I have a litter of 3 female pups...they are about 6 1/2 weeks old and they are just getting to stage where they start to fight and play a lot. The biggest girl in the litter I heard crying this morning when I was getting their food mixture ready. They are still nursing but mom is out during the day. I ran in to see what was going on and when I picked her up I immediately noticed that her little eye had a puncture wound in it. They are in a little mesh puppy playpen with no sharp edges, so I can only assume one of her sisters was playing and scratched or bit her eye. I rushed her to the vet and by the time I had gotten there her eye was almost entirely a cloudy blue color. She stopped crying but I could tell she was in a lot of pain. They gave me some gentle antibiotic eye drops and they want her to come back in first thing Monday morning to see if it's improving after being treated for a couple of days. If it hasn't improved at all then she will have to have surgery to either try and stitch up the eye and correct the problem, or take the eye out completely. They told me to keep my fingers crossed...it really just depends on how deep the wound is. I feel terrible for this poor little baby girl, she is only 6 1/2 weeks old. If she is in pain they would want to do the surgery ASAP...but she is only 1 lb, 4 ounces...so what are the chances she would even make it out of the anesthesia???? I know there's nothing I could've done different, they are always kept safe and sound and puppy proofed, nails clipped short and everything...but I still feel terrible. Does anybody have experience putting a puppy that young and that small under anesthesia?? I am so scared for her...I'm praying it's not that deep the antibiotics start to help over the weekend. Poor baby...
