 Moto has an eye ulcer
My Yorkie Moto has a eye ulcer. Im pretty sure he cut his eye while running thru some dry weeds that are on the edge of our yard. He loves that area and he's always darting in and out. Monday right after dinner I let him out to do some business. He didn't cry or yelp but once he came in he was pawing at his face like he had something in his eye. And he started producing more tears in one eye. I opted to give him a bath to see if maybe I could dislodge something he may of had in his eye. I thought that fixed the problem b/c he didn't show any problems that evening (altho I did not blow dry his face so I was unsure how many tears he was producing) But the next morning I knew we had a problem he had a large boogie looking eyesleepy and his eye was half closed. So I got dressed waited till 8:45 and left the house and called the vets office to let them know we were on our way in and to find him and appt.
They did a eye drop test and a smear and a tear count. Seams like his other eye is slightly on the dry side. But they did see a ulcer on his semi closed eye and were now on the drops 2 different types and pain meds . I've already seen a difference in his tear production and lack of boogies. I have a follow up next week and will continue to use the drops till then.
Have any of you gone thru this before? Does this type of thing happen often? Are the drops the best option for handling this problem? I trust my vet but I don't know if they have other options that I can also follow. Will it completely heal on its own or will this be an ongoing thing? Any kind of feedback you guys and gals can add would be great.
Thanks, Moto's momma Sara |