DOG SEIZURES - VET REACTS TO EPISODE OF BONDI VET

[@comesahorseman]

Please be aware that a dog (or, cat) having a seizure is unconscious and is *not* in pain. As best you can, remain calm & concentrate on making sure your animal is safe.

[@ChrisCapoccia]

Interesting perspective about consciousness. For my one human seizure, I would call what I had a weird state of semi-consciousness. More severe seizures I'm sure do go to unconsciousness

[@orenaofer]

There are many different types of seizures...you can be completely aware during a simple focal seizure for example.

[@animegirl2.060]

I would have such a hard time starting calm It scary seeing videos let alone if you see it in person but I understand staying calm is the best for everyone involved

[@amaiyagrace]

​​​@@ChrisCapocciaI never like the aura before the seizures and especially after the seizures. At least during the seizures I'm unconscious but before after I feel it. I hate after the seizures the most when I had grand mals. Thankfully my medicine has controlled the grand mal Epilepsy but I have absence like seizures where I'm awake but having them.

[@anpanmomdesu]

Great video! Welcome back! I love the educational vids. 👍

[@Yeezynight]

I am not a vet, nor i have a dog, I just like this nice vet doctor react with passion and care for animals.

[@jennadarling2165]

Loved this video, so interesting and informative! Dr. Dani is so caring and knowledgeable, what an excellent vet!

[@DVMCellini]

Glad you liked it thanks for commenting!

[@animegirl2.060]

I’ve been wondering I know a vet wouldn’t want to but if it was and emergency can a vet operate on there own pet? I only wonder Because human doctors can’t be the doctor to there family.

[@jennawhite5466]

Keppra us twice a day if the pet is on ER. We use it all the time with first time seizures at my ER.

[@DVMCellini]

Personally not a fan of er keppra but that’s just me

[@samanthasawyer8960]

Im a huge dan of Dr. Mike. BUT I felt that a lot of information was glossed over, like you said. Dr. Mike usually has reasonable advise and I was surprised at this video when I first saw it. The only way this video could have been helpful to his viewers is if he stated what the real mistake was. He didn't go to his dog's appointment.

[@sarahschubert8354]

I love Bondivet❤

[@carolynromero4462]

Been a vet tech, I had a dog in his young yrs had seizures, we did put him on Zonisamide for the rest of his life 14yrs. with no further seizures. Also had a 5# dog which had seizures, some milder than others which we opted not to medicate, lived 9yrs. Also a cat at 19yrs where his only seizure was from bright light, after i kept him in a dimmer light setting. There can be various reasons (strobe lights) that can cause them. Dr. Cellini whats your thoughts on Zonisamide?

[@garbagegremlins4707]

My dog has late onset idiopathic epilepsy. I remember when the seizures started it was terrifying. After an mri and a spinal tap they found nothing and now that he’s on kepra 3x a day we see maybe one minor seizure every 4 months even though I know he’s ok they still hurt to watch. I just pet him and soothe him for the duration of them

[@Fluteperson01]

I watch Bondi Vet all the time, I am also a veterinary Technician, there are several neuro comes, in there is also a episode of IVDD, and in ER, i see a lot of Post ictal patents, some are one and done seizing, and others are repeated grand mals, as well as absent siezing, I have also recently seen twitching and tremoring more recently as well

[@texshell]

As a tech, anything going wrong with my pets always stresses me out the most! My judgement is always cloudy until my emotions settle down.🥴😂

[@alliematelski1767]

It's so much easier to remain calm when it's a pet you're caring for vs your own. As a vet assistant

[@rebeccacarrender323]

Thank you for this content!!! Very informative, and so relevant for me right now. My 2-year-old cat was diagnosed with idiopathic epilepsy exactly one week ago after a few focal and grand mal seizures in the days prior. He started phenobarbital last week - so far so good and he hasn't had any more seizures!

[@DVMCellini]

Love to see it!

[@KristiBranstetter]

I had my dog die in my arms due to a seizure in January 2010. It was very devastating. My mom had died three weeks prior to that.

[@alliematelski1767]

Feel for you❤

[@deeanna8448]

I'm a vet. My 9yo dog had a seizure for the first time a few years ago. My vet brain immediately knew it was a tumor😢

[@Bercuda]

Only reason i know alot about seizures like this is because, our oldest cat ended up having multiple seizures at home because of a blood clot on the same day, so we sadly couldnt do anything about it and had to put him down. This situation caused me to look into seizures, and what the causes could be for them, and what to do. just so im ready if whenever my current pets have them. 😊

[@DVMCellini]

Noice

[@mpdnd1335]

Correction, this dog did not have a brain tumor because they are not usually found in younger dogs and 6 isn't old. Older dogs (11+) that start seizing out of the blue are the ones that usually have brain tumors.

[@matt1887]

Good video with good information. Glad to see you making videos again. Hope that means we will see a brothers podcast soon?

[@DVMCellini]

I hope so! Gotta get michael into it.

[@amberrider7275]

You’re back!!! I love the new set up!! Great video breakdown!! Will the podcast be making a come back too? I know the Cellini’s are busy with babies but thought I would still ask. My husband and I will be up in your neck of the woods beginning of August!! 2 nights in Providence and 3 nights in Boston!! 😁 We can’t wait!!

[@Plannerchicy]

I wish more owners knew to video the seizure to show the Dr.

[@allisonSTOCKDALE107]

Why you dissing on your brother? Radiologists deserve love too!

[@patrickliu5994]

Have you found postural reaction tests like hopping to be reliably interpretable for neuro exams on birds?

[@DVMCellini]

Yes in the 3 birds in total I’ve done them on 😂

[@rawexplorer8373]

Actually Bear is her and she is 6 years old in this episode I think

[@obiwan7840]

Great video Doctor. Glad you're back to doing youtube vids. I thought the "swallowing tongue" myth was a local myth from my country but I see it's a widespread belief, I wonder how it originated, almost all people with no medical knowledge that I've met think it's true.

[@littlemopete931]

Love your insights on real life topics! It helps educate us pet owners!

[@DVMCellini]

glad to help!

[@sophieekhegfejwgk]

This video was great! I really appreciated how you ran through the process of ruling in/out diagnoses to reach a final diagnosis, it was very informative.

[@georgebates7862]

Great video. Hope this marks the end of the video hiatus you've regrettably been on. (Your brother, in contrast, has been quite busy!)

[@kaosz7777]

My cat had seizures, and it turned out, he was allergic to all forms of meat except salmon.

[@sinanbozkurt5861]

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[@katvelyte]

great video, as someone who grew up watching Bondi Vet and is hoping to begin studying next year, I really appreciate a more realistic and measured look into what is really going on in these shows.

[@Uncharted95]

Really enjoyed the video! Like the jab at your brother in the vid as well.

[@DVMCellini]

Ha thanks for noticing that :)

[@daviddip3947]

Would love a short podcast or web-series where you briefly outline diagnosis and treatment of different common conditions like TheDermVet does, neurology can be confusing and usually poorly taught in school

[@DVMCellini]

I was thinking about what symptoms look like based on neuroanatomic region of the problem.

[@daviddip3947]

@@DVMCellini Yeah I thought this video was great! perfectly outlined some basics at a level helpful for us GPs and clients- I liked your input on pheno vs keppra since we get different opinions from different neuros but seems like most prefer one of those two. I also really liked your reaction to the AA luxation dog, very practical approach to assessment. You are a natural medical communicator!

[@lukegriffin5275]

Quick question Dr. Cellini do you think is was safe for them to perform a jug stick on a seizure dog? I work as a neuro tech and we are always told never to do jug sticks on brain or neck dogs.

[@DVMCellini]

That concern is mainly for cases where you suspect increased intracranial pressure (tumors for instance). For Bear my guess is they had a low suspicion of that given breed/age/duration of being epileptic, and just did a jug stick.

[@MaureenVos]

MY 3 yr. old GSD has been having very violent grand mal seizures since he was a few weeks old. As he grew, the meds had to be adjusted because his weight was changing. For the last year, he hasn't had a seizure, so we are happy with the meds (Phenobarbital twice a day and extended release Keppra twice a day.) When he has seizures, he has cluster seizures (one seizure after another every ten minutes or so) until we can get him to an emergency vet who has the right iv meds for him. We have to travel an hour or so to go to a vet who had the right meds seizuring all the way. But now that his weight has stabilized, his meds are working consistantly and he has gained back the physical things he lost for a while ( like dragging his back feet for a while). I cannot afford an MRI, etc. As long as my boy is happy and enjoying life, we will keep him on the meds and hope things do not go downhill. I do have the intranasal meds, but it's hard to use when his head is slamming up and down off the floor and his jaws are snapping. I can use it between seizures if there is enough time and it does seem to break the cycle. Anyways, I liked your assessment of this video and I have subscribed and liked.

[@DVMCellini]

Thank you!

[@HS-tj2qp]

Can you shed any light on different labs, referral centres, and in house blood analysers having different therapeutic dose ranges for serum phenobarb levels? Are they using different testing methods meaning reference ranges are relevant only to results from that lab, or is there just no clear consensus on what serum levels should be for good control? It seems like different sources are picking a random range anywhere from 15-45mcg/mL. I'm currently finding level checking significantly less useful than seizure frequency... Many thanks.

[@DVMCellini]

Sure. You want pheno level to be between 15-30. Over 30 the risk of liver toxicity goes up. I don't know why labs make the range up to 45, I've never been able to figure that one out. Regardless of what device or lab you use, always try to stay between 15-30 ug/ml serum level. That's the therapeutic range.

[@danpark4291]

Great video, my Pit mix had idiopathic epilepsy and it was well controlled once finding the right med combo( pheno and Zonisamide). Keep up the informative videos!

[@DVMCellini]

🙏!

[@YMESYDT]

I love the new format, but I think your voice could be boosted a little bit. Great video!

[@DVMCellini]

I noticed that too with ear buds afterwards. I’ll fix it from now on. Thanks!

[@jessicakoch2331]

my dog started developing focal seizures the last year of his life, it was a result of mini strokes. After reflection, I think my dog had had a seizure before I even noticed it, he had been “fly biting” and I didn’t know what those were. One thing I did do is I filmed the episodes and sent them to my dog’s neurologist so that was helpful. I also want to note, he had an MRI and it was confirmed he didn’t have a brain tumor, but that’s how they found he had had mini strokes.

[@BeagleBellow]

My little girl [Dog] Sophia had seizures, when she would seiz, I would aways get down with her. keep her from crashing into objects nearby and talk to her as she was coming out of it. after getting her on proper meds she would only have like 2 a week. every 3 months or so she would have clusters and have like 10 in a day. I kept telling myself, all I can do is Love her while I had her. I could never afford the costly tests. MRI runs like 5k. Sigh

[@jenniferdixon9707]

Well done, Dr. Cellini! My dog breed of choice is the Aussie, so I found your info. about seizures in general & seizures in herding breeds specifically to be very informative! Oh, and the shade you threw at your brother was 🤌

[@hepc1]

Lol the dramatic music when the bloods were being done 😂

[@DVMCellini]

Ha I know right

[@safsren]

I wish you had some CE videos, I remember more of what you've told me than my teachers in tech school XD

[@KayLoo202]

Very informative and a good Epilepsy 101 video, thank you!! I have an epi-pup so I can totally empathize with just how traumatic it is to watch, even though my dog isn't in pain during the episodes themselves. While support groups are nice in figuring out next steps (I was given very helpful advice to ask my vet for a neuro specialist referral), they are also filled with anecdotal absolutes like "never do this" "always do that".

[@DVMCellini]

Glad it was helpful!

[@mpdnd1335]

Diazapam is also used to stop seizures.

[@aliamini1676]

Thank you dr. Cellini

[@DVMCellini]

You are welcome

[@jjbinderr]

Now it’s time to look at what she’s eating for food. If it’s the regular canned food/regular bag food from the grocery store., this dog, maybe being poisoned. A lot of euthanized horses and roadkill are used to make dog food. It’s a sick, sad world.