Craig 1965
Warren Veteran
Henry saw the specialist vet today for what I hope (fingers crossed) will be the last time for a long time. It was the secondary follow up to his tear duct flush last week as the vet was puzzled as to a 'blockage'. He's been on anti inflamatory eye drops for the last 3 days to help widen the tear duct for todays examination.
It turns out that Henry has a mahoosive tear duct but unfortunately only the one! He is meant to have 2 in each nostril but having looked with a special microscopic device down his duct, the vet confirmed that Henry appears to have been born with a defective tear duct - only having one and that it is permanantly blocked.
What this means for Henry is that he can't naturally pass tears so his ducts will always block. Now, this means that the crud that circulates in the air and settles on his eye, will then filter down to the blockage where they will congeal and then pass back up as a white goo (not an infection like he had several weeks back).
What I have to do is to use artifical tears on his eye on dry/windy days so that the artificial tears act as a barrier film and help to wipe away as much of the foreign crud as possible.
Any bun had any experience in this? I use artificial tears myself for blepharitis (a down side to wearing contact lenses and being old).
Henry is fine - he's a bit moody at the mo and sulking in the kitchen - which is hardly surprising given he's been subject to a tear duct flush.
It turns out that Henry has a mahoosive tear duct but unfortunately only the one! He is meant to have 2 in each nostril but having looked with a special microscopic device down his duct, the vet confirmed that Henry appears to have been born with a defective tear duct - only having one and that it is permanantly blocked.
What this means for Henry is that he can't naturally pass tears so his ducts will always block. Now, this means that the crud that circulates in the air and settles on his eye, will then filter down to the blockage where they will congeal and then pass back up as a white goo (not an infection like he had several weeks back).
What I have to do is to use artifical tears on his eye on dry/windy days so that the artificial tears act as a barrier film and help to wipe away as much of the foreign crud as possible.
Any bun had any experience in this? I use artificial tears myself for blepharitis (a down side to wearing contact lenses and being old).
Henry is fine - he's a bit moody at the mo and sulking in the kitchen - which is hardly surprising given he's been subject to a tear duct flush.