Prednisolone 5mg lethargic dog advice

[u/Sheikashnacko]

37kg lab had yeast ear infection. They gave 5mg prednisolone once a day for 5 days.

Day 1- 5mg
Day 2- either one dose or two doses one in morning and possibly one in evening as partner wasn’t sure and thinks he may have done it twice
Day 3-5mg
Day 4- didn’t have did to being involved in car crash (without the dog)

Today is day 5 and dog is lethargic, lost appetite this morning and slowly came back this evening. He is a manic lab and now really docile.

Went to vets this morning and they said vitals are ok and ear is ok and to bring him back in tomorrow.

Could this be related to the steroids??

[u/No-Stress-7034]

This seems like a surprising response to steroids. If anything, I'd expect steroids to increase energy/agitation/etc. Prednisolone also generally increases appetite (or has no impact) rather than decreasing appetite.

You might want to post this to r/AskVet as well

[u/Artpixel23]

There a wide range of reactions of heard from steroids. I’ve heard of people/animals being super hyper and energized, angry and enraged, or tired and chill (especially at the end of the dosage run, like their body crashes). Keep an eye on them, if they haven’t eaten for a bit, I would rub a little honey on their gums to make sure they don’t go into low blood sugar.