waffle Posted August 14, 2010 Share Posted August 14, 2010 I woke up this morning and noticed my dog was squinting his right eye. it's also a little red and looks like its sore but havent noticed any abnormal discharge. Does anyone have any idea what this could be? I took him to the vet today and they looked for scratches and foreign objects but found nothing so they just gave me some eye ointment and painkillers. Going in on monday again because vet wants to check if its getting better or worse and was wondering if anyone has any ideas as to what it might be so that maybe I can offer the vet some suggestions since I have no idea how it happened. Thanks in advance Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rappie Posted August 14, 2010 Share Posted August 14, 2010 Are both the pupils the same size? Squinting might just be due to the eye being a bit sore or uncomfortable if there has been irritation. However, squinting to protect the eye from light or if the dog is head-shy, can mean that the eye itself is painful and that is a much more serious problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirty Posted August 14, 2010 Share Posted August 14, 2010 He might have gotten something in his eye that irritated it, but now its gone. How old is the dog, and what breed? Has he ever had an episode like this before? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
~Anne~ Posted August 14, 2010 Share Posted August 14, 2010 Olivia was squinting a month or so back and it turned out that she had stabbed her eyeball with something. It could have ended badly had she not been seen by my Vet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waffle Posted August 14, 2010 Author Share Posted August 14, 2010 Hey thanks for the ideas. He's 10 months old and hes a cav x. This is the first time anything like this has happened. Don't think he's squinting from light i think its more soreness or something? Not sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bellatrix Posted August 15, 2010 Share Posted August 15, 2010 One of my cavs had corneal ulcers when she got scratched by a branch or something outside. I took her to the vet on both occasions straight away when I saw her squinting and she was prescribed antibiotics and eye cream to prevent infection. The vet did an eye stain test which showed an ulcer caused by a scratch on both occasions. Thank goodness she has been ok ever since :D Eyes are too precious, always get them checked out. Hope your little man is ok. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waffle Posted August 21, 2010 Author Share Posted August 21, 2010 Hey dont know if anyones interested but turns out he has dry eye and his cornea is inflamed and ulcerated and so he might become partially blind. kindv annoyed the vets didnt find it on the previous visits so that damage couldv been prevented but maybe im asking for a bit too much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
persephone Posted August 21, 2010 Share Posted August 21, 2010 shame the vet didn't pick it up earlier .Corneal ulcers can take ages to heal . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Everythings Shiny Posted August 21, 2010 Share Posted August 21, 2010 Corneal problems can be hard to spot if it's early in the development. What cream did the vet give you to use? Sounds like the vet had some concern that there was something going on or they wouldn't have asked you to come back... if it was something minor like a little dust or something in the eye they would have given cream etc and said see how you go. Dry eye can be a funny thing to treat. Hopefully the eye heals up quickly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waffle Posted August 21, 2010 Author Share Posted August 21, 2010 I was given tricin and the second time i went back they said that the eye was improving but then it went cloudy white a few days after so I got worried and went back. Yeah i know i shouldnt blame the vet they were quite thorough but i was just upset that its come to this since I did everything i could to treat it. Anyway i'm pretty sure it's my fault as i bought him from a byb as i didn't know any better before. i guess sometimes you gotta learn things the hard way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Everythings Shiny Posted August 21, 2010 Share Posted August 21, 2010 (edited) It's nobody's fault.... these things happen very commonly whether it be a byb or a registered breeder you get the dog from.... I think we have them at least 2-3 times a week coming into work. At least you've got treatment going and you did the right thing by going to the vet as soon as you found it.... so many people sit back and 'see how it goes' Edited August 21, 2010 by Everythings Shiny Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Her Majesty Dogmad Posted August 21, 2010 Share Posted August 21, 2010 Some breeds seem to commonly get dry eye, shihtzus are prone to it. I have a malt with dry eye and just rehomed a foster who also had it, she was possibly a Lhasa Apso cross. Hers was worse than my malts though, he needs drops once a day whereas her eyes needed Optimmune twice daily together with drops in the middle of the day - imposible to achieve if you work fulltime. She's gone to a home that can keep that regime up. Optimune is expensive but is the best dry eye medication. The drops I used in the middle of the day were Systane which are fantastic (I have dry eye and use them too). I found with my foster girl that Genteal eye gel was also good to use after the Optimmune and after 8 months of trialling different drops, gels etc in conjunction with the Optimmune, I was able to hand her over with the best things to use for her. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waffle Posted August 22, 2010 Author Share Posted August 22, 2010 Yeah atm ollie is needing a lot of medication but hopefully we can cut down later. right now he's on optimmune, an antibiotic, and hes given viscotears every 2 hours. on top of that hes on tramadol for pain relief. hes getting better already and we're going to see an ophthalmologist soon. i think mark bilson? i've heard good things about him so looking forward to it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
~Anne~ Posted August 22, 2010 Share Posted August 22, 2010 Firstly, for dry eye to cause a corneal ulcers, it is usually severe. I would have thought that you would have noticed an eye issue before now?? Dogs with dry eye commonly have mucky eyes and you'll notice that dirt will actually stick to the eye itself (dirt, not soft muck). The Optimmune is to help reverse pigmentary keratitis and the dry eye. It has worked very well on Pugs that I have had through, even reversing some loss of vision. The whiteness you are noticing may not be permanent and will probably fade as the eye heals. As stated above, dry eye isn't just in byb dogs. It is a common ailment in breeds with prominent eyes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waffle Posted August 22, 2010 Author Share Posted August 22, 2010 well i noticed that his eyes were red before there was an ulcer. the first time i went into the vet the eye was pretty normal but was red. the vet looked for scratches ulcers and foreign objects and found nothing but didn't suspect dry eye. they only tested for dry eye on the third visit and said that it's quite hard to spot until something happens like inflammation. he got about a 9 on the schirmer tear test so that may be why there were no obvious signs and i missed it. i hadn't heard about dry eye until now and have never seen dirt on his eyes but then again his eyes are quite dark so i may have just missed it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Everythings Shiny Posted August 22, 2010 Share Posted August 22, 2010 Sometimes its just something you miss. no matter how vigilant you are checking your dogs sometimes these things come across. I know a breeder who went through something very similar... didn't notice mucky eyes or anything - eye ulcered etc. Dog is fine now. Keep your chin up :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waffle Posted August 24, 2010 Author Share Posted August 24, 2010 Hey. Just an update. Went to the ophthalmologist today and they said the problem wasn't dry eye and the vets were probably wrong about that and the low score on the schirmer was probably due to something else. turns out he has glaucoma and the pressure in his eye is really high and the retina is detached. not sure what could have caused it since he is young and his other eye looks normal and doesn't look like glaucoma is likely to develop in it. im really upset right now because he's going to have to get the eye removed and i tried so hard to save it. hes staying overnight at the hospital and is going to be operated on tomorrow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Everythings Shiny Posted August 25, 2010 Share Posted August 25, 2010 *hugs* In that case sounds like it doesn't really matter what you would have done, it probably still would have ended this way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dagmar Posted August 25, 2010 Share Posted August 25, 2010 I woke up this morning and noticed my dog was squinting his right eye. it's also a little red and looks like its sore but havent noticed any abnormal discharge. Does anyone have any idea what this could be?I took him to the vet today and they looked for scratches and foreign objects but found nothing so they just gave me some eye ointment and painkillers. Going in on monday again because vet wants to check if its getting better or worse and was wondering if anyone has any ideas as to what it might be so that maybe I can offer the vet some suggestions since I have no idea how it happened. Thanks in advance Hard to say from the distance, but it sounds to me like a corneal ulcer? Did the vet also check under the 3rd eyelid? You might consider seeing a specialist as in my experience unfortunately not many vets deal properly with this. It is a VERY painful condition, so please do not delay it (it usually only gets worse the deeper the ulcer grows). Dagmar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
~Anne~ Posted August 25, 2010 Share Posted August 25, 2010 Hey. Just an update. Went to the ophthalmologist today and they said the problem wasn't dry eye and the vets were probably wrong about that and the low score on the schirmer was probably due to something else. turns out he has glaucoma and the pressure in his eye is really high and the retina is detached. not sure what could have caused it since he is young and his other eye looks normal and doesn't look like glaucoma is likely to develop in it. im really upset right now because he's going to have to get the eye removed and i tried so hard to save it. hes staying overnight at the hospital and is going to be operated on tomorrow. Wow. Poor little guy. That is certainly a change in diagnoses. He'll be ok with one eye. I have had two Pugs with only 1 eye and they coped fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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