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Eye advice please

K

karen354

Warren Veteran
As a lot of you know my little man Cookie has been poorly for around 10 days now :( He's lying down a lot so his one eye has shut, the vet has given eye drops which i can use up to 4 times a day.
Can anyone suggest anything else which might help his eye?
 
Jack's-Jane; said:
They are what I was going to suggest.

Is the eye looking sore or infected ?
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. Yes the one eye is closed and looks dry, it was like that when he came home from hospital on Thursday. Says to only use in the affected eye, would u use in both?
 
karen354 said:
. Yes the one eye is closed and looks dry, it was like that when he came home from hospital on Thursday. Says to only use in the affected eye, would u use in both?
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So both eyes are looking sore ?

The viscotears just keep the eye lubricated, they dont treat any active infection.
 
When Wilson's down eye flares up we use the viscotears along side fucithalmic ointment to treat the infection - it might be worth asking your vet to consider prescribing some.
 
Jack's-Jane said:
So both eyes are looking sore ?

The viscotears just keep the eye lubricated, they dont treat any active infection.
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Just the one eye and it's the side he keep lying on I try and change his side he's sleeping but he's not having any of it.
 
Hi i agree with everything jane and denise said. Just to add, when mimi had her head tilt i gently cleaned both eyes daily with cooled boiled water to help remove dbris that she couldnt remove herself, and prevent the fur around her eyes getting matted from the drops. I used lubrication in both eyes as her up eye was also getting dry as she couldnt blink much.

With mimi her down eye became very small during her head tilt and was closed most of the time. Even now she has recovered her left eye is slightly smaller and we think shes lost most of her sight in it but she copes extremely well and it doesnt bother her atall.

Loads more vibes for cookie xxxx
 
Once he's looking a little bit better, it might be worth having his tear production tested. We had a similar problem with Pippin last year- she had a ulceration that was treated with fucithalmic and viscotears, which recurred a few months later. Her eye continued to look a little dry, and on testing (just with litmus paper) we found that she had 'dry eye' which we treated with optimmune for a few weeks. We haven't looked back since :D *touches wood*
 
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