Pomsky's question about Garbage Toxicosis (Garbage Gut)

Question

My Pomsky had 2 grand mal seizures last week 2 hours apart. We took her to the ER and all lab work was normal, so diagnosed with idiopathic seizures and put on Keppra 3 times a day.
Today she threw up a plastic roll sausage wrapper with the metal clips on the ends, that she ate 4 weeks ago. Could this have caused her seizures?

Accepted Answer

Hello, this would have been weird to cause seizures.  I usually do not start on seizure medication until they have had more than 2 episodes in 1 month.  Two in one day would have me concerned but I have seen some dogs have seizures from something they ate and never have seizures again in their life.  Being on life long medication for this would not be best.  If your dog continues to have seizures they would need to be on this medication for the rest of their life.  You can always see a neurologist to see if there is an underlying cause of these seizures that did not show up on bloodwork.

Garbage Toxicosis (Garbage Gut) in Dogs