My dog keeps having seizures!
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Anonymous
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Hello,
My dog keeps having seizures. I have insurance through Banfield and they put her on medication. They asked me to go to Friendship because she needs a neurologist to look at her and gets some scans. I just got out of college and have so much debt. I can’t afford to have her see a neurologist. I am sick to my stomach with worry. I’m wondering if there’s anywhere to get these scans done at a lower cost or a place that could help me with this. No judgement pls. |
Anonymous
| Is your dog on monthly flee and tic preventatives? |
Anonymous
| You have no business having a dog. Please rehome it. You. Can’t afford it. |
Anonymous
Yes |
Anonymous
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In such circumstances, my aunt took in her daughter's cat and paid for all medical bills. Just because my cousin was technically an adult, didn't mean she had the resources for a medically-fragile pet, and her parents understood that.
Can family help you at all? You can also contact a rescue organization, such as the Lost Dog and Cat Rescue Foundation in VA. |
Anonymous
I know of 3 people whose dog's seizures were likely linked to these meds. Seizures stopped once meds stopped. I'll try to find out the brand. |
Anonymous
You are bonkers. Many people can’t afford to go to a human neurologist, and we don’t tell them to rehome themselves. I am 50 and so grew up in a time when dogs got vaccines and trauma care (stitches or a cast, no surgery) and nothing more. Anything beyond that was considered sort of obscene and wasteful. Most of the world doesn’t provide even basic vet care, let alone specialists. OP should provide whatever level of care she can while avoiding debt. She shouldn’t feel any guilt for not being able to afford the kind of care even most humans don’t get. |
Anonymous
I am sorry you felt you had to say that. I take really good care of my dog. I spent a lot of money on her outside of what her insurance pays. My entire life revolves around her. I just don’t have the cash to pay for her surgery right now. I can pay for it at some point or pay in part per month. |
Anonymous
No use responding to nasty trolls, OP. Also, please don't get sucked into "the more money I spend, the better dog owner I am". It's usually quite untrue - except in rare circumstances like this one. But please look into what the other PP said about some preventatives triggering seizures. That could be a simple fix... |
Anonymous
| Sorry to hear this op. Your dog really. Needs a specialist with that being said avoid bush neurology like the plague they were awful with my dogs seizures I can't relive it to explain this but please trust this stranger. Also avoid the newer drugs like keppra and stick with the phenobarbital don't let them use your dog like a test subject. Been there done that. |
Anonymous
These drugs cause seizures 100000% especially in little dogs. How large is your dog? |
Anonymous
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I tended to be fairly non-invasive with my dogs (and I did not give them flea and tick preventatives and they never had fleas or ticks).
What kind of help will seeing a neurologist provide? What is the usual treatment for seizures? I suppose it might require seeing a neurologist. How are the meds from Banfield working? If they are working, maybe you don’t need to go to the neurologist? I feel like specialists are often suggested but not always needed. I had a vet suggest taking my dog to a cardiologist because he thought he heard a very slight heart murmur. I declined to spend the thousands of dollars and torture my dog because I knew I would not send her for surgery. She never had a heart issue. I wish you luck and you sound like a great dog parent. |
Anonymous
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How long have your dog been on the seizure meds? I would wait to see if that works before taking your dog to a specialist.
FWIW, we switched from a premium-cost vet to ValuVet and our dogs are both 10+ years and very healthy. We've had bumps along the way that have required emergency care, but I appreciate that our annual care vets don't over-treat or over-test. One of our dogs has a long-term condition that has been managed just fine for 1/4 of what our first vet recommended. |
Anonymous
What surgery does the dog need?? |
Anonymous
| How old is your dog? This was a sign in my older dog that the cancer we were watching (treatment would have been of limited benefit) had metastasized to her brain. |