Laurafluff
New Kit
Hi guys,
Second attempt at posting as I took too long and when I submitted it, I’d been logged out and it was gone
I’ve had a search through the forum and read about similar topics but just wondered if anyone has had a similar experience.
I have a 9.5 year old nethie who has had issues with her eyes. She started developing cataracts which wasn’t an issue and then about a year ago her eyes became swollen/pus nodules around the eyes after a vaccination (probably a coincidence??)
Anyway after a couple of vet trips it turned out that her tear ducts were blocked and her eyes improved after tear ducts flushes and she was put on maxitrol eye drops 2 x daily.
She had been on maxitrol since then and with a few tear duct flushes, her eyes were not bothering her.
Last month there was no maxitrol left so she was dispensed maxidex (same steroid but missing the 2 antibiotics) and I noticed after a few days that it was actually out of date... this was quickly swapped for maxitrol ointment (no drops left) which was an absolute nightmare to apply as it’s so so thick and oozes out the tube itself.
I then noticed that a large white dot was forming in the middle of her left eye and took her back to the vets. This was 10 days ago. The vet stained her eyes and said it was a large ulcer and that there was also a ‘neat’ ulcer in her right eye (not visible without dye). I was told to stop the maxitrol as apparently steroids are bad for ulcers. She thought that the ulcers had been caused by her being on the steroid eye drops long term as the cornea may not have been able to heal as well if she’d brushed against something (she has bad eye sight) or got hay in her eye.
I was prescribed isathal (Fucithalmic) and acular eye drops (anti inflammatory) 4 x daily, 10 mins apart. I took her back for a follow up 3 days later and was told that both ulcers were taking up less dye and seemed to be improving and to keep going with the 2 drops 4 x daily.
I then went back 2 days ago for another follow up. I’d noticed her right eye was particularly red/inflamed. The vet said there was significant improvement in the ‘big’ ulcer in the left eye but the ‘neat’ ulcer had worsened and she now has keratitis. I was then prescribed Remend corneal repair gel 4 x daily, to be applied at least 10 minutes after the other 2 eye drops (also 10 minutes apart)... which is as fun as it sounds when you’ve got to give 12 x eye drops per day. She’s usually great at getting her eye drops (comes over when called and just sits there), but she’s starting to get really annoyed with me now, I don’t blame her really and I feel so bad!
I don’t really understand how her ‘bad’ eye is so much better but the right one is worse. There hasn’t been much improvement in terms of the redness, it’s still very inflamed. At this point I’m not concerned about the big ulcer as it’s improving lots.
The vet said we were at a cross roads with her treatment as the right eye (inflamed/not visible ulcer) may not heal due to her tear ducts issues and said we might have to go back onto steroids... which I’m worried since she said it was bad for ulcers in the first place (and so have a lot of the posts I’ve read.)
We are due to go back on Monday but I am getting pretty frustrated. I just want my baby’s eyes to be ok! I am also worried about her and her bonded bunny ingesting the eye drops when grooming.
I’ve seen that people have had success by treating ulcers with Tiacil or Chloramphenicol rather than isathal?
Has anyone had a similar experience with ulcers caused by long term steroids/ or treated by steroids? Has anyone had experience with ulcers AND tear duct issues?
(Her tear ducts aren’t blocked at the moment and she does not have dental issues)
Thanks for reading (if you got this far!!)
Second attempt at posting as I took too long and when I submitted it, I’d been logged out and it was gone
I’ve had a search through the forum and read about similar topics but just wondered if anyone has had a similar experience.
I have a 9.5 year old nethie who has had issues with her eyes. She started developing cataracts which wasn’t an issue and then about a year ago her eyes became swollen/pus nodules around the eyes after a vaccination (probably a coincidence??)
Anyway after a couple of vet trips it turned out that her tear ducts were blocked and her eyes improved after tear ducts flushes and she was put on maxitrol eye drops 2 x daily.
She had been on maxitrol since then and with a few tear duct flushes, her eyes were not bothering her.
Last month there was no maxitrol left so she was dispensed maxidex (same steroid but missing the 2 antibiotics) and I noticed after a few days that it was actually out of date... this was quickly swapped for maxitrol ointment (no drops left) which was an absolute nightmare to apply as it’s so so thick and oozes out the tube itself.
I then noticed that a large white dot was forming in the middle of her left eye and took her back to the vets. This was 10 days ago. The vet stained her eyes and said it was a large ulcer and that there was also a ‘neat’ ulcer in her right eye (not visible without dye). I was told to stop the maxitrol as apparently steroids are bad for ulcers. She thought that the ulcers had been caused by her being on the steroid eye drops long term as the cornea may not have been able to heal as well if she’d brushed against something (she has bad eye sight) or got hay in her eye.
I was prescribed isathal (Fucithalmic) and acular eye drops (anti inflammatory) 4 x daily, 10 mins apart. I took her back for a follow up 3 days later and was told that both ulcers were taking up less dye and seemed to be improving and to keep going with the 2 drops 4 x daily.
I then went back 2 days ago for another follow up. I’d noticed her right eye was particularly red/inflamed. The vet said there was significant improvement in the ‘big’ ulcer in the left eye but the ‘neat’ ulcer had worsened and she now has keratitis. I was then prescribed Remend corneal repair gel 4 x daily, to be applied at least 10 minutes after the other 2 eye drops (also 10 minutes apart)... which is as fun as it sounds when you’ve got to give 12 x eye drops per day. She’s usually great at getting her eye drops (comes over when called and just sits there), but she’s starting to get really annoyed with me now, I don’t blame her really and I feel so bad!
I don’t really understand how her ‘bad’ eye is so much better but the right one is worse. There hasn’t been much improvement in terms of the redness, it’s still very inflamed. At this point I’m not concerned about the big ulcer as it’s improving lots.
The vet said we were at a cross roads with her treatment as the right eye (inflamed/not visible ulcer) may not heal due to her tear ducts issues and said we might have to go back onto steroids... which I’m worried since she said it was bad for ulcers in the first place (and so have a lot of the posts I’ve read.)
We are due to go back on Monday but I am getting pretty frustrated. I just want my baby’s eyes to be ok! I am also worried about her and her bonded bunny ingesting the eye drops when grooming.
I’ve seen that people have had success by treating ulcers with Tiacil or Chloramphenicol rather than isathal?
Has anyone had a similar experience with ulcers caused by long term steroids/ or treated by steroids? Has anyone had experience with ulcers AND tear duct issues?
(Her tear ducts aren’t blocked at the moment and she does not have dental issues)
Thanks for reading (if you got this far!!)
