My dog, Bear, began to exhibit neurological issues. within a span of 20 minutes he rapidly went down hill. He tried to eat but when he leaned forward his tongue fell out of his mouth and laid in the bowl, just hanging there, preventing him from eating. his face and lips drooped, he stood awkwardly
by the time i got him to the vet within thirty minutes of his symptoms, he couldn't walk. i carried him and he peed all over me and became unresponsive to me. he shallowly gasped for breath and had lost complete motor control his heart had slowed way down
the vet is not optimistic.
she said he showed all the symptoms of what is known as "dumb rabies"
instead of becoming aggressive they become uncoordinated
this is where it gets weird
later i received a call, while i hung out in town waiting for news, that he had stopped deteriorating, and they tested him for everything. Because by his symptoms she was pretty sure it was one of several contagious diseases that is extremely dangerous to animals or humans or both
his tests came back spotless. . no inflammation, no rise in white cell count.... nothing. Even rabies can cause inflammation. They will be doing the next round of tests soon including a spinal tap, but they have to wait for the surgeon to arrive to do it.
which leads her to consider a poison or a toxin. we went over a list of plants and animals in the area that could be toxic but none would cause these symptoms.
and if someone poisoned him it would have been using something really unusual, which is unlikely.
We went through the possibility that we dropped a pill from one of the medications in the house and that he ate it, but none of the medicine would cause these symptoms.
so we racked our brains, and she called all her colleagues, and no one can figure it out
i came home... and i stepped out and the smell of something awful.. something rotted hit my nose
and a thought occurred.... botulism
I called the vet and told them my suspicion, and while they said it was rare, it would fit in with many of the symptoms. We also wonder if it could be a combination of things.
None of the animals are sick, except my horse who has had a limp for several days even though the farrier found nothing wrong. Because of the lack of illness in the other animals, they have moved diseases like rabies down to the bottom of the list though they can not rule it out. At this point, we are all at a complete loss. The vet said this is one of the strangest cases she has seen.
They went ahead and put him on medicine for tick born illness which can cause many of these sort of symptoms. At this point though, it is only a guess and we can only wait and see.
Please does anyone know what this could be? Has anyone seen this sort of thing happen to their dog? I am so scared for Bear. I miss him all ready. I don't want to loose my dog. Any suggestions will be of help.
by the time i got him to the vet within thirty minutes of his symptoms, he couldn't walk. i carried him and he peed all over me and became unresponsive to me. he shallowly gasped for breath and had lost complete motor control his heart had slowed way down
the vet is not optimistic.
she said he showed all the symptoms of what is known as "dumb rabies"
instead of becoming aggressive they become uncoordinated
this is where it gets weird
later i received a call, while i hung out in town waiting for news, that he had stopped deteriorating, and they tested him for everything. Because by his symptoms she was pretty sure it was one of several contagious diseases that is extremely dangerous to animals or humans or both
his tests came back spotless. . no inflammation, no rise in white cell count.... nothing. Even rabies can cause inflammation. They will be doing the next round of tests soon including a spinal tap, but they have to wait for the surgeon to arrive to do it.
which leads her to consider a poison or a toxin. we went over a list of plants and animals in the area that could be toxic but none would cause these symptoms.
and if someone poisoned him it would have been using something really unusual, which is unlikely.
We went through the possibility that we dropped a pill from one of the medications in the house and that he ate it, but none of the medicine would cause these symptoms.
so we racked our brains, and she called all her colleagues, and no one can figure it out
i came home... and i stepped out and the smell of something awful.. something rotted hit my nose
and a thought occurred.... botulism
I called the vet and told them my suspicion, and while they said it was rare, it would fit in with many of the symptoms. We also wonder if it could be a combination of things.
None of the animals are sick, except my horse who has had a limp for several days even though the farrier found nothing wrong. Because of the lack of illness in the other animals, they have moved diseases like rabies down to the bottom of the list though they can not rule it out. At this point, we are all at a complete loss. The vet said this is one of the strangest cases she has seen.
They went ahead and put him on medicine for tick born illness which can cause many of these sort of symptoms. At this point though, it is only a guess and we can only wait and see.
Please does anyone know what this could be? Has anyone seen this sort of thing happen to their dog? I am so scared for Bear. I miss him all ready. I don't want to loose my dog. Any suggestions will be of help.