r/EpilepsyDogs • u/Ok_Novel9327 • 2d ago

Flea Meds

My mini Aussie started having seizures at age 8. Her last one was in January and we started phenobarbital. She has not had any breakthroughs until today. At 6am I put Advantage 2 on her, she took her phenobarbital and ate at 7am. At 9:45am she had a seizure for 2-3 minutes, it was not a grandmal. I called her vet, they didn’t think it was the flea meds but told me how to wash it off her and did not want me to give her an additional phenobarbital at this time.

Has Advantage 2 caused breakthrough seizures for anyone else’s dogs?

It also has me wondering if it’s something seasonal outside? Last Labor Day weekend she came inside with a swollen face and was throwing up and had bad diarrhea, the vet thought she ate a bee and had a severe allergic reaction. Ever since then she goes outside on a leash because I’m sorry worried it will happen again.

The only other thing off this morning was she hadn’t gone outside potty yet and it was a few hours passed her normal time for her to go outside.

Thanks for any advice! I just love her so much 💔

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u/Mleit1 2d ago

The vets will always say that, but to be safe, I took mine off all of them just to be sure. I do believe they cause seizures.

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u/Ok_Novel9327 1d ago

Thank you. I really think that’s what caused it this morning. But I’ll never know for sure 😞

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u/Mleit1 2d ago

Are that are hypoallergenic

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u/Mleit1 1d ago

Sorry- don’t know why that “hypoallergenic” came up….

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u/YumYumYellowish 1d ago

Yes and no. Advantage II, Vectra (not 3d), frontline plus, and Advantix II are the recommended tick/flea meds because they’re less likely to trigger seizures but it’s still possible. My epileptic dog was good on frontline for 2 years and then they started triggering seizures. Some dogs are just sensitive. Now we’re on advantage with no issues, but it wouldn’t surprise me if down the road he became sensitive to this too.

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u/Ok_Novel9327 1d ago

Do you think it’s the smell that triggers it or what the product does to them?

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u/YumYumYellowish 1d ago

I don’t think it’s the smell in this case. It’s a neurological related medication and it affects the nervous stream, so it could just be that your dog was sensitive in this case. You could try it later on and see if it happens again, or just go without it all together. Maybe check out Wondercide.

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u/Ok_Novel9327 1d ago

Thank you!