MrsBun
Young Bun
Hello Everyone! My 8yo lop Debs has been having seizures for 2 years. We first noticed something was wrong when she developed a limp on and off and would sometimes seem to loose coordination a little bit for a while i.e. couldn't stand on her hind legs properly but would then recover. We took her to the vet at this stage and he said he couldn't see anything wrong and it was probably just old age.
A couple of months later she began to have seizures. During these episodes she would flop onto her back/ side and peddle her back legs rythmically and roll from side to side (kind of like twisting) and her front paws would be pressed to her mouth. She would usually grunt and her toungue would be curled and would sometimes go blue and her eyes would roll down so mostly only white was visible. We took her to a new vet as I had since moved area and he put her on Panacur for 18 days. This had no affect whatsoever and so we left it for a while. Her fits then became longer and more frequent and she would loose coordination after each leading to a weird crab like gait. I took her back to the vet and he then gave me epifen (0.04) and said it was probably a brain tumour and she would die within the next couple of months.
The epifen worked for 11months and she has been seizure free however in the last couple of weeks she has begun having them again, albeit quite mildly.
I'm just wondering if anyone knows what it could be and if they have seen it before? Any suggestions on what to do to help? She is a brave girl and acts the same as her 2 year old "brother" when she isn't fitting and I don't want to give up trying to fix her. I don't want to up the medicine as she may be becoming resistant to it and I don't want to overdose her.
Thanks guys :wave:
A couple of months later she began to have seizures. During these episodes she would flop onto her back/ side and peddle her back legs rythmically and roll from side to side (kind of like twisting) and her front paws would be pressed to her mouth. She would usually grunt and her toungue would be curled and would sometimes go blue and her eyes would roll down so mostly only white was visible. We took her to a new vet as I had since moved area and he put her on Panacur for 18 days. This had no affect whatsoever and so we left it for a while. Her fits then became longer and more frequent and she would loose coordination after each leading to a weird crab like gait. I took her back to the vet and he then gave me epifen (0.04) and said it was probably a brain tumour and she would die within the next couple of months.
The epifen worked for 11months and she has been seizure free however in the last couple of weeks she has begun having them again, albeit quite mildly.
I'm just wondering if anyone knows what it could be and if they have seen it before? Any suggestions on what to do to help? She is a brave girl and acts the same as her 2 year old "brother" when she isn't fitting and I don't want to give up trying to fix her. I don't want to up the medicine as she may be becoming resistant to it and I don't want to overdose her.
Thanks guys :wave: