My Chihuahua has hydrocephalus.?
The standard medical treatment for hydrocephalus is to use prednisone and furosemide to control the symptoms. Feed a low sodium diet…Nothing at all with salt,( sodium) so you have to read labels or get the food from the vet. However….They are doing successful surgeries on Chihuahuas and Yorkies with that condition. With the shunt surgery, his prospects would be very good. I’ll see if I can post a site or two: This one may be able to tell you who is doing the surgery near you: http://www.vetneuro.com/ Pretty technical info: http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/doi/abs… Great prognosis: http://72.14.253.104/search?q=cache:_y8N… If you decide to go with surgery,
