Sayly Posted July 1, 2007 Share Posted July 1, 2007 Yesterday Ruby (5month old Irish Terrier) had a little bit of green gunk in one of her eyes. She's happy enough and bouncing around still but the eye looks a little red around the usually white parts. We opted to not take her to the show today and keep her home. We got up this morning and Poppy (1year old Bull Terrier or Amstaff cross Collie or JRT ) had a gunky eye too. She has the green gunk in it and the white inner eyelid thingo is up a bit too. Obviously it is something catchy so I expect our Border Terrier will get it too, so all three are off to the vet tomorrow (it would have been today had it not been a Sunday) but what can we do for them today to help ease any discomfort? Poppy went to the vet Friday night for her vaccinations so we think she may have picked it up from there. They also had a walk Friday night so that's another possibility. Ruby had a show last weekend but it wouldn't take a week to show up would it? Ruby is still bouncing around being a puppy and her eye doesn't look any worse than last night, but Poppy doesn't seem very happy at all (but then it is cold and she doensn't like this weather) and her eye seems worse than Ruby's. I feel so terrible for my girls. :D Poor puppers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cavandra Posted July 1, 2007 Share Posted July 1, 2007 Sounds like conjunctivitis. The thing is that you need to get "onto " it quickly, as in my experience they rub their eyes & end up making an ulcer You can keep their eyes bathed regularly with salty water or colloidal silver if you have it..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KOE Posted July 1, 2007 Share Posted July 1, 2007 Teabags///// make yourself a cup of tea to relax and when the teabag has cooled wipe the eye, use a fresh one for each eye and dog, works on humans as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sayly Posted July 1, 2007 Author Share Posted July 1, 2007 Thank you. We have bathed their eyes in salt solution and are trying to get Poppy to not rub it. Trust it flaring up on a Sunday hey! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imy Posted July 1, 2007 Share Posted July 1, 2007 Salt solution and then get a tube of 'brolene' (I think thats how you spell it) from the pharmacy. I use it on my cat who has sinus issues being so big... he occasionally gets goopy eyes when he has bad sniffles. I have one tube in the draw marked pets and one marked people. LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dogcop Posted July 1, 2007 Share Posted July 1, 2007 this may be too late but when you mix your salt water solution. test it by dabbing a little in the corner of your eye, if it stings its too strong. this was how a vet told us to do it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sayly Posted July 1, 2007 Author Share Posted July 1, 2007 Thank you everyone. We initially used the salt solution but then used the tea bag later. Her eye looks a little less sore. If/when we use the salt solution I will make sure to test it. Thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KitKat Posted July 1, 2007 Share Posted July 1, 2007 Make up some chamomile (sp?) tea as you would to drink, let it cool and then wash the eyes with it Do it a couple of times a day and it works quite quickly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shoemonster Posted July 1, 2007 Share Posted July 1, 2007 Yeah the eye specialist told us that cammomile is the best for mild conjunctivitus, make it up[ and cool it in the fridge and wipe over with a cotton ball or eye makeup pad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sayly Posted July 1, 2007 Author Share Posted July 1, 2007 Thank you. Have had a look and we don't have any cammomile tea so we are using normal tea bags as isaviz directed. Everyone is at school/work tomorrow and there is no way Mum can stay home (she has two specialist appointments which are fairly important) and I can't stay home because of a couple of summative things at school tomorrow (doing year 12). Dad might be able to leave work early but the earliest we can get to the vets is about 4pm. I feel terrible that I can't do more for them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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