If you have a dog, you will find that the dog is shaking while sleeping, and you will be worried. You are also worried about whether there is something wrong with the dog's health. What should you do if your dog twitches while sleeping? Let me tell you the reasons in detail below!
1. Dreaming
Puppies will dream when they are in a light sleep state, and they will have twitching when running or jumping in their dreams. This situation is usually transient and is often a single body movement, which is a normal phenomenon. Just like when a person is dreaming, this situation may also occur, so the owner does not need to worry too much.
2. Sudden fright
Some puppies will be less courageous, especially puppies that have just arrived in a new environment. Because they are not familiar with the new environment, they will be nervous and scared. At this time, once you hear a sudden noise in the external environment, you will be suddenly frightened, resulting in convulsions. At this time, the owner can gently stroke the puppy's back with his hands to calm the puppy's nervousness, and play with the puppy more so that it can become familiar with the new environment as soon as possible.
3. Calcium deficiency
Puppies need calcium most before they are one year old. If the owner feeds the puppy a relatively simple food during this period, or the nutritional content of the dog food is not high, it will easily cause the puppy to have sleep convulsions due to calcium deficiency. In this regard, it is recommended that the owner supplement the puppy with calcium in time and pay attention to the puppy's reasonable diet. Don't just feed it a single dog food. You can add some foods with high calcium content to the dog food, such as calcium gel, calcium tablets, liquid calcium, shrimp skin or bean products, etc. You can also take the puppy to bask in the sun more often.
4. Suffering from epilepsy
If the puppy twitches repeatedly, lasting one to two minutes each time, it is likely to have epilepsy, and may also experience symptoms such as foaming at the mouth, unsteady walking, and ataxia after the onset. Epilepsy is divided into congenital epilepsy and acquired epilepsy. Currently, there is no specific drug to treat it. In clinical practice, drugs are generally used to control it. Owners can consult a pet doctor and give their dogs drugs containing sedative ingredients such as phenobarbital. In addition, it is recommended that owners do not take their dogs to crowded and noisy places. When the dog becomes ill, the owner should clean up the dog's saliva in time to avoid suffocation.