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Originally Posted by aweitzm1  I have had a similar issue with Thumper regarding his BP. His is high and he also gets nervous att the vet's office so it its hard to get an accurate reading. Additionally, like you I am not able to be with him due to Covid. I would love to find something at home so I can monitor him.
My regular vet has done the following and though it is not perfect it does calm him down
1. Appt is same time in the morning
2. If going there for his ACTH test or other procedure that take a while will do the BP at the end of the exam so he has a chance to calm down
3. Will have the cuff on him for about 10 minutes to allow him to get use to the machine.
4. Vet tech stays with him for the 10 minutes petting him to try and keep him calm
Please let me know if you find any BP machine for home. None of my own research found anything. |
Thanks very much for the input. I have been away from the board for a bit and just checked in and saw your response. Your process makes a lot of sense -- keeping the same appointment time and doing other procedures first to get him to calm down. I hope your pup is doing well.
The short answer to the question is no I have not gotten any type of BP machine for home use. I continue to monitor is breathing and heart rate daily. Which when he is sound asleep is 18/20 beats per minute which is really good. Post exercise we are in the high 20s which is as expected.
I did re-start Remy on the Benazepril which helps to open the blood vessels allowing the heart to work "easier" and it will have a benefit of lowering the blood pressure. I halved the dosage prescribed and he has been on it for a week, well tolerated. All in all he is doing well. No behavioral changes if anything he seems more energetic
None of the side effects I noted in my posts earlier / above.
I ultimately have no idea of his current blood pressure. Here in CA stay at home orders are being lifted so in the next few weeks I may try to get him into his regular vet for a urine test (needed for this heart medicine) and try to do a BP at that time. Hopefully I will be able to go into the vet office with him....