I Love Iggies Posted May 1, 2008 Share Posted May 1, 2008 My 2.4 year old Italian Greyhound boy is at the vets today. Yesterday morning he seemed to be clumsy and by the afternoon he had a slight head tilt. Around 11pm he was worse, circling and vomiting. At the vet this morning she said it was more than likely an ear issue as he could see me and was responding as usual. She put him on antibiotics and anti emetics hoping he would improve over a few hours. She called about an hour ago to say he hadn't and they were going to put him under anasthesia and do skull xrays. Anyone have any experiences with a similar situation. My other Italian is missing him and my 6 year old will be a mess if anything happens to him, I'm already sitting here bawling Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diva Posted May 1, 2008 Share Posted May 1, 2008 I've had a dog with an ear infection, showing head tilting, unsteadiness and rapid eye movements. She recovered with treatment to having just a slight head tilt that eventually went away entirely. I've also had a quite elderly dog diagnosed with vestibular disease, it was much more severe. She couldn't walk without falling over and gave up trying, I managed to get her in and out to toilet with a towel like a sling under her tummy for support. She also recovered completely with treatment, but it was a much harder road and touch and go for a while re quality of life. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
~Anne~ Posted May 1, 2008 Share Posted May 1, 2008 One of my rescues developed vesitbular disease and she was later operated on but not becuase ofthe vestibular. Her canals were very tiny and caused constant infections. Her new owner reported that she was barely able to walk at one stage, but over time this improved. As far as my knowledge goes she is back to normal now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cowanbree Posted May 1, 2008 Share Posted May 1, 2008 My old girl had that, although no vomiting and it slowly came right over a period of about 6 weeks. She was not medicated as my vet saiad it wouldn't help and always had a slight head tilt after that - I thought it was cute Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
puggy_puggy Posted May 1, 2008 Share Posted May 1, 2008 (edited) Have looked after a gorgous rescue pug boy with head tilt. He was about 2 years or a bit younger when I looked after him and had been through the infection and sickness stage before he got into rescue. The lasting effects that he had was that every now and again he would sort of have a spasm that would make him walk sort of sideways with his head tilted to one side looking up at you with one eye like dolphins swim around sometimes. It was very cute. Apart from his 'spasm sideways walking head tilting episodes' he was a very healthy and happy boy and the episodes didn't seem to worry him at all it was us humans that would be feeling sorry for him when he did it. So basically if you can get your dog through the infection sickness time, which can be horrific, they will usually come out of it ok. I think that during the sickness time they will use cortisone or some type of steroids and it does take a prolonged period of time for them to slowly get better. With your boy being young he should be able to come through ok and only have the head tilt as lasting side effect. Edited May 1, 2008 by puggy_puggy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I Love Iggies Posted May 1, 2008 Author Share Posted May 1, 2008 Thank you all for sharing your experiences. He is home, the vet honestly doesn't know what is going on. She has done every thing she can and is satisfied he is in no immediate danger of anything other than being stared at and falling over, off and into things. I've hired a crate to keep him safe when I'm not around and am just hoping whatever it is resolves over time. You're right, I'm starting to find his head tilt quite endearing, now that I know it isn't causing him any pain or problems. He probably feels like he has the biggest hangover of all time the poor boy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
puggy_puggy Posted May 1, 2008 Share Posted May 1, 2008 Fingers crossed that things will be fine with him. If he doesn't have anything else going on other then the falling over and head tilting then just keep him safe and sound and ride it out, it may be a few weeks though. Good idea with the crate. Has he stopped with the vomiting? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I Love Iggies Posted May 1, 2008 Author Share Posted May 1, 2008 He has stopped vomiting but he also hasn't eaten. He is much much more himself at the moment, head tilt isn't as pronounced but he is still wobbly and looking sorry for himself. He loves the crate, I think I'm going to have to get him one for keeps! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirislin Posted May 18, 2008 Share Posted May 18, 2008 Wondering how your little dog is going? Can we please have an update? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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