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I originally posted this in the pets group but as there hasn't been much activity since 2016 have copied to general population pets.
We are gutted after 21 months on her current medication and Boston being seizure free she had a seizure early hours of Monday morning. She came out of it fairly quickly and apart from demanding food for an hour or so calmed down fairly quickly. She hasn't had anymore since.
We are hopeful it may have just been caused by the extremely hot weather we had over that weekend and maybe she just got too hot over a few days building up to a seizure and not her epilepsy seizures returning.
Has anyone experienced seizures in their dogs caused by hot weather?
They were all kept out of the sunshine as much as possible and know when to seek shade, had plenty of water and only walked early mornings and in evenings, but we were away from home so they didn't get chance to go for their daily swims which cool then down considerable. Boston didn't seem to be particularly effected by the hot weather, if anything it was the old girl Biskit bothered most, dragging her paws on walks. Having only ever witnessed seizures caused by epilepsy unsure how heatstroke ones are, would it only happen at the point of heatstroke or can it be a build up over a few days? it wasn't as hot on the Monday and we had returned home Sun night, it was fairly cool by the time she went to bed, our flat is generally cool even on hottest days as we are basement level.
Thanks
Lin
We are gutted after 21 months on her current medication and Boston being seizure free she had a seizure early hours of Monday morning. She came out of it fairly quickly and apart from demanding food for an hour or so calmed down fairly quickly. She hasn't had anymore since.
We are hopeful it may have just been caused by the extremely hot weather we had over that weekend and maybe she just got too hot over a few days building up to a seizure and not her epilepsy seizures returning.
Has anyone experienced seizures in their dogs caused by hot weather?
They were all kept out of the sunshine as much as possible and know when to seek shade, had plenty of water and only walked early mornings and in evenings, but we were away from home so they didn't get chance to go for their daily swims which cool then down considerable. Boston didn't seem to be particularly effected by the hot weather, if anything it was the old girl Biskit bothered most, dragging her paws on walks. Having only ever witnessed seizures caused by epilepsy unsure how heatstroke ones are, would it only happen at the point of heatstroke or can it be a build up over a few days? it wasn't as hot on the Monday and we had returned home Sun night, it was fairly cool by the time she went to bed, our flat is generally cool even on hottest days as we are basement level.
Thanks
Lin