Buddy, The Mighty Lizard Hunter - Suspected Pituitary Macro Tumor

Hi all,
I gave Buddy Frontline after dinner last night. This morning shortly after getting up, he had a head tremor!!:( I don't know if he had any during the night. 8 days without one, then Frontline, then tremor.
Coincidence, I don't know. :(:( The tremor was short, only a minute or so long. He was nervous and clingy after the tremor, but ate his breakfast normally and had his Trilo and Benadryl. I had to leave for work shortly after that. So now, I am at work worried again.:(:(

Hugs,
Kathy and Buddy:cool:

oh no!! Did you give it to him last month? makes me wonder if it is related & causing the tremors. Some dogs are SO very sensitive to that stuff.
I can just open a pack to put on my healthy dog & Boriss smells it & goes nuts. He is so sensitive to it. I stopped using it on him. It doesn't seem to bother my other dog Pearl.
I know you are at work stressing.. :( I just hate that feeling & knowing you can't be there with him.

I hope Buddy is doing fine after this morning's tremor. Is this the first Frontline he has had in awhile? Since the tremors were happening prior to the Frontline yesterday it's probably unrelated...but it's hard to know. I'm sorry Buddy had this tremor after days of none! Of course you're worried, but remember he ate fine and has probably had a restful day while you're at work. I hope when you get home that he is doing just fine.
Barbara

No, he hasn't had any Frontline for over a year!!! :( I wish it was a simple as that.:( yes, I am a wreck at work today. I have 3 more hours before I can go home to check on Buddy.:( Counting minutes.... :(

Hugs,
Kathy and Buddy:cool:

Hey Kathy

Just checking in, hoping you are home now and our lizard hunter is doing ok?

Let us know when you can....

rubbish this happened again. Is a coincidence that it happened after that frontline application!

Big hug

Mel
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Dang it Kathy. :( There just has to be something triggering these blasted things. I don't know what though.
How is he? Hope you are home with him.
Thinking of you both

hugs,
Sharlene and Molly Muffin

I don't have a clue as to what is going on!:(. Buddy was lying in his nest bed when I got home from work and was having a tremor then. He looked at me with his big, sad, brown eyes as if to say make it stop! :(:(He came out a few minutes later and was ready to eat his light lunch. I've been feeding him three times a day. That seems to have helped his stomach settle. He seemed fine then. He ate normally and headed out into the backyard to hunt those pesky lizards, and yap at the birds. Now he is on guard duty in the doorway. He is acting perfectly normal??? I don't get it!,:confused: Today was the last day of two weeks of state testing. I am seriously thinking of getting a sub for tomorrow and staying home to monitor Buddy, then taking him in for his ACTH Test on Saturday. His vet will not be in tomorrow, but will be in on Saturday. She is willing to humor me and do the test the way that it should be done. The correct way!. They are still doing the ACTH test on a fast as a matter of course. I haven't been able to change that!:(All I can do is make sure that Buddy's test is done properly. If I don't take off tomorrow, then I will monitor him this weekend closely and take off Monday instead for his ACTH. That actually might be better. He is doing so well with all of his Cushings symptoms. I just can't get a handle on the head tremors. I am also feeling guilty because they started the morning after I gave him the frontline.:( What a bummer!:(

Thanks for all the well wishes and the kind thoughts. You guys are really like the sisters I never had. I only had two stinky brothers who can't quite figure me out! :D:D LOL . That is actually okay because I can't quite figure them out either.:D LOL

Hugs,
Kathy and Buddy:cool:

I don't think it was the frontline - obviously something is going on and to be honest you might have to go to a specialist to figure it out. I can't remember if you were able to video it or not but please do. And share it with your regular vet and start documenting when they happen date/time.

It could be something neurological, could be that the pituitary tumor (that is cushings) is located in a spot near the brain and periodically interferes, it could be that it is a macro vs a micro tumor (meaning it grows) but I would have it looked into. Again don't be upset if your local vet is clueless because these type of things are probably left to specialists to figure out.

I don't mean to scare you but it's happened enough that I doubt they go away until you figure out what is causing them. Since you mentioned he seems to be in pain and dumbfounded when they happen and gives you 'that look' I think that is your cue to check it out.

Kim

Yes, I videotaped the tremors on two occasions when they were happening before. I have been documenting them from the beginning as to date, duration and time. I emailed the neurosurgeon who did Buddy's consult over a week ago. I haven't heard anything back.:( Yes I will talk to Buddy's regular vet about the tremors when I get his ACTH test done. I don't think she will be of much help. Thanks Kim for your insight.:)

Hugs,
Kathy and Buddy:cool:

Oh Buddy. Is it possible to make an appt to go see the specialist that saw buddy before? Do you think they had any idea of real cause? Is there some place else you'd want to take him? Buddy has allergies and all and cushings but seems to be responding well to treatment and healthy over all.
I wish they would just stop. Did they think these were seizures of some sort?
I know I have tons of questions. Sorry. Lol
Hugs
Sharlene