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Runny Eye Advice Please

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basirascal

Mama Doe
:wave: Twinkle has developed one runny eye overnight. The eye looks clean, no sign of inflamation, just wet tears marking fur. Otherwise he seems absolutely fine, no sneezing, no runny nose, other eye normal, eating as normal, using litter tray as normal. He seems his usual bouncy self. Obviously, it will mean a trip to the vets if no improvement tomorrow, but he had a health check there three weeks ago when he had his Myxxi Vac. Teeth checked then and all ok.

I have been bathing the eye with some cooled boiled water with the tiniest amount of salt added and I keep drying the fur. Just wondering if anyone else had any suggestions re: bathing or experience/cause of this. He is beginning to moult a little and last night he was enjoying quite a long cuddle on my lap, I thought it might just be a hair in his eye, but there is nothing obvious:?

I would be greatful of any suggestions
 
My mini lop friend has this as a recurrent symptom. He was diagnosed with conjunctivitis and treated with drops. It keeps coming back so I think he may have tooth root issues. These can block the tear duct, causing the eye to weep.

Does Twinkle eat his hay well?
 
Hi susie bun:wave: Yes Twinkle can't get enough Hay:) Although yesterday some of it seemed rather short and had lots of seeds in. I was thinking he may have got something in his eye because it has happened so quickly. His teeth were checked 3 weeks ago and were absolutely fine, so I'm a bit puzzled. Obviously I will have to take him back to the vet tomorrow if it doesn't clear up, as I might be missing something.

Thanks for your advice -I was wondering if it might be a blocked tear duct. In which case further investigation will be needed. I will bathe it again later and keep drying his fur for now.
 
If he eats his hay so well (clever boy!) his teeth should be OK, although this isn't always true as some good hay-eaters still end up with dental trouble.

I've remember that Spenser also had a runny eye, over a year ago. The vet put some dye in it, and it came out at his nose and made his fur yellow for a few days - this was good news though as it meant (apparently) his tear duct wasn't blocked.

The seedy hay sounds a quite likely explanation. Spenser had a rather dusty batch of aot hay at the time of his runny eye, if I remember rightly.
 
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