Poppy has a poorly eye

[milli]

Cleaning Poppy's ( my little Shih Tzu ) eyes ( as I do every morning ) yesterday when she gave a little cry. Didn't think anything of it as she seemed ok and not troubled. But this afternoon I noticed her eye seems a little more closed that the other one and when I had a close look it is red over the iris and the iris itself looks cloudy at the top so I'm a bit worried as they can have problems with cornea as their eyes protrude more than most other dogs. So couldn't get an appointment with our Vets this afternoon, but have an early one tomorow fingers crossed it will just be a slight infection and need some drops.

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[bluebell]

How is Poppy???

[albertajune]

I hope little Poppy's eye has been seen by the vet by now and on it's way to becoming better. Do keep us updated.

[Gwenoakes]

How is Poppy now? I hope the vet was able to sort out the problem for her.

[HensAloud]

My Poppet Rocket Dog had a poorly eye £45 vets bill later it looks better but I wouldn't say totally cured, optrex seems to be working just as well !

[milli]

Hi everyone, just an update on Poppy. Our visit to the Vets involved local anaesthetic drops into her eye, then when the Vet shone her pen torch into the eye you could see an ulcer on the top of Poppy's eye. She said at least the blood vessels around it look good so they are starting to heal the area. She scraped the top of the ulcer with a cotton bud to see if it was possible to remove some of the infection I suppose, but not much came away, Poppy was soo good and just sat there letting the Vet do everything ( she is such a little Poppet ) so outcome is we have antibiotic drops twice a day for the next week and as this sort of problem if left untreated can cause sight problems or worse we have a follow up appointment on friday. It seems a little better this evening after having the drops and isn't so red although the ulcer is still visible, so fingers crossed we are heading in the right direction. Thanks for all your good wishes, I know how much you all love your pets, it's nice to have a forum with such like minded peeps.

[HensAloud]

That sounded more serious than my little chaps problem. Glad you've got it sorted and sounds like she's well on the way to being mended

[Gwenoakes]

Its good you now know what the problem is and it is being treated. Hopefully with the eye drops things will come good and I will keep everything crossed for your visit at the vets on Friday.