Types of seizures Partial seizures affect only a small part or one side of the body. These are often caused by a brain lesion. Generalized seizures affect the whole body and can be divided into two types, grand mal and petit mal. Grand mal seizures are the most common. A patient experiencing a grand mal seizure usually falls on her side and has uncontrollable muscle activity such as kicking her legs as if swimming or paddling.
Salivation is profuse and often the patient involuntarily urinates and defecates.
The patient is unaware of you, her surroundings or her own actions. Petit mal seizures do not result in convulsions but the animal loses consciousness. It may look like the animal just collapsed. The worst form of seizure is one in which the patient exhibits one or more grand mal episodes without covering from the first. This patient may actually be in a seizure for hours.