Keri
Well-Known Member
I got a chihuahua a few years ago. She was the mom on a puppy farm, had 3 litters before she was 3. The guy sold all her puppies and offered her at a "discount" price. I wanted a chihuahua, so we took her. I've had her for 5 years now and she's around 8-9 years old. She started having seizures shortly after we got her. So I took her to the vet for bloodwork. They told me she had idiopathic eplilepsy (sp?). So basically they don't know why a dog around 3 years old was having seizures. So we put her on phenobarbitol. It lessened the amount of seizures she had, but didn't completely stop them. Well about a year after that, she started getting hip displasia. I've tried joint stuff to help her with that also. But right now, she's on purina total senior food since it is recommended for joint problem dogs. But when she was on the phenobarbitol, she started gaining water weight like crazy. Went from being 7lbs to being 13 or so. And it wasn't helping her hip situation out any and really wasn't helping her seizure problem. So I took her off of the medication. She hasn't had as many seizures (that we catch). I catch about 1 every month or sometimes less. What I was wondering was is there a different medication or herb that I can put her on to help lessen the seizures without putting weight on her?? Her hips problems have gotten bad enough that I can't "pop" her hips back in, but she can get around. Eventually she'll have to have wheeled assistance. But she can't gain anymore weight due to this. The vets aren't really any help as far as trying to find something else for her. Just curious if anyone has had a situation like this. Thanks!
