Yes he has been giving nexgard, and simparica trio. Both weāve experienced a tremor on. I did notice it was within about a week of the chews that a tremor happened with a month of not having one between.
He is responsive so definitely sounds like a tremor. So far weāve only experienced 2, being 2 months apart from one another. How do you differentiate the tremors from epilepsy?
He does have allergies weāve used Benadryl, simplicef, apoquel, and cytopoint.
With this allergies and sensitive digestive, the only food weāve found that works for him is Purina Pro Plan Salmon and Rice but now that youāve said itās garbage, Iām nervous. I thought it was a really good food compared to all others.
I definitely donāt think raw diet is the way to go for him because of his digestive and just negative things Iāve heard, but Iām definitely open to looking into one of the safer kibbles you suggested.
Definitely sounds like both Nexguard and simparica is part of the issue.
Nexguard is the EXACT flea tick prevention meds the vet gave us for preventative that caused the very first head tremor and then it went out of hand and I had only gave him 1 and never gave another pill.
Difference between seizures and tremors- when my dog has a head tremor he looks at me when I am taking to him and is responding when I ask him to look at me. His head basically is constantly shaking and it goes away as long as I distract him and make sure to stay calm so it doesnāt scare him cause they pick up our energy.
Seizures- he screamed and was NOT responding at all when I ask him to look at me at all no matter What I ask him even where the ball is-no responding from him. He also peed himself after the scream and was shaking, his eyes looked out of it and he was very confused after his seizures episode which thankfully only last 30 seconds or less but thatās very scary to hear that scream and him to pee(which was on me and the couch when he was curled up sleeping on me on the couch), we had a MRI done a year ago with a neurologist and thatās who diagnosed him with IVDD(a spine issue)and idiopathic epilepsy and the head tremors our regular vet diagnosed him and they havenāt come back since the switch to raw.
And I have heard of those Nexguard and others causing seizures later on In The dogs life, which is something I think possibly happened.
For allergies- cytopoint, apoquel and atopica and Benadryl actually suppress the immune system which lets yeast, viruses and cancer take over which actually happened to my other dog who passed of cancer a few months ago. And the vet actually told me I think the apoquel and cytopoint actually caused it to get out of hand.
My other dog with the seizures and head tremors, he has severe Allergies and I said NO to Apoquel, cytopoint, atopica and Benadryl and no to steroids too for those risky health issues that can pop up from those medications.
What I use for his allergies is Four Leaf Rover brand Bovine Colostrum which you give 30 minutes BEFORE breakfast just put in dish by itself and let them lick it up as itās better absorbed on empty stomach. That was amazing helping his allergies, I highly recommend trying that bovine colostrum.
You can also give him Quercetin which is a antihistamine but doesnāt have the side effects like Benadryl and apoquel and cytopoint.
A better quality food really helps.
Too many carbs in the food like Purina for example and that has synthetic vitamins which can cause allergies too and inflammation- carbs create inflammation too- which makes all worse and all health issues. Purina is very low quality, I recommend getting him on better quality food, rice can be a allergy too which is in your food.
Natures logic is really good, I have heard great results with the Sardine formula cause good for inflammation and really low carbs is Natures Logic.
And the quality is very good and no synthetic vitamins. And has probiotics which are also helpful for allergies.
Raw is not for everyone- I recommend at least trying the Natures Logic even if his allergies arenāt perfect it can prevent many health issues that low quality Purina can cause.
Many health issues in my dog has been treated thru good food that was caused by low quality food they were on as pups.
Even my other 2 dogs got kidney disease by the same low quality food as Purina they were on a puppies, they were given. 6 months max when they were diagnosed at ages 5 and 6 years. Over 2 years later which is now, the one dog is still with us and her kidneys are the best they have ever been and the other dog that passed of cancer, her kidneys were good it was cancer that took her, and thanks to the good quality food they are on now and a supplement, those health issues are manageable and some have fully gone away.
Iām just sharing my experience with good quality food and how bad health issues the low quality food causes.
My point here is low quality food causes health issues and me sharing my experience here with what health issues my dogs got from garbage/ low quality food as puppies and these health issues have been improved and some have been treated thru good diet and supplements.
The 2 dogs were given. 6 months when diagnosed with kidney disease and itās been over 2 years and the vet is very impressed with how well the one is doing.
And the dog with head tremors and seizures and Allergies, good quality food has basically treated the head tremors and allergies are better on good quality food and supplements(bovine colostrum I recommend for your dogs allergies).
Even if your dog didnāt have health issues, getting them on food quality food is the way to keep health issues away. I personally would get my dog off Purina ASAP as itās garbage/ fillers, one person here will disagree but just cause 1 or 2 people here whoās dog does ok on it doesnāt mean itās good food and will eventually cause health issues.
Itās also good to rotate proteins to prevent new food allergies, so for example if you switch him to Natures Logic, you can rotate thru sardine, then Pork, then Beef, then Lamb then venison for example.
I think getting him off Purina will help your dogs allergies and immune system. It doesnāt have to be raw, Natures Logic and Carna 4 are the premium brand kibbles, but Carna 4 can be hard to find and is more expensive than Natures Logic.
Thatās why I recommend the Natures Logic for your dog.
I hope this information helps you.
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