was given to us 11.5 years ago, he was sick, undernourished, no papers, no past. My daughter-in-laws younger sister had wanted to make some $$ and somehow gotten hold of about 8 or 10 baby puppies - she had all different small dog breeds, a male and female of each and was selling them. Well, we were told Chipper's sister was sold and died, and that he was sick and she couldn't sell him. We took him straight to the Vet, and he brought his sugar level up. We fed him all he wanted, not the 1 tbl. a day she was giving him, and we crushed half a sugar tablet (can't remember the name!, it's orange flavored and sold in Walmart Pharmacy) into his daily food. He had Nutri-cal after every seizure, still does. And my husband exercised him, still does, every evening while watching TV. Chipper fetches his thrown toys and loves to play tug of war. He would jump from the floor to arm of couch, back and forth repeatedly.
As I said, Chipper is 11 now, still has periodic seizures, but he is extremely strong - all muscle, intelligent and almost as lively as he ever was - he's gained some weight, he held at 4.6 lbs for years, but now is 5.5 lbs. In good weather I walk my Yorkies on the beach, 2.5 miles daily, I prefer the beach - very few people and no leases - they run a lot, chasing birds. It makes for healthy dogs. Mini is due to whelp in 3-4 days, so we haven't walked this week before birthing.
Hypoglycemic is certainly not the end of the world ... they just don't metabolize sugar and you have to keep their sugar count up ... Nutri-cal works fine and once they are a year old, you can probably drop the other tablet.