Eye ulcer not healing

Jess2107 said:

Has anyone experienced similar?
Noticed his eye was red and you could see an ulcer last Monday, got him in at the vets Tuesday where they put dye in to confirm the ulceration (even though you could see it anyway) theyve given him antibiotic eye drops to use for 7 days but it's still red and you can still see the ulcer.
His eye has been dry with no crusting but you can see he's having to forcefully shut it slightly
What do you all think? x

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Jess2107 said:

Has anyone experienced similar?
Noticed his eye was red and you could see an ulcer last Monday, got him in at the vets Tuesday where they put dye in to confirm the ulceration (even though you could see it anyway) theyve given him antibiotic eye drops to use for 7 days but it's still red and you can still see the ulcer.
His eye has been dry with no crusting but you can see he's having to forcefully shut it slightly
What do you all think? x

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Santa said:

I had one like this several years ago in an elderly bun. It went on for weeks and weeks, eventually I got a referral to an ophthalmology specialist and he diagnosed dry eye - basically her tear production had stopped working properly because of her age, so her cornea kept on getting ulcered. He said you can use all the antibiotics in the world and it will never clear up until you also treat the underlying cause - otherwise it's like watering a plant but keeping it in a cupboard...you could water it as much as you like but it still won't grow because it doesn't have other things it needs like daylight. He added Hyabak eye drops to the treatment regime (you have to give these or similar drops half hr after the antibiotics otherwise they'll coat the cornea and the abx won't get to where they need to) and it cleared up lovely. The eye drops were for the rest of her life. I think there is an animal version now, called something like 'Remend'.

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