Pork Causing Seizures?

[cprcheetah]

Zoey my chihuahua has been having seizures lately (she has hydrocephalus & now we are pretty sure she has epilepsy as well) anyways in doing research for 'alternative' treatments for her I came across a website where someone's vet had told them that Pork can cause seizures even in 'normal' dogs. Have you ever heard of that?

[Caty M]

Well hydrocephalus can CAUSE seizures, at least in humans, so I am assuming in dogs as well. I have never heard that pork can cause them.. it is likely that the buildup of cerebralspinal fluid is putting pressure on the brain, causing the seizure and the pork has nothing to do with it.

[cprcheetah]

Well hydrocephalus can CAUSE seizures, at least in humans, so I am assuming in dogs as well. I have never heard that pork can cause them.. it is likely that the buildup of cerebralspinal fluid is putting pressure on the brain, causing the seizure and the pork has nothing to do with it.

She has VERY mild hydrocephalus, and usually only has seizures every 4-6 months, but has had 4 (3 petite mal & 1 grand mal --which was caused by my pomeranian attacking her) in the past 2 weeks. She doesn't have too many problems with the CSF fluid building up as she has a large molera where the 'pressure' goes, and she's on drugs to lower the pressure.

[whiteleo]

I've not heard of anything like that, what do they say is the source from the pork that causes the seizures.

[cprcheetah]

I've not heard of anything like that, what do they say is the source from the pork that causes the seizures.

This is what she said:
Epilepsy Remedies
[BETTER BUT NOT CURED] 10/22/2008: Lara from Springfield, MO writes: "Dog Epilepsy

I found out from my vet that any kind of pork product can induce seizures, even in dogs that aren't epileptic. I stopped giving my dog ham bones (he used to get a lot) and pork and he has not had near as many seizures. Also, I only give him spring water because tap water has chlorine, which is another seizure trigger.

[luvMyBRT]

This is new to me. I'll be interested to hear if people who have been raw feeding for years have ever had a dog have a seizure from feeding pork.

If this was true, wouldn't you think that there would be tons of raw fed dogs have seizures everywhere?

ETA: Maybe this is true for dogs who are already epileptic?

[cprcheetah]

The only thing I have found is that Pork Tapeworms can cause seizures if they get into the brain.

[AveryandAudrey]

Hey Zoeys owner. I didn't know you were on her also! I'm on chihuahua-people with you also. I'm Audreybabypup on there.

[DaneMama]

Do you feed much raw pork? Or was it mainly cooked pork in the form of ham?

I've never heard that pork could causes seizures....?

[cprcheetah]

Do you feed much raw pork? Or was it mainly cooked pork in the form of ham?

I've never heard that pork could causes seizures....?

Yes she eats raw pork 3-4 times a week. My vet/dad had never heard of pork causing seizures except he had heard that some of the worms they have can cause seizures in humans if the worms go to their brain. He said not to worry about it, we are confident that her seizures are due to her hydrocephalus, a stressful attack by my other dog, and most likely epilepsy. He said if pork was going to cause her seizures she would have started having them long before now, her last seizure before these clusters was about 5 months ago.