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Originally Posted by dwerten  join canine epilepsy group on yahoogroups.com -- sounds like epilepsy since foaming at mouth  unless you think she got into something toxic on the walk and if so the liver enzymes will be elevated -- if epilepsy nothing will be off on the blood work -- if liver disease or toxin ALT will be high so let us know when blood work is back what highs and lows are so we can try to help. Seizures can come from other things as well but epilepsy is hard to detect so your vet is correct as one seizure cannot determine it so if blood work is perfect then i would suspect epilepsy -- the drug they try first is potassium bromide and if they need stronger it is phenobartal.
MAKE SURE REAL IMPORTANT NO ROSEMARY IN DOG FOOD , TREATS, SHAMPOOS ETC as dogs that are prone to seize will seize on Rosemary as my healthy dog had a petit mal after eating rosemary chicken so VERY IMPORTANT.
Did she get into anything on that walk?? |
Thankyou very much for this information, I really appreciate it
I always walk Kaddie on a lead and so I know she definitely didn't eat/chew on anything during our walk. I've never noticed her chewing on any of the plants in our garden, but my husband cut bits from all our shrubs and plants yesterday evening and took them into for the vet to look at just in case. I should know more about the blood work either tomorrow of Friday, so I'll post when I know the results.
The vet said that if the blood work is normal then I'll have to keep a diary of seizures that she has (length of time she's fitting, how long it takes her to come round etc) so that they have an idea of how best to medicate. Unfortunately the vet said that, if it is epilepsy, the younger a dog has it's first seizure, the more severe it is in later life
However, he also said that she may never have another one in her life...so I'm hoping for the best.
Thanks for the heads up about Rosemary...Kaddie has some chicken and rosemary treats, I'll stop giving those to her right away. xxx xxx