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Why is my Chihuahua collapsing, drinking more, and constipated?

Updated On September 23rd, 2025

Pet's info: Dog | Chihuahua | Female | unspayed | 15 years and 2 months old | 10 lbs

My pet Chihuahua I think is having epilepsy's im not sure. Her body fails to keep herself together which causes her to fall to the ground and just lay there. She stays like that for a few minutes. She doesn't eat much but she's drinking a lot more water than before. She does number 1 but hardly number 2. I don't know if she is having a spilepsy or not or if her constipation is causing this. can you help me figure this out?

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Answered By Claudia Fioravanti

Veterinarian

Published on November 15th, 2016

I am sorry to hear about Minnie being poorly. The symptoms you describe don' t fit with the usual epilepsy and convulsions pictures where she would be salivating , shaking and possibly incontinent while lying on the floor. Her eyes would be rolled at the back, her tongue out and her whole body would twitch quite violently . If Minnie lies in the floor unconscious, she could be having a syncope, something secondary to a cardio-vascular problem . If she is conscious and she just loses her balance and then can' t get up, she could have severe ostheoarthritis. I would recommend a vet check up, I am sure that something can be done to help her.

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    Answered By Lindsey Edwards MVB, BSc, IVCA

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    The hallmarks of epileptic seizures are loss of awareness, muscle twitching,, urination and emptying of the bowels followed by a period of confusion. Minnies signs do not indicate this and i would be more concerned about weakness, heart disease or pain from constipation. Please have her assessed by a vet as soon as possible

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