Syncope (collapse) - This is the sudden finding of marked weakness but at times they remain conscious and they do not have twitching as seen in seizures.
This may be associated with anything from low blood sugar to heart disease.
Based on what you describe - I would recommend seeing your veterinarian as soon as possible for evaluation and several tests:
- Basic bloodwork to look at the glucose, organ values, and electrolytes to get an assessment of overall health and investigate a cause for these events.
- Further assessment would be a chest x-ray looking at the heart, an EKG looking for an arrhythmia or even an ultrasound of the heart, called an Echocardiogram if needed to see if there is heart disease. Especially with signs that occur with activity - it is important to evaluate the heart.
These episodes can be quite scary and getting veterinary evaluation is important to make sure there is not something more serious that needs treatment.
I hope this information helps!
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The above is given for information only. Although I am a licensed veterinarian, I cannot legally prescribe medicines or diagnose your pet's condition without performing a physical exam. If you have concerns about your pet I would highly advise contacting your regular veterinarian.
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