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What medicine should I take if my puppy has twitching limbs and is unsteady on his feet?

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This article is provided by Veterinarian Dr. Ava Williams
When a puppy has twitching limbs and is unsteady on its feet, you should first consider what is causing it, and then consider the medication for the dog. There are five main factors that can cause a dog to twitch and lose its limbs. One is the impact of the dog's living environment on its psychology, the other is the dog's nutritional factors, the third is congenital factors, and the fourth is pathological factors. The last factor is toxic reactions caused by accidental ingestion.

1. Influence of living environment

The dog’s personality is closely related to the dog and the dog’s first poop shoveler. If the dog owner has an irritable personality and often scares or even beats and scolds the dog, then as long as the dog sees the owner or attempts to beat the dog, the dog will immediately have a stress reaction, such as twitching of the limbs, This is caused by convulsions. In this case, improving the dog's living environment can improve the dog's instability.

2. Nutritional factors

A dog is considered to be an adult when it is one year old. Its growth period is very fast, and its limbs are also developing very quickly. Therefore, its growth is very important for food. Nutritional requirements are also relatively high. If the dog is malnourished, it will cause muscle weakness. If the dog is deficient in calcium, it will cause skeletal dysplasia. Choose nutritious food, even if you supplement calcium, trace elements and vitamins, you can improve your dog's adverse conditions.

3. Congenital factors

Some puppies are born with poor development. There are many reasons for this, such as incomplete development in the mother's body, or the dog's mother is not pregnant with the baby. Careless use of medication can lead to incomplete neurological development of puppies after birth, resulting in instability of the limbs and even convulsions. For such dogs, anti-epileptic drugs can be used.

4. Pathological factors

Some puppies suffered from canine distemper when they were young, and canine distemper will cause nerve damage in the later stages and cannot be repaired. In this case, Dogs need long-term medication to relieve symptoms. 5. Dogs that have been accidentally eaten will develop a series of neurological symptoms after being poisoned, such as convulsions, unsteady limbs, and foaming at the mouth. At this time, the first thing is to detoxify the dog. Only by treating the root cause can the problem of convulsions be solved. .


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