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Old 07-20-2015, 02:06 PM   #1
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Cry My little guy has a corneal ulcer!

My yorkie was attacked by a mother kitten at a friend's house. The kitten scratched his eye. I took him to the Vet and was informed that he had a corneal ulcer. I'm really hoping it would. Has anyone ever had to deal with a situation like this? I'm really worried about my little guy. He was prescribed some antibiotics, pain medication and an ulcer treatment for his eye. But I'm still worried about whether the white film over his eye will go away?
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No experience, but OUCH.....hope he heals up really fast. Keep us updated please.
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Poor little guy! Max has experience with corneal ulcers. You may want to put a cone on your boy to prevent him from rubbing and scratching his eye. Or watch him very closely.

There is a good chance that the white will go away, if he doesn't have scarring.

Best wishes for him.
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My last little yorkie had one also. His had a difficult time healing, and my vet ended up making drops out of his own stem cells to heal it. Once it finally did heal though, he was good as new. No white film and his eye looked perfectly normal. I agree with a cone or very careful monitoring to keep him from rubbing it with his paws or on the carpet or furniture. My Scooby's seemed to itch most when it was mostly healed, and it was hard to keep him from rubbing it.


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How long does it normally take for the eye to heal?
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How long does it normally take for the eye to heal?
Healing time varies. The ulcer (a scratch or hole in the cornea) can close in less than 24 hours, or it can take much longer as Diana wrote that it took for her boy. Max had one that took almost 2 weeks and he almost ended up having a surgery to repair it/aid recovery. Miraculously, the ulcer healed the night before surgery.

Give the meds for the prescribed length of time and follow up with your vet. I would also hold off on bathing his head for as long as you can. With Max, I believe part of why he had some ongoing problems is that I was too quick to give him a bath when I thought he was healed. The good news is that despite all he went through, his eyes are perfect. Hoping the same for your little guy.
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I thought of a couple more things that helped Max heal: keeping him in cool air helped. When I walked him in hot/humid air, his eye became more agitated, once to the point where his 3rd eyelid popped out (looks like a red fleshy area in the corner of his eye. Keeping him in air conditioning or walking him briefly in cool morning air helped.

Make sure hair stays out of your boy's eye.

Be careful walking him in grass or anything that may poke him in the eye. I would keep him on leash to monitor him.
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Thank you all for responding to my post. It's nice to know that I can get excellent feedback from other yorkie parents. My little guy has a follow up appointment with the vet this Wednesday. So I will give an update after his appointment.
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I'm having such a hard time with applying eye drops into my puppy's eye. Does anyone have suggestions?
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I don't necessarily think there is a 'normal' time frame, as every dog and wound is different. I do remember that it seemed like - well, forever! The vet was checking him every second or third day, so I'm thinking she must have expected it to heal pretty quickly. After about two weeks, she said that was too long, and we decided to do the stem cell treatment. They took blood from his neck, used a machine they had to spin and separate the stem cells from the blood, then applied the stem cells directly into his eye. The cells were viable for only five days. They kept them in the fridge at the vet's office, and I brought him in every day for the treatment. The stem cells worked so quickly that by the time I brought him in the 3rd day for the treatment, the ulcer had completely healed.


My yorkie was older and pretty settled and well behaved when he had the ulcer. My husband held him on his lap while I held the eye open and applied the drops without any problem. I also had a toy poodle that developed glaucoma in her later years and needed drops several times per day. She was very food motivated and easily trained to understand that drops meant treats and was very compliant. I didn't even need help to do her drops.


For a feisty puppy - well - Good Luck! Do you have someone that can hold him while you apply the drops? I hope he is feeling better and healed soon.


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I'm having such a hard time with applying eye drops into my puppy's eye. Does anyone have suggestions?
I put Max on a counter top, granted he was already an adult and trained for grooming. Go to the place where you normally groom your puppy if it has adequate lighting.

I used the keyword 'medicine' and spoke in a happy, calm voice. I placed my hand on his jawline to steady his head without hurting his neck. Thumb on one side, fingers on the other. If you have another person to help, the other person could hold your baby's body.

It's a bit of trick steadying the head and holding the eyedrop bottle downwards toward the eye, aiming for the medicine to drop into the eye. Try to be confident and not show your pup any anxiety. Try to do it swiftly too. Usually pups squirm less if you just do things confidently and without hesitation like vets and their techs. You might miss, but just try again quickly.

Once you are finished, reward and praise! Max got to the point where I didn't even have to hold his head. Good luck!

Maybe Diana will have some tips for what worked for her baby.
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I see Diana already answered.
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I don't necessarily think there is a 'normal' time frame, as every dog and wound is different. I do remember that it seemed like - well, forever! The vet was checking him every second or third day, so I'm thinking she must have expected it to heal pretty quickly. After about two weeks, she said that was too long, and we decided to do the stem cell treatment. They took blood from his neck, used a machine they had to spin and separate the stem cells from the blood, then applied the stem cells directly into his eye. The cells were viable for only five days. They kept them in the fridge at the vet's office, and I brought him in every day for the treatment. The stem cells worked so quickly that by the time I brought him in the 3rd day for the treatment, the ulcer had completely healed.


My yorkie was older and pretty settled and well behaved when he had the ulcer. My husband held him on his lap while I held the eye open and applied the drops without any problem. I also had a toy poodle that developed glaucoma in her later years and needed drops several times per day. She was very food motivated and easily trained to understand that drops meant treats and was very compliant. I didn't even need help to do her drops.


For a feisty puppy - well - Good Luck! Do you have someone that can hold him while you apply the drops? I hope he is feeling better and healed soon.


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That is so cool! I hope Max never has another one, but this treatment is something I will keep in mind.
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That is so cool! I hope Max never has another one, but this treatment is something I will keep in mind.



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The treatment is called autologous serum treatment. I think it's not all that commonly used to treat corneal ulcers. He'd already tried different drops and the debridement without success though. It is apparently only used for ulcers that don't heal on their own. It was a cool thing though. I was shocked at how fast it worked.


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The treatment is called autologous serum treatment. I think it's not all that commonly used to treat corneal ulcers. He'd already tried different drops and the debridement without success though. It is apparently only used for ulcers that don't heal on their own. It was a cool thing though. I was shocked at how fast it worked.


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Very happy that the serum worked, and quickly. Max was scheduled for the keratotomy scraping when his last ulcer wouldn't heal. The morning of his surgery, the ulcer healed within an hour! The doctor thought I was nuts, but when he looked, he saw that it was healed.

Hard to stay patient when going through challenges like this. We all just want our babies to be healed fast.
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