Eye boogers

[samsmummy]

Hi everyone sam has really bad ee boogers and they dry hard and have to be soaked away,can anyone recommend anything that i can use to keep his eyes nice without the soaking

[MandiesMom]

Someone can answer this better than me, but from what I've read on here...grain free food and distilled water really helps clear up the eyes a lot of times. Mandie has this problem and I'm trying these tips now. I just started last week so waiting to see if it works (I think it takes a week or two). I do think I've noticed LESS tearing and crusties but they are still there.

[Yorkiesatwork]

Just a thought... but distilled water doesn't have flouride in it... are you trading eye boogers for tooth decay? In the little southern town I live in, it is very apparent which families are on city water and which ones are on well water. The kids on well water have terrible tooth decay and dental problems. The parents seem at a loss as to a cause, but since water became flouridated (sp?), cavities have become almost nonexistent.

[Nancy1999]

Originally Posted by Yorkiesatwork

Just a thought... but distilled water doesn't have flouride in it... are you trading eye boogers for tooth decay? In the little southern town I live in, it is very apparent which families are on city water and which ones are on well water. The kids on well water have terrible tooth decay and dental problems. The parents seem at a loss as to a cause, but since water became flouridated (sp?), cavities have become almost nonexistent.

I'm a huge believer in fluoride too, but you'll be glad to know that dogs don't have a problem with cavities like humans do, the bacteria in their mouths is different from ours. When they lose a tooth it's more due to gum disease. Cavities can occur, especially if they have a double row of teeth and food gets caught in between teeth, but tartar is their real enemy. Gerber's doesn't put it in their baby water because studies show it's no benefit for children the first 6 months.

I just use a small washcloth with warm water, Ralphie has a few crusties in the morning, but then so do I!

[Lap Princess]

Originally Posted by MandiesMom

Someone can answer this better than me, but from what I've read on here...grain free food and distilled water really helps clear up the eyes a lot of times. Mandie has this problem and I'm trying these tips now. I just started last week so waiting to see if it works (I think it takes a week or two). I do think I've noticed LESS tearing and crusties but they are still there.

This definitely worked for me too. Got Lexie on grain-free food and filtered water. Her eyes aren't 100% perfect, but after about 2 weeks they are maybe 80% improved. Give that a try!

[bijoux1]

I'm glad to read this. My dogs are both on a prescription diet from the vet for what they think are skin allergies, but their eyes are soooo watery. I must clean their eyes out 3 times a day just about every day so that I am getting it before it becomes so crusty and hardened. The food isn't grain free, and although it did seem to help them out at first, I am now noticing alot of itching again. So, I am also going to have to look into the suggestions everyone is giving the OP.

[MandiesMom]

Originally Posted by Yorkiesatwork

Just a thought... but distilled water doesn't have flouride in it... are you trading eye boogers for tooth decay? In the little southern town I live in, it is very apparent which families are on city water and which ones are on well water. The kids on well water have terrible tooth decay and dental problems. The parents seem at a loss as to a cause, but since water became flouridated (sp?), cavities have become almost nonexistent.

It wasn't my intention to promote tooth decay. I mean, she has mostly baby teeth right now but I do brush them everyday and will continue to. I just know she must be miserable with a wet face so I am trying to do what has been recommended on this very site. That's all

[navillusc]

Please fully research fluoride and danger...apologies, etc. If it was safe to drink fluoride, wouldn't it also be safe to swallow toothpaste? If it was safe to swallow toothpaste, why the warnings on the tube? Just a thought...please...for your Yorkie, consider doing lots of research on this subject, and please also check into the differences between fluoride used in toothpaste and fluoride added to drinking water.

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In 1997, the FDA ordered toothpaste manufacturers to add a poison warning on all fluoride toothpastes sold in the U.S. The warning reads:


“Keep out of reach of children under 6 years of age. If you accidentally swallow more than used for brushing, seek professional help or contact a poison control center immediately.”


The FDA requires this warning because children who swallow too much fluoride toothpaste can suffer acute poisoning, even death. In fact, a single tube of bubble-gum flavored Colgate-for-Kids toothpaste contains enough fluoride (143 mg) to kill a child weighing less than 30 kg. (Whitford 1987a).


While fatalities from fluoride ingestion are rare (the last reported death occurred in 2002), bouts of acute fluoride poisoning are not. Acute fluoride poisoning, which occurs at doses as low as 0.1 to 0.3 mg per kg of bodyweight, generally presents in the form of gastric pain, nausea, vomiting, headache, dizziness, and flu-like symptoms. (Akiniwa 1997; Gessner 1994). A child weighing 10 kg would only need to ingest 1 to 3 grams of paste (less than 3% of a tube of Colgate-for-Kids) to experience one or more of these symptoms.


Although it is believed that many poisoning incidents from fluoride toothpaste go undiagnosed and unreported (Shulman 1997), the number of calls to Poison Control Centers in the U.S. for fluoride poisonings from toothpaste has skyrocketed since the FDA issued its poison warning. Indeed, in the early 1990s (prior to the FDA’s warning), there were about 1,000 poisoning reports each year from fluoride toothpaste. (Shulman 1997). Today, there are over 23,000 reports a year, resulting in hundreds of emergency room treatments.


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Impaired Glucose Metabolism

Perhaps the most important, yet most overlooked, risk from excessive ingestion of fluoride toothpaste, is the impact it can have on blood glucose and insulin levels. In the 1980s, researchers at the University of Indiana reported that rats receiving acute, but relatively small, doses (0.5 mg/kg) of fluoride, had significantly higher glucose levels in their blood, and decreased levels of insulin. (Shahed 1986; Whitford 1987b). Since that time, numerous studies have repeated this finding (in both animals and humans) at doses which many children routinely ingest from fluoride toothpaste. It is now estimated, for example, that blood fluoride levels of just 95 ppb produce an increase in glucose levels and a decrease in insulin. (Menoyo 2005). Strikingly, this level is routinely exceeded by about 5 to 10% of children using fluoride toothpaste (particularly those living in fluoridated communities).


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Fluoride Action Network | Toothpastes

[southernbelle04]

We give Katie Scarlett the nursery water at Wal Mart and it does seem to help, but she still gets tiny ones in the morning after sleeping all night. I take a flea comb to detail her face very gently and carefully during our morning grooming. When it is time for the face, I can say the 'down' command, and KS will get in the down position. I then very carefully and with the comb facing away from the eye, get them out in one pass through. I have to use a babywipe to get them off the brush. I get the sleepywinks (eye boogers) out every morning while they are still on the moist side so they do not have the chance to dry out. I use this brush:

Top Paw&#153 Easy Grip Flea Comb - Grooming - Dog - PetSmart

Hope that helps! Good luck to you!

[gumbysuz]

Not sure about water, but Dori's eyes improved when we switched from Wellness to TOTW Pacific Stream. In addition, I wipe her down with a baby wipe after each walk (eyes, paws, privates).

[samsmummy]

Thanx everyone for the suggestions, have bought a water filter as the water here in the uk has a lot of lime in it and am using the water from there after its been boiled and cooled so am hoping this helps the little man will also have a word with his vet about allergies, we will get there

[buffy512]

I'm truly wondering about the benefits of giving my doggies filtered water. Oh GOODNESS I'm going to have my dogs so stuck up they won't even touch tap water. SMH. Life of a Yorkie.! he he

[Nancy1999]

Originally Posted by samsmummy

Thanx everyone for the suggestions, have bought a water filter as the water here in the uk has a lot of lime in it and am using the water from there after its been boiled and cooled so am hoping this helps the little man will also have a word with his vet about allergies, we will get there

Water that is boiled and cooled is free of bacteria, but this doesn't do anything to get rid of minerals. Even most filters don't get rid of minerals, but they get rid of things like pesticides through the use of charcoal filters. To get rid of minerals, you have to distil the water, boil it and the steam goes through tubes and turns into purified water in another container while the original container is left with nothing but the minerals. The minerals are too heavy and they don't turn into steam. You need a "still" to do this, but you should be able to find distilled water because it's used for babies drinking water and even some equipment.

[buffy512]

Originally Posted by Nancy1999

Water that is boiled and cooled is free of bacteria, but this doesn't do anything to get rid of minerals. Even most filters don't get rid of minerals, but they get rid of things like pesticides through the use of charcoal filters. To get rid of minerals, you have to distil the water, boil it and the steam goes through tubes and turns into purified water in another container while the original container is left with nothing but the minerals. The minerals are too heavy and they don't turn into steam. You need a "still" to do this, but you should be able to find distilled water because it's used for babies drinking water and even some equipment.

So is it best to basically buy the baby distilled water for the pups to drink for less boogies. Or nutrition as well. I just was introduced to the subject and have done little to no research. I will look into this. Thanks for your help.!!

[Nancy1999]

Originally Posted by buffy512

So is it best to basically buy the baby distilled water for the pups to drink for less boogies. Or nutrition as well. I just was introduced to the subject and have done little to no research. I will look into this. Thanks for your help.!!

You can try it and if it works it works pretty fast. Joey had runny eyes when he was a pup, many people think it's due to teething and the distilled water cleared them up. I would test monthly with regular water to within a day eyes would start tearing, bad enough so the beard was wet. Around the age of 11 months he could start drinking regular water without any tearing. His eyes were clear until we did a food switch and then he had massive brown goopy tearing, but it cleared up after we switched back to his regular food. If the distilled water doesn't work, you're only out a dollar, so it's no great loss. If you dog only has crusty eyes it may just be because he's not blinking while he sleeping at night and that the fluid just crusts up in the corner of his eyes. This might be due more to allergies than minerals in the water, but I don't know.