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I'm not a vet, nor am I trying to self diagnose, but I'm finding a strange connection between the head tremors that our bitch experiences from time to time, and food intake. Sorry, this may be long, but let me explain...
A little over a year and a half ago our bitch, Annie, experienced her first head tremor. As anyone who has ever experienced this, the first time was utterly frightening. Thank goodness we have the internet, and this website, otherwise we would've been a mess. During this period where the tremors first began, Annie was a very picky eater. Some days she wouldn't eat at all. Other days she would nibble at one meal, and gobble down the other meal. The tremors were sporadic, maybe a week between an episode...many times even longer. Like everything we found, the vets just don't know. We didn't bother with any thyroid testing, or anything like that. She was a classic case, and in most cases there was no connection found. They happened so irregularly, and the picky eating was so normal, we never thought to connect them.
About 6 months later, we brought home our boy AJ (who never misses a meal) and Annie began to eat every meal, every time....well, ALMOST. I came across a site on the internet, which I can't remember right now, that hypothosized that head tremors MAY be related to a nutritional deficiency. Interesting, but it would probably be hard to prove. The only real time we she wouldn't eat was when we took her to dog shows. She gets so wound up at shows she won't eat
By the time AJ was 6 months, and began showing them both on a regular basis, we really started putting this theory to the test. Not intentionally....but letting it play out, and document our findings.
For the last four shows, Annie has gone at least ONE of those days without eating a meal (or two). In EVERY instance, she had a tremor later that evening, or the next morning. This has happened four times, in the last four shows....without fail. She missed her meals yesterday, while at the show, and we watched her like a hawk when we got home last evening. Sure enough, at about 9pm she had a tremor episode.
So, this is not meant to provide any conclusive evidence to the cause and effect of the tremors and nutritional needs being met. However, I would like to know from any of you who have experienced the tremors, do you have any weird food issues? Allergies, picky eater, anything nutritionally related health issues AND also experience tremors?
I'm collecting this data, and MAY send on to any vet who may be researching this if I can find a pattern among boxers in general.
I look forward to your feedback.
A little over a year and a half ago our bitch, Annie, experienced her first head tremor. As anyone who has ever experienced this, the first time was utterly frightening. Thank goodness we have the internet, and this website, otherwise we would've been a mess. During this period where the tremors first began, Annie was a very picky eater. Some days she wouldn't eat at all. Other days she would nibble at one meal, and gobble down the other meal. The tremors were sporadic, maybe a week between an episode...many times even longer. Like everything we found, the vets just don't know. We didn't bother with any thyroid testing, or anything like that. She was a classic case, and in most cases there was no connection found. They happened so irregularly, and the picky eating was so normal, we never thought to connect them.
About 6 months later, we brought home our boy AJ (who never misses a meal) and Annie began to eat every meal, every time....well, ALMOST. I came across a site on the internet, which I can't remember right now, that hypothosized that head tremors MAY be related to a nutritional deficiency. Interesting, but it would probably be hard to prove. The only real time we she wouldn't eat was when we took her to dog shows. She gets so wound up at shows she won't eat
By the time AJ was 6 months, and began showing them both on a regular basis, we really started putting this theory to the test. Not intentionally....but letting it play out, and document our findings.
For the last four shows, Annie has gone at least ONE of those days without eating a meal (or two). In EVERY instance, she had a tremor later that evening, or the next morning. This has happened four times, in the last four shows....without fail. She missed her meals yesterday, while at the show, and we watched her like a hawk when we got home last evening. Sure enough, at about 9pm she had a tremor episode.
So, this is not meant to provide any conclusive evidence to the cause and effect of the tremors and nutritional needs being met. However, I would like to know from any of you who have experienced the tremors, do you have any weird food issues? Allergies, picky eater, anything nutritionally related health issues AND also experience tremors?
I'm collecting this data, and MAY send on to any vet who may be researching this if I can find a pattern among boxers in general.
I look forward to your feedback.
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