After one week, one of my boys began to have grand mal seizures! 2 in one night. No previous history. A week or so later, he had 4 in 14 hours! Severe. Took to vet, just put him on Valium and levetiracetam for seizures. Research showed in 14% of cases seizures get worse!?!! And he did, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, etc. Anxiety, skittishness. Almost right away, I made an executive deci sion & took him off the drug. He had so many procedures, blood draws, antibiotics, antifungals for ear infections & other. He was affected first apparently. His gut not so good.
But then my other little guy, began much of the same, just no seizures. I kept a log. And was wracking my brain, to discover the link. I noticed rosemary could cause seizures, weeded that and gluten out from all treats. Then both began to have bloody diarrhea, and wanted to obsessively eat dried grass. I had to restrain them from doing so. SO - within a week of changing to this raw frozen kibble, the seizures started. I asked vet if that was it. Maybe just "coincidence". And gave us the drugs. But when my other little guy started... just too much. I pulled them off. Began to cook a bland food diet. Chicken breast, with white rice, and rice water, said to be good for diarrhea.
So, just took both boys in to vet. Doing salmonella test $230.with all the other drugs, & supplements, & between the 2 vet visits....Its over $1000!! No good deed goes unpunished!
Yes I know...raw may be best for many, maybe most. But as with people, they may have less stomach acid as they age. So maybe my little senior guys did not have the digestive function to handle it. I do know from my own experience that low stomach acid, allowed me to get e. coli 2 times.
So I believe, I will have to cook for my oldsters. Can't risk another bout of this for us all! Too costly in more ways than one. Hope this helps someone. I hate to point a finger at this food until I know for sure from the test.
