I have a 13 yeard old male that has had seizures off and on for the past 6 years. They are not frequent enough to warrant medication, however I did have to take him to the emergency vet once because he had 3 or 4 in a row in the same day.
I always thought stressful situations brought on Cid's seizures but once he started to have them during the middle of the night I realized this was not the case. Cid seems to know when one is about to come on because he sticks to me like glue or severals times he has been trying to get to me before the seizure started happening. Sometimes I would be washing dishes and would feel his soft fur on my leg and I would look down and he would be in the begininning part of his seizure. I worry that he has them when I am at work but I have a feeling if he does my other "biggie" Yorkie, Scooter offers the calm comfort he needs to bring him out of the seizure. Sometimes when I come home from work, Cid's face will be all licked up, you know, hair sticking out everywhere on his face and i wonder if it was because Scooter is kissing Cid while a seizure is happening trying to calm Cid out of his seizure.
I think the seizures are alot worse looking that they actually are, per the vet anyway. Cid looses his motor functions, his legs will buckle from under him and he will get a "fixed" stare along with some drooling. Usually it takes about 3-5 min to get him to come out of a seizure and afterwards he seems to be exhausted. |