krissn333 Posted December 18, 2009 Share Posted December 18, 2009 Ace has seemingly been having an eye problem...during the day she seems totally fine, but in the evenings (like right now), it's like she can't even open her eyes very wide and when she DOES open her eyes, her third eyelid is covering her eyeball. Very odd. It really makes her look kind of creepy and possessed. It's like she isn't sleeping during the day and is so exhausted by the time I get home that she's just a zombie. She acts pretty normal - eating and drinking just fine, plays in the yard during the day. It's just at night, she crashes SO hard. As soon as she's tucked in she's OUT, which isn't like her. Usually she's a little grumpy about her space but lately she's so tired she doesn't care. Here's what she looks like, and has looked like for the last couple of nights. I'm calling our vet in the morning...but, if I take her in she probably won't look like this because she only looks like this at night. It's so weird - has anyone had this happen before? Quote Kristin in Moline, IL USA with Ozzie (MRL Crusin Clem), Clarice (Clarice McBones), Latte and Sage the IGs, and the kitties: Violet and Rose Lovingly Remembered: Sutra (Fliowa Sutra) 12/02/97-10/12/10, Pinky (Pick Me) 04/20/03-11/19/12, Fritz (Fritz Fire) 02/05/01 - 05/20/13, Ace (Fantastic Ace) 02/05/01 - 07/05/13, and Carrie (Takin the Crumbs) 05/08/99 - 09/04/13. A cure for cancer can't come soon enough.-- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ahicks51 Posted December 18, 2009 Share Posted December 18, 2009 Do you feed once a day, or twice, and does the eye problem only manifest after feeding? Quote Coco (Maze Cocodrillo) Minerva (Kid's Snipper) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krissn333 Posted December 18, 2009 Author Share Posted December 18, 2009 (edited) They eat twice a day...dinner is around 5pm right before Mark leaves for work, so I can't attest to what time it is when her eyes start acting up like this (I get home between 9 and 11pm and her eyes are normal while she's all bonkers to go outside and play, it's when she comes in and settles down for the evening that it starts), but, she's just fine after breakfast (between 9 and 10) and I'm usually here until about 12:45 or so. It's most puzzling! My first thought was allergies, but why would she all of a sudden start having a problem? Nothing has changed, I haven't changed household cleaners or detergents or anything like that. She's been eating the same food for over a year now too I just wonder if she's super tired...but I have no idea why she'd be so tired all of a sudden. Edited December 18, 2009 by krissn333 Quote Kristin in Moline, IL USA with Ozzie (MRL Crusin Clem), Clarice (Clarice McBones), Latte and Sage the IGs, and the kitties: Violet and Rose Lovingly Remembered: Sutra (Fliowa Sutra) 12/02/97-10/12/10, Pinky (Pick Me) 04/20/03-11/19/12, Fritz (Fritz Fire) 02/05/01 - 05/20/13, Ace (Fantastic Ace) 02/05/01 - 07/05/13, and Carrie (Takin the Crumbs) 05/08/99 - 09/04/13. A cure for cancer can't come soon enough.-- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JAJ2010 Posted December 18, 2009 Share Posted December 18, 2009 Have you tried flushing her eyes out with some saline? Maybe she's getting into something outside that's irritating them? Or is there any reason she can't sleep during the day? New pia puppy? Construction? Loud neighbors? Quote ------ Jessica Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest LindsaySF Posted December 18, 2009 Share Posted December 18, 2009 Clancy does this at night. He's a very deep sleeper when he finally crashes and he literally can't keep his eyes open when he's tired. Is she playing more during the day than usual, so is more tired at night? Any changes in the schedule/routine? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grey14me Posted December 18, 2009 Share Posted December 18, 2009 I don't really know, but you can always take this picture in to the vet so he/she can see what she looks like. Quote Michelle...forever missing her girls, Holly 5/22/99-9/13/10 and Bailey 8/1/93-7/11/05 Religion is the smile on a dog...Edie Brickell Wag more, bark less :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest KiKi_Girl Posted December 18, 2009 Share Posted December 18, 2009 Years ago one of my whippets did this with his eyes but he had a high fever at the time. She isn't running a fever is she? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krissn333 Posted December 18, 2009 Author Share Posted December 18, 2009 (edited) Thanks for the thoughts everyone...nothing about her daily life has changed at all. No new detergents, clothing, change in weather, change in schedule...nothing I leave for work around 12:45pm and by that time my boyfriend who works third shift is asleep, so the dogs just sleep too until he gets up to get ready for work. For about a month now she will skip a meal or two here and there...occasionally she will not want her breakfast or dinner and I'll notice her tummy is making gurgly noises, so I give her a pepcid and wait about half an hour and then she's happy to eat. I'm at work now but DBF called and said she didn't want her dinner and seemed a little bit mopey. Still carrying on with the weird eyelid thing. Her tummy isn't gurgly though. I am now wondering if she's back to having her little tiny seizures that she had several years ago when her thyroid was low. We haven't switched her to Soloxine yet (it's on order) so she's been taking the same meds she's been taking all along. I do know that they get tired from seizing, but, she's never had any tonic clonic seizures (learned that terminology from SparklyMegz ), and I've never witnessed any kind of seizure activity or post-ictal state type stuff (which is all we saw before...never saw the seizures themselves...don't really even know FOR SURE if she'd had seizures or she just had some weird episodes ). We have an appointment tomorrow morning at our vet's office. We will not be seeing our usual vet, Dr. Mulch, but we'll see the other doc in the practice, Dr. Drey (doesn't that make you laugh? ). He's a newer vet and I actually wanted to see him because I've heard good things...he tends to be very thorough which I feel is needed in this case... Keep those ideas coming if you have any thoughts...and I'll be sure to let you know what we find out tomorrow. ETA: Kikigirl...I have not taken her temp but I will do that tonight when I get home. Edited December 18, 2009 by krissn333 Quote Kristin in Moline, IL USA with Ozzie (MRL Crusin Clem), Clarice (Clarice McBones), Latte and Sage the IGs, and the kitties: Violet and Rose Lovingly Remembered: Sutra (Fliowa Sutra) 12/02/97-10/12/10, Pinky (Pick Me) 04/20/03-11/19/12, Fritz (Fritz Fire) 02/05/01 - 05/20/13, Ace (Fantastic Ace) 02/05/01 - 07/05/13, and Carrie (Takin the Crumbs) 05/08/99 - 09/04/13. A cure for cancer can't come soon enough.-- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duncan41 Posted December 19, 2009 Share Posted December 19, 2009 Any news? Quote Linda, Mom to Fuzz, Barkley, and the felines Miss Kitty, Simon and Joseph.Waiting at The Bridge: Alex, Josh, Harley, Nikki, Beemer, Anna, Frank, Rachel, my heart & soul, Suze and the best boy ever, Dalton.<p> ....for all those hounds that are sick, hurt, lost or waiting for their forever homes. SENIORS ROCK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krissn333 Posted December 21, 2009 Author Share Posted December 21, 2009 Sorry guys, I've been without internet access for a day or so... Yesterday morning she actually had some yellowy mucus-y stuff in the corner of one of her eyes...got to the vet, she definitely has an eye infection and we have eye drops for that. She was running a temperature - 103.5. Dr. Drey (still makes me giggle) felt it would be good to do a good full blood workup to make sure there's not anything else lingering/off, since she's been weird with her meals for about a month now, on and off. Started the drops yesterday as soon as we got home...one of her eyes was closed up with goop in the early evening yesterday, but today her eyes seem much better and she ate her breakfast AND her dinner. We should have bloodwork results on Tuesday at the latest, so we'll know if there's anything else we need to deal with at that point. Thanks for all of your ideas and good thoughts for my peanut! Quote Kristin in Moline, IL USA with Ozzie (MRL Crusin Clem), Clarice (Clarice McBones), Latte and Sage the IGs, and the kitties: Violet and Rose Lovingly Remembered: Sutra (Fliowa Sutra) 12/02/97-10/12/10, Pinky (Pick Me) 04/20/03-11/19/12, Fritz (Fritz Fire) 02/05/01 - 05/20/13, Ace (Fantastic Ace) 02/05/01 - 07/05/13, and Carrie (Takin the Crumbs) 05/08/99 - 09/04/13. A cure for cancer can't come soon enough.-- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seeh2o Posted December 21, 2009 Share Posted December 21, 2009 I hope the medicine does the trick and she's back to her usual self soon! Please keep us updated. Quote Sunsands Doodles: Doodles aka Claire, Bella Run Softly: Softy aka Bowie (the Diamond Dog) Missing my beautiful boy Sunsands Carl 2.25.2003 - 4.1.2014 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest SusanP Posted December 21, 2009 Share Posted December 21, 2009 Yikes! Well, at least you know what it is now so you can treat it. Sending healing thoughts to Ace! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest LindsaySF Posted December 22, 2009 Share Posted December 22, 2009 I hope the drops work! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krissn333 Posted December 22, 2009 Author Share Posted December 22, 2009 I'm convinced there's something else going on. She's been on the drops since Saturday (I know that's not a long time, but...). On occasion her eyes are still doing the weird thing (and they're RED). She did not want her dinner this evening. I'll take her temp when I get home. Re: refusing dinner. The past few times she hasn't wanted to eat, I've taken her bowl over to her on the couch and she will eat within a few minutes. Perhaps I have been spoiling her and when she doesn't eat for DBF, she's wanting him to bring her bowl to the couch? I probably need to break that habit... She's just so up and down that I can't decide if she's really not feeling well or just being a picky little monkey. When I get home in the evenings she's bonkers and wants to play and is the first one out the door Quote Kristin in Moline, IL USA with Ozzie (MRL Crusin Clem), Clarice (Clarice McBones), Latte and Sage the IGs, and the kitties: Violet and Rose Lovingly Remembered: Sutra (Fliowa Sutra) 12/02/97-10/12/10, Pinky (Pick Me) 04/20/03-11/19/12, Fritz (Fritz Fire) 02/05/01 - 05/20/13, Ace (Fantastic Ace) 02/05/01 - 07/05/13, and Carrie (Takin the Crumbs) 05/08/99 - 09/04/13. A cure for cancer can't come soon enough.-- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
45MPHK9 Posted December 22, 2009 Share Posted December 22, 2009 is dr. drey a veterinary opthamologist? Quote Tricia with Kyle, our senior mutt dog Always missing Murray Maldives, Bee Wiseman, River, Hopper, Kaia, and Holly Oaks Holly“You don't need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows.“ -Bob Dylan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krissn333 Posted December 22, 2009 Author Share Posted December 22, 2009 No, he is just one of the two vets at our vet's office. He did have a really swanky looking eye-looker-scopey-thingy though I don't think we have any eye specialists around here. Quote Kristin in Moline, IL USA with Ozzie (MRL Crusin Clem), Clarice (Clarice McBones), Latte and Sage the IGs, and the kitties: Violet and Rose Lovingly Remembered: Sutra (Fliowa Sutra) 12/02/97-10/12/10, Pinky (Pick Me) 04/20/03-11/19/12, Fritz (Fritz Fire) 02/05/01 - 05/20/13, Ace (Fantastic Ace) 02/05/01 - 07/05/13, and Carrie (Takin the Crumbs) 05/08/99 - 09/04/13. A cure for cancer can't come soon enough.-- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
45MPHK9 Posted December 22, 2009 Share Posted December 22, 2009 i only ask because bee sees vet. opth. from upenn for her pannus. this guy teaches vet opth. at the university. there may be a specialist associated with a university vet. school out in your area. good luck. Quote Tricia with Kyle, our senior mutt dog Always missing Murray Maldives, Bee Wiseman, River, Hopper, Kaia, and Holly Oaks Holly“You don't need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows.“ -Bob Dylan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krissn333 Posted December 22, 2009 Author Share Posted December 22, 2009 The closest vet school is 3 hours away. I should hear about her bloodwork sometime this afternoon. She didn't want her breakfast this morning and just wanted to go back to bed. Her tummy was making noise earlier too. Guess we'll see what the bloodwork says. Quote Kristin in Moline, IL USA with Ozzie (MRL Crusin Clem), Clarice (Clarice McBones), Latte and Sage the IGs, and the kitties: Violet and Rose Lovingly Remembered: Sutra (Fliowa Sutra) 12/02/97-10/12/10, Pinky (Pick Me) 04/20/03-11/19/12, Fritz (Fritz Fire) 02/05/01 - 05/20/13, Ace (Fantastic Ace) 02/05/01 - 07/05/13, and Carrie (Takin the Crumbs) 05/08/99 - 09/04/13. A cure for cancer can't come soon enough.-- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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