Wonder
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Diamond is a crapping machine- he poops like 10- times a day. He loves to poop, I guess
My other pups only poop twice a day.
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Lucky started peeing in the house. Took him to the vet, nothing showed up in urine. Ran bloodwork, glob was elevated.
Did an ultrasound and he had a mass on his spleen. Emergency surgery a day later.
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Thanks Laurie
Keep asking questions. I swear I learn something new every day about it
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Thunder has focals and GM seizures. I treat the focals the same as GM's.
I just started ocular pressure.
I do use RR (pet version).
He hasn't had any since last Sat (that I know of)
Best of luck and hope she doesn't have any more.
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Probably enhanced- check the bags.
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Neuro upped his pb yesterday instead of the keppra.
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Since he's on PB, I would start giving him milk thistle. It will really help his liver.
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He might have had trauma to his head and that caused the seizures.
Passion fell off my bed and hit her head on my dresser before hitting the floor. She had a seizure 5 months later. I know it's from the head trauma.
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What have you been feeding and what did you give him yesterday that wasn't bone?
Organ (only a little) should help get things moving if you did give too much bone.
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Hol- make sure to have an ice pack on hand in case he has another one.
http://www.canine-epilepsy-guardian-angels.com/icepack.htm
Also honey or vanilla ice cream- give a little after a seizure to help stabilize blood sugar.
http://www.canine-epilepsy-guardian-angels.com/ice_cream.htm
I put rescue remedy on Thunder's tongue during his focal seizures- get the pet version that doesn't have alcohol in it.
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Thunder has been with me for 13 months. He retired due to seizures.
Currently, he's on
zoni 250 mg bid
pb 97 mg bid
keppra er 750 mg bid
He started the keppra middle of June and he's had more seizures since starting keppra.
Talked to his neuro today and she wants to increase the keppra to 1000. I expressed my concerns and she actually listened.
She suggested I up the pb instead so will do that tomorrow.
I've been asking what I can give him to stop the clusters. She really doesn't want me to use rectal valium because it doesn't last long in the body. I'm willing to try anything at this point.
I asked about clorazepate and she said I can try it but she has not had success with it.
Last weekend, he had 2 focals in the middle of the night- he woke me up at 1am and I knew it was coming. 1:23 and 1:32 am. He was sleeping by 2am, I was not. I was worried he would start to have grand mals like the last time (middle of June). I had given him melatonin that night. I won't be doing that again and his neuro agreed.
I'm going to try ocular pressure and can even do it every night before bed.
He's on RAW now and I started giving him taurine and he's been on milk thistle since starting PB.
His CREA is high. It was 2.7 a year ago and in June it was 2.1, Aug was 2.2. Rechecking in Sept. He might be in kidney failure. Going to run a few other tests as well.
At this point- I don't know what else I can do for him.
He's happy, runs around the yard, plays with toys, snuggles with me and is such a love.
I feel so damn helpless and I'm not used to feeling this way. It sucks and I hate it.
He loves to lay on me and I wish he would sleep on me so I can feel if a seizure starts
Even Passion loves him- she never snuggles with any of the other dogs. He was there first and she laid behind him. You can see in this pic, the missing fur on his legs from hitting the floor during seizures.
My favorite pic from last month when I had a party at my house. My friends said every time I left his sight, he whined. I had him in an ex-pen so he would rest and not run crazy all over the yard.
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Thunder will be going from 750 mg a day to 1000 mg. He hates the keppra pill taste and fights me. Now I will have to shove down 2 (500 mg) pills at a time. blah
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I thaw 10 lbs at a time, weight, bag and refreeze.
In case you didn't know, tripe really doesn't have any nutritional value so make sure you are feeding meat as well.
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Passion was pretty unsteady for a few weeks on Pheno but Thunder never had a problem.
Good luck!
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Passion didn't sit and they still passed her
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Egg shells will act like bone and firm things up-just a pinch of them
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I hope he's doing ok. Thunder also clusters. He had 2 seizures Saturday morning around 1:23 and 1:32 am. I was ready to take him to the evet but he fell asleep and has been ok since.
He's on 3 medications but since adding keppra in June, he's had more seizures than he did before he started it.
Hope you are doing ok
It's horrible to watch and such a helpless feeling.
I actually give a spoonful of vanilla ice cream after a seizure to help get his blood sugar back up. I'm out so need to pick up more soon. Luckily, I don't like ice cream so it's not a temptation to eat it
Let us know how he's doing.
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Liver should only be 5%
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I tried the Nature's Variety for Passion- she hated the veggies in it.
I'd find peas in the bowl
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Lucky is a picky eater. He won't eat any meat if it's partially frozen. He also now won't eat in a bowl so I just dump it on a towel for him.
This morning he wouldn't eat a chunk of turkey so I took it away and gave him some pork instead which he ate. silly boy.
Thunder will eat anything.
Passion prefers beef but will eat turkey and chicken if I mix in beef. It's all ground for her since she doesn't have many teeth left.
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How much sodium was in the chicken?
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I have 2 epi hounds.
Keep a detailed log.
The full moon was Tues so I keep track of that as well. The moon doesn't seem to have any effect on my dogs but I still check.
You can give a tbl spoon of ice cream after a seizure and that seems to help them get back to normal quicker.
Check out the sites that LBass posted.
I also am on a couple chat groups which have been so helpful. Just knowing others are dealing with the same issues is helpful to me.
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Kari, I feed chicken backs and turkey necks (among other things). Why are they to be avoided? Chicken necks, I can see since they are small and probably will just be inhaled. Weight bearing bones of large animals I also understand. I also feed pork necks. Those keep them busy and aren't as hard as leg bones.
I tend to avoid lamb. I found that it is higher in fat (at least my source) and caused pancreatitis in my whippet.
How did the chicken quarter go?
Back are too much bone.
That being said- I did buy 50 lbs of backs but I add one to a chicken quarter so they get more meat, less bone.
Same with pork necks- not enough meat. Again, I feed one or two a week for their teeth.
The links I posted have been very helpful and I learn something new every day
Does This Weight Make Me Look Fat?
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Don't go by weight, go by looks.