carronstar Posted June 13, 2008 Share Posted June 13, 2008 Does anyone have any experience with eyelid scratches (and how to deal with them)? Last night on our walk something seemed to bother Aquitaine and she started to scratch her eye with her paw. I stopped her and then ran my hand over her eye in case there was a goopy she was trying to remove. I didn't find anything and she didn't show any pain. This morning her eyelid is pink. I ran my hand over it and again, no pain. I emailed my vet and he said if she was showing discomfort he should see her. He is home care so he can go over there today if need be. I've asked her walker to let me know if it seems to have gotten worse or if it bothers her. I can call Dr. Andy to go over there this afternoon if he needs to. If it is just a scratch, has anyone dealt with this before and is there anything you did/can do for the hound? Thanks for any idea/suggestion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest IrskasMom Posted June 13, 2008 Share Posted June 13, 2008 My Morty does this quiet often but there is never any redness to it . I also always check him if there is something in his Eye , but it always goes away. Other then that No Advice just Hugs for that Girl Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BootsyCollins Posted June 13, 2008 Share Posted June 13, 2008 Argos got a scratch on his eyeball once - it just looked like a white mark on his pupil. It didn't seem to phase him at all, so I didn't think anything of it (I've always had the phlosophy of "if it's not bothering you don't bother it"). Then after a few weeks it was all red one morning, so I took him to the vet and she admonished me for not bringing him in sooner because it had formed scar tissue. She gave me some antibiotic drops and he was all better in a few days. The mark is gone now so I guess the scar tissue wasn't as bad as she thought. Quote Christie and Bootsy (Turt McGurt and Gil too) Loving and missing Argos & Likky, forever and ever. ~Old age means realizing you will never own all the dogs you wanted to. ~ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carronstar Posted June 13, 2008 Author Share Posted June 13, 2008 Thank you both! This scratch isn't on her eyeball. For that I would have stayed home today and had the vet come over to the apartment the very first moment he had! Her walker says it looks fine, just the little bit of red that I saw. She thinks that maybe she was stung by one of the multitude of gnats in the park by my house. My vet knows me really well, he has seen me through letting go of my 19 year old greygirl and the loss by stroke of my last greygirl. He knows that I will call him for any and everything!!! I'm usually calm, having shown and bred dogs since I was a kid but the losses really knocked me for a loop with those two. I came home from a dog show once when I was a kid and had fallen in love with a Great Dane and my vet very bluntly told me that I could never have one, they don't live long enough and I would be hysterical. I do tend to lose it when my angels leave me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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