When we got Boo, his eye gunk was so bad we thought he actually had an injury that was healing over. You could see red sore skin under the "scab". We put a tiny bit of Neosporin ointment on them and after a few days realized that it wasn't an injury but gunk and the Neosporin had helped to soften them up. It probably took us 2 weeks to finally get him complete eye gunk free.
I have since heard of using and tried, Chamomile tea bags. Brew a tea bag to boiling and then let it steep for a few minutes. Then take it out of the water and let it cool to a warm temp. Take the tea bag and hold it to the area for a little bit, be careful to not get it in the eye. Then with your fingers or a flea comb, carefully start working to loosen the gunk. Continue alternating between soaking and combing the gunk off. Gracie got bad eye gunk a few times, and I've used the tea bags and it seemed to work well.
We do regular face washing now to keep ahead of the gunk. |