One-eyed dog with neck issue
Posted: Tue Oct 20, 2020 9:03 pm
Hello
I adopted a lovely 4-year-old french bulldog with one eye three weeks ago. Two days after his desexing surgery I noticed him get this weird neck spasm/seizure type thing where he tilted his head up to one side and almost collapsed on to the ground. It happened while he was eating dinner. I have since raised his bowl up and that helps but he is now also getting them when he plays with a ball or his dog sister. My vet considered vestibular syndrome but he didn't have all the signs so we tried a course of pain meds and anti-inflammatory medicine. That didn't help. I took him to another vet who is going to be operating on his soft palate and he thinks that it might be caused by his epigolottis getting caught on his palate. He thinks he is trying to get it clear. The vet suggested that this might have been triggered by the tube down his throat during surgery.
Billy usually has a bit of a head tilt due to his missing eye but nothing like he gets with this bouts. They only last from about 10s or up to a minute but it's awful and the poor thing looks frightened. Has anyone ever seen anything like this before?
He is due for his soft palate surgery in three weeks and the surgical vet will take extra x-rays. Any advice would be wonderful.
Thanks
I adopted a lovely 4-year-old french bulldog with one eye three weeks ago. Two days after his desexing surgery I noticed him get this weird neck spasm/seizure type thing where he tilted his head up to one side and almost collapsed on to the ground. It happened while he was eating dinner. I have since raised his bowl up and that helps but he is now also getting them when he plays with a ball or his dog sister. My vet considered vestibular syndrome but he didn't have all the signs so we tried a course of pain meds and anti-inflammatory medicine. That didn't help. I took him to another vet who is going to be operating on his soft palate and he thinks that it might be caused by his epigolottis getting caught on his palate. He thinks he is trying to get it clear. The vet suggested that this might have been triggered by the tube down his throat during surgery.
Billy usually has a bit of a head tilt due to his missing eye but nothing like he gets with this bouts. They only last from about 10s or up to a minute but it's awful and the poor thing looks frightened. Has anyone ever seen anything like this before?
He is due for his soft palate surgery in three weeks and the surgical vet will take extra x-rays. Any advice would be wonderful.
Thanks