My B's eye
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Both eyes dilate equally. She is acting completely normal in all other ways. It seems as if she is in pain to blink that eye–but she does close it all the way when sleeping. She lets me feel around it though. I don't think she has had head trauma. When she plays she has sometimes ran into a wall (when she does her B500) like if she tries to escape my boyfriend or my grasp as we play.
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Squinting and tearing can be the result of a corneal abrasion. They can get those from dirt, or anything that might scratch the cornea. An eye specialist will be good if you have one near, but a regular vet for sure. If it's an abrasion they can tell with a drop of something and a black light. Eye drops and ointments will make it feel better, hopefully that's all it is.
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Keeping fingers crossed that it's nothing serious. I would definitely see an opthalomologist. If you don't get a referral from your vet, or want to start doing some legwork now, CERF has a list of eye docs on their website. You can start calling around, sometimes it takes a while to get an appt.
http://www.vmdb.org/clinic.html
Looks like the only listing for Alberta though is Calgary. Don't know where you live but could something else be within a reasonable drive too?
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Nulla is okay!
Apparently her third eyelid was irritated with some dust/dirt and she has an infection. The vet checked it out and her eye is not scratched. I had not seen her eye react like that before though so I was super worried. Thanks for all the advice and well wishes. Hopefully it clears up with the ointment I have to put in her eye….which is near impossible because she is so squirmy! -
Such good news that it is as simple as this!:D
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I will share this technique that I got from Nicky's eye specialist (multiple corneal abrasions). Take the cap off and put just the metal tip of the tube into hot water for about 10-20 seconds, just enough to liquify the ointment in the tip. I stand behind Nicky and clamp her chest between my legs, bend over and hold her head with my left hand and with the right hand holding the ointment, push the lower lid down and squeeze a drop of the liquid ointment into that space. It flows in and covers the eye evenly, not a big cold clump that is hard to 'drop' into the eye.
A few months ago I got a mild corneal abrasion, and used Nicky's ointment during the night. The next morning I tried the heated trick and what a difference! It felt wonderful, like warm velvet on my eye. I vowed never to get lazy with her eyes again, always take a few seconds to dip the tip in very warm water!
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My Nika's eye got cloudy to the point of flicking your finger at it got no response then the eye turned blood red. Went to the eye vet and it turns out the lens inside the eye slipped. I had to give her other eye these very expensive eye drops called Xalatan or Travatan that kept the pressure down and the pupil small but even then the lens was moving around a little.
