roseava Posted February 4, 2011 Share Posted February 4, 2011 Hi, I am a new member on this forum and was wondering if anyone out there can give me some info about my Cavalier's eyes. I have recently come to own a beautiful Cavalier female dog about 2 and a half years old. She hasn't in my opinion been treated particularly well. When I brought her home, inside her ears were a mess, she was riddled with fleas and her eyes were caked with goop. Over the last couple of weeks we have happily managed to get her in a better condition and she is happily lapping up lots of love and attention. However, underneath her eyes, the goop has caked slightly underneath and the fur has gone really hard. It will not come out with gentle combing or bathing in warm water and I am trying to keep any products out of her eyes as they are still a little irritated. Can anyone give me some ideas on how to get rid of the hard caked goop underneath her eyes? Any advice would be greatly appreciated. T Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
becks Posted February 4, 2011 Share Posted February 4, 2011 I find this comes off clients dogs when they have a soak in the bath and then the bits can be teased off with a fine comb (moving away from the eyes) once the goop is softer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pretty Miss Emma Posted February 4, 2011 Share Posted February 4, 2011 Is it old goop? Or are the eyes still producing some? If you're worried about eyes, see a specialist even if it is for peace of mind - that breed is prone to eye issues. But to get rid of goop that is caked on I have found using a wet cotton ball, hold on area for 30 sec, wipe away and just keep repeating a couple of times a day and it should go away in the not too distant future. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roseava Posted February 4, 2011 Author Share Posted February 4, 2011 Thanks for your responses. They eyes are just about cleared up. She had a visit to the vet the day after I brought her home and he was fine with how I was treating her eyes and how her actual eyes are now. The goop under the eye is old goop that has dried. I have tried the water thing with no results as it is just not dissolving the dried goop. I will give it a go 2 or 3 times a day and see if I can get it to soften up enough to get out. I have bathed her quite a few times as there was so much dirt caked on her poor skin it has taken that long to get off, but have avoided getting any soap around her eyes as I did not want to irritate further. Am washing my two cav girls with 'Aloveen' which has been nice on their skin. Anyway, will just try warm water a few times a day for the next few days and see how I go. Thanks again, T Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gretel Posted February 4, 2011 Share Posted February 4, 2011 I'd give them a gentle bath with baby shampoo rubbed in with a warm wet face washer. You'll have to pop in to the Cavalier thread and show us some pics! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roseava Posted February 4, 2011 Author Share Posted February 4, 2011 HI Gretel, Thanks for the tip. Am new to this forum so have not really found all the threads I would be interested in, not too sure how to post pics yet either, but when I figure it all out I will post some pics. Am pretty new to owning Cavs. My family were looking to rescue a dog from the pound last Nov as a family pet, and we found our first Cav girl there and rescued her. She is just beautiful and delightful, can't figure out why anyone would leave her at the pound. We have just got our other Cav girl, from a breeder, and like I said before, she has not been in my opinion treated as well as she should have. She was really filthy and is dreadfully malnourished. My vet was horrified when I took her in. Over the last 2 weeks she has settled in remarkably well, and is lapping up the love and attention, as well as some good food. Any way, since we brought home our first, I have been completely besotted with them. Can't get enough T Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cavNrott Posted February 4, 2011 Share Posted February 4, 2011 When my Cav boy had yeasty ears he also had eye discharge that the vet said was not related to the yeasty ears. I didn't buy that because the eye discharge smelled yeasty and formed a hard crust under the eyes. I got rid of it by gently massaging lanoline into the crusty gunk under the eyes, being very careful not to get any in the eyes. This softened the gunk and made it easy to wipe away with a warm, wet face washer. I held the face washer underneath the eye for a few seconds and then gently wiped the crusty gunk away. Now that he no longer has a yeast problem he's had no further eye discharge. Just as an added precaution until the yeast problem was resolved I would rub in some lanoline under the eyes after I bathed him so the gunk didn't settle and go hard and crusty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bonzawani Posted February 4, 2011 Share Posted February 4, 2011 (edited) My Spanky doesn't have much of a "goop" problem. But, whenever he has hard goop under his eyes, I just pull (not scrape) it off, using my nails (thumb & forefinger). After I flick the goop off my fingers, he always wants to lick them clean. Since he never fliches or complains, I know it doesn't hurt him. I don't try washing or softening the goop. So, nothing gets in his eyes to cause irritation. Doesn't solve any eye problems... just the clean up. Bonz Edited February 4, 2011 by Bonzawani Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vetrg Posted February 5, 2011 Share Posted February 5, 2011 you can use baby shampoo diluted 1 to 4 with water to soften the gunk and it will not irritate the eyes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roseava Posted February 7, 2011 Author Share Posted February 7, 2011 Hi, I am a new member on this forum and was wondering if anyone out there can give me some info about my Cavalier's eyes. I have recently come to own a beautiful Cavalier female dog about 2 and a half years old. She hasn't in my opinion been treated particularly well. When I brought her home, inside her ears were a mess, she was riddled with fleas and her eyes were caked with goop. Over the last couple of weeks we have happily managed to get her in a better condition and she is happily lapping up lots of love and attention. However, underneath her eyes, the goop has caked slightly underneath and the fur has gone really hard. It will not come out with gentle combing or bathing in warm water and I am trying to keep any products out of her eyes as they are still a little irritated. Can anyone give me some ideas on how to get rid of the hard caked goop underneath her eyes? Any advice would be greatly appreciated. T PLeased to say that after several days of bathing 3 times a day the hard goop has boon removed We now have nice soft lower lids! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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