|
Welcome to the YorkieTalk.com Forums Community - the community for Yorkshire Terriers. You are currently viewing our boards as a guest which gives you limited access to view most discussions and access our other features. By joining our free community you will have access to post topics, communicate privately with other members (PM), respond to polls, upload content and access many other special features. You will be able to chat with over 35,000 YorkieTalk members, read over 2,000,000 posted discussions, and view more than 15,000 Yorkie photos in the YorkieTalk Photo Gallery after you register. We would love to have you as a member! Registration is fast, simple and absolutely free so please, join our community today! If you have any problems with the registration process or your account login, please click here to contact us. |
|
| LinkBack | Thread Tools |
08-09-2005, 01:42 PM | #1 |
Banning Thread Dictator Donating Member | Tearing Eddie has been tearing for the last month or so. Not horribly, but just enough so there's a damp line coming down from each eye. Has anyone else had this problem? Is it food related? Allergies? We've had him on Nutro for the past 8 months or so and have never had problems.
__________________ Mike ~ Doting Dad to Jillie, Harper, Molly, Cooper, Eddie (RIP), Lucy (RIP), Rusty (RIP) and Jack (RIP). Check us out on YouTube |
Welcome Guest! | |
08-09-2005, 02:03 PM | #2 |
YT 1000 Club Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: House Of York
Posts: 1,079
| May want to check with vet to make sure it isn't a in-grown eyelash or it his hair poking in his eye. Then of course it could be what you mentioned. |
08-09-2005, 02:39 PM | #3 | |
Banning Thread Dictator Donating Member | Quote:
__________________ Mike ~ Doting Dad to Jillie, Harper, Molly, Cooper, Eddie (RIP), Lucy (RIP), Rusty (RIP) and Jack (RIP). Check us out on YouTube | |
08-09-2005, 04:01 PM | #4 |
No Longer a Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: California
Posts: 2,260
| I don't know if it specifically is a problem because Ruby always has eye discharge but I have found that nothing works best than a cotton ball soak in hot water to clean the eyes and i have even tryed the eye cleaning pads and don't really see good results. Hope this helps. |
08-09-2005, 04:17 PM | #5 |
Chloe's Mommy Join Date: Jun 2005
Posts: 1,016
| I really think all Yorkies tear a little. I know Chloe has always teared....not much but enough to keep the hair around her eyes a little wet! She's only 10 weeks old, does anyone know if this will stop. Joy, Nikki and Chloe Rose |
08-09-2005, 04:43 PM | #6 |
Inactive Account Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: MD
Posts: 2,985
| Every time I take a new baby to the vet for the first check-up, I ask them to check the eyes for signs of blocked or incomplete naso-lacrimal ducts. That is a fancy name for what we non-vets call tear ducts. They put a dye in the eyes, rinse, turn off the room lights and use a bluelight to see if there is any of the dye from the eye showing in the nostril. If not, that is the reason for tearing in a large majority of the time. There are other reasons as mentioned in the other posts, but not many people know to have this checked. When their dentals and altering are done, the vet can flush the ducts and try to open them. |
08-09-2005, 05:46 PM | #7 |
Banning Thread Dictator Donating Member | All great advice, thanks again.
__________________ Mike ~ Doting Dad to Jillie, Harper, Molly, Cooper, Eddie (RIP), Lucy (RIP), Rusty (RIP) and Jack (RIP). Check us out on YouTube |
08-10-2005, 07:26 AM | #8 |
Gina, (Lexi's Mommy) Donating Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: LONG ISLAND,NY
Posts: 10,455
| . lexi too, her hair below the eyes is alway wet... even like 10 minutes after i clean it.... i was also wondering if it will stop |
08-10-2005, 07:44 AM | #9 | |
Esme's My Princess Donating Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Miami
Posts: 754
| Quote:
__________________ Esme & Mari | |
08-10-2005, 10:37 AM | #10 |
Currently Suspended! Join Date: May 2005 Location: Florida
Posts: 2,150
| Gwen always tears and my vet said to use some over the counter eye drops for cleansing the eyes. They work really well. |
08-10-2005, 10:50 AM | #11 |
Pita Power!! Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Port St Lucie, FL
Posts: 982
| I trimmed the little hairs with the gunk coming off of them and it hasn't been bad since then. |
08-10-2005, 10:53 AM | #12 |
I Love My Yorkies Donating Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Indianapolis, Indiana
Posts: 37,147
| My Jwels always has a little bit of tearing also. I just clean it with a cloth with warm water on it.
__________________ Chachi's & Jewels Mom Jewels http://www.dogster.com/?132431Chachi http://www.dogster.com/?132427 |
08-10-2005, 11:01 AM | #13 |
Mom loves Gucci Donating Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: New York City
Posts: 6,427
| I didnt know that the tear duct blockage can be a reason for the tearing of the eyes. Ty for the tip. Gucci doesnt tear up that much, I guess in her case is the hair poking her eye. That is why I trim some of that hair. |
Bookmarks |
|
|
| |
|
|
SHOP NOW: Amazon :: eBay :: Buy.com :: Newegg :: PetStore :: Petco :: PetSmart