This was by first Yorkie and 15 years ago and my vet didn't even believe in hypoglycemia. Not as much was known about it then. I still don't think vets have caught on! The breeder kept insisting that is what it was so I was giving her nutrical.
Every seizure was such a scary experience I rushed to the vet's office. Had she been bigger he would have hospitalized her, but at 9 oz I guess he couldn't get an i.v. in her. He was thinking it was epilepsy, but was afraid to give phenobarbital and couldn't decide a safe dosage. I think it was about the 4th visit before he actually took a glucose test and sure enough her blood sugar was really really low. I began feeding her 5 times a day and giving nutrical 3x a day.
As she got older the seizures got fewer and fewer and by about 3 or 3 and 1/2 months she never had another. She eventually passed away from Cushing's disease at 12, but she was healthy up until then. |