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Originally Posted by Lorraine  Rather than immediately thinking liver shunt, I would also check stool sample for parasites and bacteria culture on the stool sample as well.
Usually there is some diahrrea with these issues but I don't know if there could be a problem with no diahrrea. I have seen and heard of mild seizures from coccidia infection and also seen it with a bad bacteria flourish in the instestine. Both were cured with the correct medication and never looked back.
If you do treat with a wormer for parasites or meds for a bad bacteria, don't bother doing a BA test for a while as meds can throw off the results and Albon for coccidia is especially notorious for giving high BA results that come down once it is out of the system for a while. |
Good thinking!! When my yorkie was a pup, he had a severe case of coccidia as well, and he had seizures (not convulsions, but like staring into space, walking sideways as if drunk, etc.). Months later we found out that he also had a liver shunt, but the coccidia caused a lot of his problems earlier on as well.